Visitor Center - Pizza Cook (Full-Time)

Visitor Center - Pizza Cook (Full-Time)
Come join the Tillamook Team where our philosophy is "Do Right By Every Bite." As an independent farmer-owned cooperative, we have been guided by good, honest values since 1909. We believe in putting quality over profit, natural over artificial, and that hard work can never be outsmarted. We're taking a stand for real food, because everyone deserves better.
We invite members of all diverse communities to join our workforce. At Tillamook, we believe that inclusion and diversity are central to our cultural strategy. In order to achieve our growth ambition and compete and win in the marketplace, we believe we make better decisions and build stronger teams when we invite and rely on diverse perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures into our work and to fuel our innovation and growth. To us this means creating a climate of inclusion where all employees feel valued and a sense of belonging. We believe this will make us a better consumer brand and employer.
About you:
What does real food mean to you? Is your favorite dish a cheesy casserole? Perhaps a decadent and indulgent ice cream? Either way, your identification with food is important to us. People who fit well here at Tillamook have a commitment to quality in everything they do. Our team members understand our vision, contribute to our mission, thrive on innovative thinking, hard work and good, honest values.
About us:
Our team members understand our vision, contribute to our mission, thrive on innovative thinking, hard work and good, honest values. We live by these shared values: We are Good Stewards, We believe in Uncompromising Quality, We work as One Team, We Play to Win, and We Genuinely Care for each other.
What you will do:
The Visitor CenterPizza Cook prepares and cooks pizzas, providing fast, friendly service to guests in the Tillamook Cheese Factory Visitors Center Cafe. You will work alongside our experienced team members to provide excellent guest service to the one million guests that visit us annually.
Pizza and the culinary experience at the Creamery are a critical component of the guest's experience of the Creamery and the Brand of TCCA. Every dish that a cook prepares at the Creamery needs to be executed with care and consistently. The pizza kitchen is guest facing. This role will be responsible for execution of food in front of guests. Therefore, it is important that the Pizza Cook keeps the highest of cleanliness and visual standards of a kitchen.
Here's a day in the life:

• Cook orders quickly and correctly. Operate pizza oven and assorted appliances.
• Prep for pizza and day-to day business. Transfer all prepped food into clean containers, label and take back dirty containers to the washroom.
• Clean cooler, oven, and workstations. Wipe out refrigerator, and all counters and sinks. Help keep the walk-in refrigerator, freezer, and supply area neat, clean and organized.
• Complete opening and closing procedures daily.
• Stock all supplies with items necessary for the preparation of recipes. Notify the prep team in a timely manner if running low on any ingredients.
• Label and stock daily/weekly orders from food service vendors.
• Maintain a clean and sanitary work area. Sanitary solution changed hourly.
• Record temperatures of all refrigeration and freezer equipment at open and close. Notify correct personnel if temperatures are not incorrect range.
• Responsible for obtaining and maintaining an active Oregon food handler's card, and OLCC license (if over 18 years old)
• Responsible for cross training with and supporting front of house associates, as needed, per management discretion - POS till knowledge, expo window, and food running may all be asked of associate
• Responsible for cross training with and supporting other food and beverage line cooks, as needed, per management discretion - knowledge on how to work all stations, food safety guidelines, and side work

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• High school diploma or GED is preferred

• Minimum 1 year of experience with commercial food preparation and equipment preferred
• Must obtain food handlers card within 30 days of hire

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting
• Standing and/or walking
• Lifting 25 lbs.
• Vision for machine or computer operations
• Hearing

Industry leading benefit and reward programs:
We offer outstanding benefits to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page: www.tillamook.com/careers.
We are committed to creating a diverse culture and inclusive conditions where all employees are heard, valued and feel a sense of belonging. We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success. We are seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives and backgrounds to join our exceptional organization and help us build our future.
Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace. EEO/AA