Line Cook Job at Grand Living, West Des Moines, IA

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  • Grand Living
  • West Des Moines, IA

Job Description

Grand Living at Tower Place

  • Shift: 11:00AM - 8:00PM

About Grand Living

Grand Living is changing the way generations embrace life and is quickly becoming an iconic brand in senior hospitality. What began as a vision to create distinctive senior living communities has evolved into a collection of remarkable residences, offering luxury-inspired amenities and extraordinary service to residents and guests. Our communities include gracious apartments, stunning dcor and design excellence at every turn, but from the moment you are greeted, you'll experience something far more luxurious than the architecture: our people. Their unparalleled commitment to personal service in every engagement is at the very heart of what we do.

About the Position

As a Line Cook , you will be responsible for enhancing the overall Resident experience through exceptional food production and control of the quality and quantity of all food items prepared in the station: i.e. meats, vegetables, potatoes, bread products, desserts, etc. The Line Cook is to model The Sterling Touch® professional, friendly, courteous, helpful, and timely manner, resulting in a very high level of satisfaction for Residents and their guests. The Line Cook position is under the general guidance of the Executive Chef in accordance with Community standards, processes, procedures, practices, and philosophy.

Qualifications and Requirements

The Line Cook must possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

  • High School Diploma or GED, required.
  • Culinary Arts or Culinary Apprenticeship, preferred.
  • One or more years of experience cooking in a fast paced, cook to order kitchen, preferred.
  • One or more years of experience with scratch cooking, preferred.
  • Saut and/or broiler experience, preferred.
  • Ability to read, write and understand the English language in order to direct, manage, hire and train kitchen staff, complete requisitions, read recipes and communicate with other employees as well as Residents and their guests.
  • Sufficient manual dexterity of hands and arms in order to use all kitchen equipment and utensils (e.g. knives, spoons spatulas, tongs, slicers, etc.)
  • Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, crouch, bend, stoop, reach, grasp, push, pull and work continuously without sitting for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to lift or carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to perform all essential functions within varying temperature ranges.

Benefits

For a Line Cook, we offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package for full-time employees including 1) a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program offering 120 hours of PTO in the first year, increasing to 160 hours in the second year, and continuing to build with length of service; 2) affordable insurance options for medical, dental, vision and more; 3) a 401(k) with a 4% company match on a 5% contribution, 4) automatic life insurance and AD&D coverage for all team members with a robust employee assistance program (EAP).

PTO is earned at lesser rates for part-time staff. Grand Living is a high-end upscale environment including exquisite cuisine and free employee meals (must meet eligibility requirements), Grand Spa & Fitness facilities available for use at designated times.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Grand Living, our motto is "Your Life. Uniquely Embraced." We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all, where our differences aren't just accepted, but celebrated. Grand Living

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Shift work,

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