Prep Cook

Summary Prepares food and serves restaurant patrons at counters or tables by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Prepares customer orders from ticket and cooks food requiring short preparation time. Carves meat, makes sandwiches, and brews coffee. Cleans food preparation equipment and work area. Cleans counter or tables. Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Competencies Customer Service: manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments. Interpersonal Skills: focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control. Oral Communication: speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions. Written Communication: able to read and interpret written information. Teamwork: balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Business Acumen: understands business implications of decisions. Cost Consciousness: conserves organizational resources. Diversity: shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; promotes a harassment‑free environment. Ethics: treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values. Organizational Support: follows policies and procedures. Judgment: exhibits sound and accurate judgment. Planning/Organizing: uses time efficiently. Professionalism: approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments. Quality: demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality. Quantity: meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly. Safety and Security: observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly. Adaptability: able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. Attendance/Punctuality: is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time. Dependability: follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan. Initiative: volunteers readily; undertakes self‑development activities; seeks increased responsibilities; takes independent actions and calculated risks; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; asks for and offers help when needed. Innovation: meets challenges with resourcefulness. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. Mathematical Skills Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Reasoning Ability Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Computer Skills None specified. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations None specified. Other Skills and Abilities None specified. Other Qualifications Due to the Vermont age requirements for positions utilizing meat slicers and powered bakery equipment, Delicook employees must be at least 18 years of age. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. #J-18808-Ljbffr