Lead Cook (Gray's Landing)

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Summary

This position is located at NSF Dahlgen, VA. The purpose of this position is to perform cooking, food service, and instructional duties at Gray's Landing Dining Facility.

Responsibilities

Independently prepares all types of meats, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruits, sauces, and gravies for menus.
Prepares, cooks, seasons, and portions food for all meals following standardized recipes at different levels of difficulty, makes modifications to recipes for ingredient quantities, number of servings, and size of the equipment available.
Plans, regulates, and schedules cooking procedures so numerous completed food products are ready at the same time.
Prepares and presents food in a visually appealing manner.
Prepares menu items using special or difficult recipes requiring numerous interrelated steps, many ingredients, and lengthy preparation time.
Prepares a variety of menu items using several different and complex methods of preparation.
Tests and evaluates new food products.  
May coordinate the work of lower graded employees engaged in a variety of standard cooking operations. 
Must ensure completion of menus for each meal period when due.
Will train new cooks and will also guide and direct the food service workers giving hands on direction and guidance to complete daily tasks.
Responsible for ensuring the kitchen is kept clean as directed by the manager. 
Must be able to open and close the facility. 

Travel Required

Not required

Conditions of Employment

Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment
Must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer
Must be availble to work nights, weekends and holidays

Qualifications

Thorough knowledge of the full range of food preparation principles, including the techniques and procedures necessary to develop new or recurrent recipes. Knowledge of procedures related to cooking in large quantities. Skill to overcome practical production problems; evaluate final food products, and initiate corrective action. Ability to expand and modify recipes and to develop standardized recipes for quantity cooking. Skill in the operation, breakdown, and cleaning of food service equipment used in large quantity food production. Ability to organize and coordinate work of lower graded employees.

Benefits

NDW values our employees and considers them to be the greatest asset of our organization. As an employer of choice, we are committed to attracting and retaining the “best of the best” by providing comprehensive benefits that are a valuable part of the total compensation package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, life insurance, spouse and dependent life insurance, long-term disability, retirement, and 401(k) savings plan, annual and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, and more. You can review our benefits at: https://www.navymwr.org/resources/hr    

Regular Full-time (35 - 40 hours per week), all benefits offered (medical, dental, life insurance, spouse & child(ren) life insurance, long term disability, retirement, and 401(k) savings plan).

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please submit a resume and any other required documents as indicated in the "required documents" section, by ONE (only) of the following ways: 

Directly through USAJobs.gov, click the Apply button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account

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By Email to:   NAF.NSASP-DLGR.fcm@navy.mil    Note: If submitting by email, you must put the announcement  number in the subject line.

Please note: The Announcement Number for the position you are applying for MUST be specified on your resume.  If emailing, please indicate the announcement number in the subject line.  Applications received without an announcement number designated may not be considered.