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Cook Supervisor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, TX. The primary purpose of this position is to plan, produce, direct, coordinate and monitor all phases of food production.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include: Coordinates/directs the operation of the Food Service/Production areas using standards, procedures, diet manuals, modified menus and production sheets to guide the work.
- →Establishes deadlines, priorities, and work sequences based on general work schedules, methods, and policies set by higher level supervisors.
- →Coordinates work with supporting or related work functions controlled by other supervisors.
- →Uses resources to operate within a planned financial budget.
- →Shares in the managerial responsibility for the proper supervision of labor, allocation of subsistence and supplies, and all other resources required to accomplish quality Veteran centered meal services.
- →Participates in meetings and discussions regarding initial planning of current and future work schedules, budget requests, staffing needs, estimates, and recommendations as to scheduling projected work.
- →Prepares performance requirements and work schedules in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- →Provides technical direction and training when scheduling work operations with complex work steps and processes.
- →Investigates work-related issues such as excessive costs or low productivity, and determines causes.
- →Performs as first-level supervisor over Cooks WG-7404-04, WG-7404-06, and WG-7404-08.
- →Performs other related duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Sunday, 5:00am-8:00pm, Rotating Shifts, includes weekends and holidays (Subject to change based on the needs of the Agency) Position Description Title/PD#: Cook Supervisor/PD99821S Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: The employee is subject to continuous standing, walking, frequent bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
- →Lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 lbs. unassisted and occasionally lifts or moves objects weighing more than 40 lbs. with assistance of a lifting device or other workers.
- →Manipulates cumbersome, heavy objects, such as washing stainless steel mixing bowls, pushing heavy carts on casters or operating heavy equipment.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Pre-employment physical required.
- ✓Driver's License: A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
- ✓NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package.
- ✓If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 048802a6-8be7-4a24-af7a-892ae8dbbe9b
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