Orange County Mining Company Hiring for Lead Line Cook Full Time

A Lead Line Cook is responsible for providing supportive leadership to kitchen staff throughout food service. Their duties include assisting the Head Chef in monitoring kitchen activities, expediting orders to ensure quality taste or presentation and taking on additional responsibilities in the Head Chef’s absence to ensure that kitchen staff has proper direction.

A successful Lead Line cook is a strong communicator, organized and showcases in-depth knowledge of various cuisines, stations on the line, cooking styles, ingredients, equipment and processes. We hope that you’re a operationally creative professional with strong leadership experience looking to share their passion for food by delivering an experience through the dishes they create.

Duties and responsibilities
Oversee food preparation and cooking in establishments like restaurants and hotels, and they help with the hiring and training of new kitchen staff. To succeed in this job, a candidate must be able to effectively undertake the following day-to-day duties and responsibilities:

• Preparing meals and food to meet the specifications of guests in a timely manner
• Properly measuring kitchen ingredients and food portions
• Ensuring kitchen staff adhere to set standards, procedures, department rules and sanitation requirements
• Using kitchen knives and equipment such as grills, ovens, steamers and warmers in food preparation
• Managing the kitchen inventory and ensuring supplies are fresh and of high quality
• Ensuring proper food temperatures when cooking and proper storage afterward
• Keeping the workstation and kitchen equipment clean, organized and sanitized
• Taking charge of kitchen opening, closing and other side duties as directed by the Executive Chef
• Able to train all stations in a kitchen.
• Lead by example and alongside the Executive Chef to deliver effective and efficient dining experiences by overseeing the back of house (BOH) operation, staffing, food production, accommodating special request, dietary restrictions and following allergy procedure
• Maintain Health and Safety standards
• Establish professional relationships with the team and provide educational opportunities to teach and develop skills and on other areas of the business
• Influence process to run an effective and efficient kitchen while maintaining the highest food quality and controls for all dishes served
• Instill teamwork and synergy exists between the front and back of house staff through proper communication and delegate tasks and staff tasks to ensure smooth service and kitchen operations

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 – $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Santa Ana, CA 92705: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Lead Line cook: 2 years (Required)
• Line Cook: 4 years (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location: One location