"Cook I (85North) (Academic)"

Position Highlights

The kitchen and living room of the University of Arizona, where everyone can eat, play, relax, and get involved! The Arizona Student Unions is looking for talented cooks to join our team. YOUR ROLE: As a Cook, you are part of a team that creates great tasting food with food safety in focus. You will be preparing food in a variety of forms using a unique combination of equipment. 85 North is an All You Care To Eat restaurant where cooks will be making food to order and preparing recipes in bulk. We are located inside the W.A. Franke Honor's College dorm where our main focus is to fuel the Wildcat Community! This position performs cooking and food preparation for 85 North. This position will cook/prep according to recipes and requires knowledge of basic kitchen equipment, knife skills and food safety knowledge.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares hot and cold food items per recipes and methods, ensuring quality, freshness, and safety.
• Coordinates food orders with sous chef or supervisors and ensures food availability for the Wildcat Community.
• Maintains cleanliness, sanitation, and safety standards, including proper handwashing, glove use, and allergy procedures.
• Prevents cross-contamination and ensures correct food storage, labeling, rotation, and temperature control per Pima County Health Codes.
• Multitasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing needs while keeping work areas clean and organized.
• Follows menus, prep and cleaning lists, and performs additional duties to support efficient kitchen operations.
• Cleans and sanitizes all kitchen and front-of-house areas, including equipment, surfaces, utensils, and waste disposal.
• Works collaboratively with staff and students, greets customers courteously, and provides feedback to supervisors.
• Identifies and solves problems proactively to maintain smooth operations.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of food service operations, including large quantity food preparation.
• Knowledge of job content, practices and procedures.
• Skills necessary to fully perform all aspects of the job.
• Skills in operating various institutional/commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with customers and coworkers.
• Ability to multi-task under stressful situations.
• Ability to accept and integrate feedback in a professional and productive manner.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to transport and/or lift a maximum of 50 lbs.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or high school diploma equivalency is required.
• Must be able to work nights, holidays, weekends, and days.