McKinney True TX BBQ - BBQ Pitmaster - Full time

Responsibilities Job Summary: 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 & Essential Functions: 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 Performs other duties as assigned 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 - Required Experience in food preparation and equipment - Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Culinary knowledge - Required Understanding of nutritional values and ingredients - Required Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Required Reading and writing skills - Required Technology skills - Required Planning and organizing skills - Required Culinary math skills for recipe conversion - Required Ability to execute high-volume production - Required Education: HS Diploma or GED or equivalent - Required Licenses/Certifications: Culinary certification, or equivalent combination of culinary training / experience - Required 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 While there may be exceptions, the measurements noted are generally defined as--Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8-hour day; Frequently: 2.5 - 5.5 hours per 8-hour day; Occasionally: 0 - 2.5 hours per 8-hour day It is Partners' responsibility to never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit. If an item is too heavy to lift, push or pull, and / or carry, the Partner must break the box down into lighter, smaller, more manageable components, or ask for assistance from another Partner or a manager. Last revised: 8/1/2019 #J-18808-Ljbffr H.E.B.