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Published on Oct 23 2024

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

$14.53  per hour
Visa required: H-2A
From Sep 1, 2024 to Jan 15, 2025

1520 Main Street

Franklin, LA 70538
United States

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Job description

Job duties include preparing meals only for agricultural workers involved in sugarcane harvest, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner for approximately 165 employees; prep kitchen; clean-up; prepare food lists and shop for needed food supplies for worker meals; create menu; consider workers' tastes and specific food requests and tailor the menu accordingly, when feasible; work within the allotted food budget; keep kitchen inventory; special dietary or nutritional restrictions, or numbers of portions served; rotate and store food supplies; wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils, and/or other cooking equipment; apportion and serve food to employees; work schedule is a split shift; hours are 5:00AM to 8:00AM and 4:00PM to 8:00PM, Monday - Sunday (7 days a week). The meal cook will also have some occasional grocery shopping duties during the mid-day hours. Three months previous experience of meal preparing/cooking; repetitive movements, and frequent stooping; must be able to lift 50 lbs.; drug screening may be required upon hire and randomly (paid for by employer). Bonus may be paid at the end of contract at the discretion of the employer. Base hours offered is 49 hours; additional hours are usually offered during a busy season and may include an additional 10-40 hours of work.

Las funciones del puesto incluyen preparar comidas únicamente para los trabajadores agrícolas que participan en la cosecha de caña de azúcar, incluidos el desayuno, el almuerzo y la cena para aproximadamente 165 empleados; preparar la cocina; limpiar; preparar listas de alimentos y comprar los suministros de alimentos necesarios para las comidas de los trabajadores; crear el menú; tener en cuenta los gustos de los trabajadores y las peticiones específicas de alimentos y adaptar el menú en consecuencia, cuando sea factible; trabajar dentro del presupuesto de alimentos asignado; mantener el inventario de la cocina; restricciones dietéticas o nutricionales especiales, o número de raciones servidas; rotar y almacenar los suministros de alimentos; lavar ollas, sartenes, platos, utensilios y/u otros equipos de cocina; repartir y servir la comida a los empleados; el horario de trabajo es de turno partido; las horas son de 5.00 a 8.00 de la mañana y de 9.00 a 12.00 de la tarde 5:00AM a 8:00AM y de 4:00PM a 8:00PM, de lunes a domingo (7 días a la semana). El cocinero de comidas también tendrá algunas tareas ocasionales de compra de comestibles durante las horas del mediodía. Tres meses de experiencia previa en la preparación de comidas/cocina; movimientos repetitivos y agacharse con frecuencia; debe ser capaz de levantar 50 libras; examen de drogas puede ser requerido al ser contratado y al azar (pagado por el empleador). Al final del contrato se podrá pagar una bonificación a discreción del empleador. El horario base ofrecido es de 49 horas; las horas adicionales suelen ofrecerse durante una temporada alta y pueden incluir entre 10 y 40 horas adicionales de trabajo.

Special Requirements

Drug screening may
be required post hire and randomly (paid for by Employer), due to the close
proximity to large cooking equipment and implements, and the day-to-day
handling of food.

Employer Contact Info

+13373197515

[email protected]

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