Second Cook

Second Cook

Job no: 493168

Work type: Staff Full Time - Full Year

Location: Lewiston, ME

Categories: Culinary

Title: Second Cook (FT, FY)

Position Purpose:

The second cook position primarily works in student dining helping to provide approximately 5000 meals per day to the students, faculty, staff, and guests of the college who dine in Commons. They are also called upon to prepare items for catered events as needed.

Job Duties:

Dining & Events Operations:

• Prepare student meals and execute catering for special events by strictly following standardized recipes.
• Maintain accurate production records and consistently uphold the highest sanitation standards.
• Ensure that the highest sanitation standards are consistently maintained across the operation. This involves maintaining detailed and accurate production records to ensure proper oversight and compliance.
• Actively participate in all scheduled meetings (Dining, Conferences, Campus Events town meetings, sector, and specially called meetings).
• Assist in other areas of the operation as needed.

Teamwork & Professionalism

• Champion exceptional customer service, consistently aiming for the highest standards in every interaction.
• Actively cultivate a positive, inclusive workplace by practicing open, two-way communication and demonstrating a deep respect for all forms of diversity.
• Forge robust collaborative partnerships with colleagues across the entire Dining department and the broader university community.
• Be a flexible, supportive team member, readily assisting in other operational areas and executing all assigned duties with professionalism.
• Ensure adherence to sound environmental practices, including composting, recycling, and waste reduction.
• Maintain a high level of safety awareness and ensure all injuries are reported within 24 hours.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Culinary degree or equivalent combination of education and experience desired.
• Must have or be able to pass Serve Safe certification.
• Valid driver's license.

Experience

• Minimum of three years' experience in an institutional or high volume full service food operation required with a demonstrated forward professional progression.
• Previous experience in a high volume collegiate setting desired.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Ability to establish rapport quickly with faculty, students, staff and outside clients staying composed and friendly.
• Commitment to customer service.
• Exemplary organizational and time management skills are a must.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Understand and thrives in a high volume food service environment.
• Creativity and expertise in most facets of food production.
• Personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a top-tier small liberal arts college.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an additional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace.


Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $19.64 to $24.54. Placement within the range depends on experience and other factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college's policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, View phone number on click.appcast.io or via email at View email address on click.appcast.io.

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces - intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology - that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine's second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

Advertised: Sep 08 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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