Line Cook - Full Time @ West Dundee The Assembly American Bar & Cafe

Line Cook - Full TimeAbout the Assembly American Bar & Café

The Assembly American Bar & Café opened its doors in 1978 for the first time in Hoffman Estates. Glenn Taylor was a part of the original team running the Assembly and in 1995 he and his family took over as the sole owners. In 2015 ownership fully passed to his son and daughter-in-law. The philosophy, in the ensuing years, was to maintain the original recipes and character of the restaurant. In 2016 the Assembly was featured on WGN’s food series Chicago’s Best featuring their Bionic Burger. Learn more about our menu at assembly-bar.com.

Position Summary

A Line Cook is responsible for delivering consistent food product to the customers according to restaurant guidelines. As a member of the Line Cook Team, you will be responsible for working with others in a small area to prepare, assemble and plate the finished menu items ordered by customers. This role includes food preparation and setup of the stations on the Cooks’ Line; maintaining the highest quality of cleanliness, safety, and sanitary work environment; quick and efficient preparation of menu items; ability and willingness to work as a team and an eye for detail and quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Cooking and packaging food as ordered with customization according to verbal or written instructions

Maintaining sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas

Cleaning food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils

Measuring ingredients as required for specific food items being prepared

Operating cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers

Verifying that prepared food meets quality and quantity requirements

Washing, trimming, cutting, and preparing foods for cooking

Using information about daily menus to coordinate cooking times and equipment usage

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

1-2 years cooking and grilling experience preferred

1-2 years food preparation experience preferred

Ability to handle stress under pressure and in fast-paced situations

Work well with others and collaborate as a member of a team

Basic math and calculation skills

Positive attitude

Current certifications as required by state and local laws

Understanding of food safety and sanitation rules

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; sit; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. Tasting and smelling abilities are required occasionally to distinguish with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, and hot liquids. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.