Grill Cook

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

Upshift is hiring Grill Cooks for the campus dining kitchen at the University of Toledo — Sunday to Thursday shifts posted through early October — plus restaurant and event kitchens across Toledo. You are a W-2 employee of Upshift; we schedule you on the shifts you choose.

• Work the grill and hot line in a high-volume campus kitchen.
• Set up and stock your station before service; break it down and sanitize after.
• Follow recipes, portion standards and food-safety rules.
• Shifts available now, Sunday–Thursday. Typical shift 5–8 hours.

Sign up once; every open shift is in the Upshift app. Claim the ones that fit around classes, kids or another job — a few days a week or full-time hours — and change it week to week. No minimum, no penalty for not claiming.

• $25.00 per hour, shown on every shift before you claim it.
• Clock in and out on your phone; paid by Upshift through payroll, fast.
• Health, dental and vision insurance available after your first paycheck.
• W-2 employee — taxes withheld, workers' comp covered. Not 1099, no fees to you.
• Good ratings unlock more and higher-paying shifts.

• Cooking experience of any kind: grill, line, prep, cafeteria, catering or quick-service.
• 18 or older, with a smartphone. xhyhwjd
• Able to stand for a full shift and lift up to 50 lb.
• Reliable transportation to campus recommended.

Upshift is the employer of record for more than 200,000 Upshifters working shifts at hotels, restaurants, stadiums, universities and warehouses; Upshifters rate us 9.2/10. Active in Toledo, Bowling Green and across Northwest Ohio — once onboarded, hundreds of other shifts open up in the same app.

Apply on our site (about 15 minutes — no resume, no interview), pick your onboarding time, then claim your first shift in the app.