SENIOR PROGRAM COOK

Senior Program Cook

Bernalillo, NM 87004 Start Date 10/14/2026

Overview

Salary Range $18.17 - $20.44 Hourly Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Education Level High School Category Tribal Government

Senior Program Cook

Position Summary

Under direct supervision of the Senior Program Manager, prepares and serves fresh, healthy, and nutritious meals for the elderly. Maintains adequate sanitary conditions in the kitchen and dining areas. Coordinates all activities in the kitchen. Our philosophy is built on the principles of integrity, fairness, collaboration, communication, and recognition for performance excellence. Meeting all performance standards leads to attracting and retaining a qualified workforce, provides opportunities for qualified team members, and contributes towards the ongoing success of the Pueblo of Sandia today and in the future.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Prepare meals and creates monthly menus. Serves meals to elderly participants at the Senior Meal Site while following all safe food handling guidelines. Records weekly inventory of food and non-food items, and reorders as needed. Maintains cleanliness in the kitchen, dining area, and all food storage areas daily. This also includes deep cleaning of the kitchen area daily. Sweeps, mops, and cleans tables in the dining room Records temperature of all meals served from Senior Program including home deliveries and refrigeration equipment daily. Prepares and serves breakfast, lunch, and holiday meals as requested. Arranges and organizes Senior Program special event luncheons. Builds relationships with internal/external contacts while maintaining a professional, friendly, and approachable demeanor. Punctual and regular attendance is an essential responsibility for all team members and are expected to report to work based upon the assigned scheduled each day in accordance with the Attendance Policy for Pueblo Sandia.

Additional Responsibilities

Assists the Senior Program Manager when necessary. Performs other job-related duties as requested.

Key Performance Indicators

This position has Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) identified as a measurement of success. KPI's will be shared with all team members who work in this job title and feedback will be provided regarding the successful completion of the KPI's as part of the performance review process.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to respond to oral and written instructions. Ability to read, write, and interpret recipes. Ability to perform physical requirements of the position. Ability to work under limited direction. Ability to work odd and unusual hours. Knowledge of applicable regulations and requirements. Knowledge of supplies, equipment, and/or services ordering and inventory control. Knowledge of the ingredients used in the preparation of foods. Ability to work harmoniously and professionally with team members and supervisors. Ability to deal effectively and professionally with the general public.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Required: One (1) year experience in restaurant or food service capacity. High School Diploma or GED certification. Note: Relevant work experience or education may be substituted to satisfy education and/or work experience.

License/Certifications/Registrations

Must possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted New Mexico driver's license. Must complete the New Mexico Food Handlers course upon hire. Must be able to successfully pass a stringent background investigation and character investigation in compliance with PL 101.630. Will require a pre-employment and random drug screening.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions The following selected physical activities are required to perform the essential functions of this position

Physical Requirement - Description

Balancing - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Finger Dexterity - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. (Minimum 50 lbs.)

Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Seeing - The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye.

Walking - Job requirements include, in the performance of duties, walking throughout the work area, on various work surfaces throughout internal or external locations.

Sitting - Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

List Working Conditions Required: - Will require working odd and unusual hours with rotating shifts/weekend work. Duties are performed indoors and outdoors subject to inclement weather, sharp objects, cuts, and bruises. Subject to hazards such as infections, diseases, fumes, odors, and dust. Duties may involve walking on uneven, flat, muddy, and hard surfaces.