What are the responsibilities and job description for the COOK position at GEO Secured Services?
Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:
| * Paid Time Off | * Paid Holidays |
| * 401(k) Matching | * Health Insurance |
| * Vision Insurance | * Life Insurance |
| * Health Savings Account | * Tuition Reimbursement |
| * Employee Discount | * Reduced Tuition Rates |
| * Disability Insurance | * Employee Assistance Program |
| * 401(k) | * Pet Insurance |
| * Dental Insurance | * Paid Training |
| * Flexible Spending Account | * Other Benefits Available |
Equal Opportunity Employer
Overview
We have an outstanding opportunity for food professionals looking to progress in their careers! If you enjoy preparing a variety of menu items in a fast-paced environment where you can make an impact, this Cook position may be right for you. Our team is looking for a food enthusiast who enjoys working with high volume. We aren't looking for extensive experience, just a positive attitude! Get in touch with us!
Join A Community That Cares
Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application. Every one of our employees makes us who we are.
Responsibilities
Your Main Responsibilities
Working with our Food Service Manager, you will prepare large quantities of meats, fish, gravies, cereals, soups, and vegetables. What we expect from you:
- Prepare food according to the menu plan.
- Manage inventory (place and receive orders for food and supplies).
- Ensure food quality and schedule preparations.
- Guide and train employees.
- Maintain high standards of sanitation and safety.
- Train inmate/detainee food service workers and inspect their work.
We're Looking for Individuals from Different Backgrounds
Building an inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their maximum potential is the center of GEO's employee value proposition. Our success is based on diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of eclectic perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Here's to unlimited ideas, increased productivity, and innovative solutions!
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
- College credits or relevant technical training courses in food service preparation and cooking preferred. Prior cooking and correctional food service training preferred.
- Minimum two (2) years prior experience in successfully managing and/or quantity food production experience in commercial, military, or institutional setting or an equivalent combination of work experience and training required.
- Must be able to communicate to all personnel the minimum production/service requirements of the job.
- Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
Physical Requirements
- Continuously: Lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; stand.
- Frequently: Lift or carry up to 20 lbs. and push/pull up to 40 lbs.; bend, stoop, reach above shoulder level, walk, and work with machinery and/or in extreme temperatures.
- Occasionally: Lift or carry and push/pull up to 60 lbs. (sometimes more); climb and sit.
GEO Secured Services
The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.
