Austin 32 (Lake Austin Blvd) True TX BBQ - Line Cook - Part time

Line Cook / Bbq Pitmaster

As a Line Cook / Bbq Pitmaster, you'll provide superior fast, fresh, and friendly customer service in a fast-paced restaurant environment. You'll prep ingredients for the kitchen and maintain department and food safety / sanitation standards. Key responsibilities include food service, food safety / sanitation, and customer service.

Food Service:

• Cuts, slices, dices, chops food for recipe preparation; preps in accordance with recipe specifications and SOPs
• Prepackages condiments (sauces, dressings) for prepared food items
• Completes tasks at assigned work station
• Assists in multiple cooking venues
• Assists in technical areas, and with catering orders, as needed
• Masters recipe preparation, including daily production to account for raw material variations and customer demand
• Prepares, packages, and plates fresh product

Food Safety / Sanitation:

• Ensures compliance with department store and standard operating procedures
• Properly handles / maintains temperature integrity of all ingredients, product, and equipment operation
• Maintains sanitation in food preparation areas
• Properly handles, operates, and maintains equipment
• Performs as a team member to help ensure a safe, clean, productive operation

Customer Service:

• Provides / ensures customers a sense of urgency related to accuracy, speed, and freshness of their order
• Provides superior customer service at all times; provides internal customer service
• Provides detailed knowledge of menu items, ingredients, prep methods, etc.
• Assists guests as needed

Qualifications & Key Requirements:

Age Requirement: 18+

Work Experience: 1+ years of experience in commercial foodservice

Experience in food preparation and equipment

Culinary knowledge

Understanding of nutritional values and ingredients

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Reading and writing skills

Technology skills

Planning and organizing skills

Culinary math skills for recipe conversion

Ability to execute high-volume production

Education: High school diploma (or equivalent)

Licenses/Certifications: Culinary certification, or equivalent culinary training / work experience

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

Function in a fast-paced, retail environment

Work extended hours and / or rotating schedules

Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts

Constantly reach at waist, grasp

Frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic materials

Frequently stand, walk

Occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder circumduction

Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, ambient temperatures, and loud noise

Frequently be exposed to heat

Demonstrate the ability to lift 80 lbs, and manage in excess of 80 lbs with a team lift