Nightshift Grill Cook

Nightshift Grill Cook

Come join your locally owned Dairy Queen! We are hiring friendly faces! We would love to train you how to make our famous Chicken Strip Baskets with warm Gravy! Must be at least 16 years old. Excellent Summer Opportunity!

We are looking for an experienced and respectful Grill Cook to execute all kitchen operations, ensuring all prepared foods meet restaurant safety and health standards. We are seeking an individual who can cook, assemble and wrap quality items, stock all needed products and preparation materials in a clean and safe manner.

A good candidate for this job is a person with attention to detail who can keep the kitchen tidy and clean all while preparing, cooking, and arranging food together with the rest of our kitchen staff.

Reports to: Management Staff and Shift Leaders

Function:

• Communicate clearly, quickly and politely with co-workers to ensure correct order is served to the customers.
• Quickly and accurately prepares food products following restaurant, health and safety standards and procedures quickly and accurately.
• Be pleasant and alert to customer needs.
• Properly and safely operates and maintains restaurant equipment including grill, fryer, freezer and other related cooking equipment while following all health and safety standards.
• Work as a "team" member to assure constant and consistent quality, service, cleanliness and value to each customer.
• Clean work area, organize and stock needed items. Move various food, paper and cleaning items from other sections of building (or outside building) to immediate work area
• Stocks and executes proper rotation of products
• Completes assigned prep work for stocking and set up of grill area
• Controls food production process
• Breaks down and cleans grill area thoroughly every day as assigned by a manager or shift leader
• Wash counters, tables, restrooms, trash receptacles, gather trash and remove from dining/service areas to proper receptacle, sweep, mop, stock and other cleaning tasks. Occasional need to be out of building (i.e., parking lot, freezer, trash container areas, etc.) for parking lot pick-up, trash removal and other maintenance and cleaning activities
• Informs immediate supervisor promptly of all problems or unusual matters of significance
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as requested by management staff or shift leaders

Responsibilities:

• Operates grill area in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures
• Quick, accurate and safe food production process
• Assists in the success of the restaurant by ensuring guest satisfaction through adhering to standards for quality, value, service and cleanliness
• Maintains a positive working relationship with all restaurant employees and customers to foster and promote a cooperative and pleasant working climate
• Communicates all significant issues, both positive and negative, with management staff

Requirements:

• Reliable transportation
• Must have excellent customer service skills
• Exhibit good manners, proper personal hygiene, positive attitude, and promptness
• Must be able to perform under pressure in a high volume restaurant including moving and responding quickly for long periods of time
• Travel quickly in customer service area as much as three times for each customer up to as many as 40 customers per hour of shift
• Must be able to work in and out of different temperature ranges
• Ability to handle raw, frozen and cooked food products as well as products in and out of temperature danger zone (41-140 F)
• Capability to stand for long periods of time
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Interact with the public and co-workers constantly during shifts
• Must be able to read order monitors
• Recall and communication of products and contents
• Practice established food handling procedures and meet any local health regulations

Work schedule:

• Night shift
• Weekend availability
• Monday to Friday
• Day shift

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Employee discount
• Paid training