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Cook Supervisor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
This position will be supporting food production within Nutrition and Food Services at the VA St. Louis Health Care System in St Louis, MO. As Cook Supervisor, the incumbent is fully responsible to plan, produce, direct, coordinate and monitor all phases of food production. In the absences of the Food Service Section Supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for the operation of both the food production/service areas and the administrative duties within those areas.
What You'll Do
- →Performs work planning responsibilities such as: Plans on a weekly or monthly basis to establish deadlines, priorities, and work sequences based on general schedules, methods, and policies set by higher level 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 all other resources required to accomplish quality Veteran centered meal services.
- →Performs work direction responsibilities such as: Prepares performance requirements and work schedules in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- →Provides technical direction and training.
- →Investigates work-related issues such as excessive costs or low productivity and determines causes.
- →Performs administration responsibilities such as: Develops documents and evaluates standards of work performance in development of performance plans.
- →Interviews applicants for positions in Food Production/Service areas and recommends appropriate selections for hiring, promotion, and re-assignments of employees.
- →Oversee safety and sanitation programs.
- →Adjusts work schedules to meet training needs.
- →Performs duties in front line production/service when necessary due to staffing limitations, etc. such as: Work independently to prepare and cook a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diets (diabetic, low sodium, low protein, gluten free, etc.) entrees and dessert items.
- →Follows menus, production sheets and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
- →Uses a variety of methods to prepare meats, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling.
- →Slices meat items by hand, confirming to specific size requirements or weight specifications.
- →Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough, and muffin batters.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 99e2145f-4413-4022-9b67-3c2f8716edf8
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