Cook - DHS - DCR - Sam Perdue Juvenile Center - Mercer Co.
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Cook
Air Mobility Command
Department of the Air Force
Job Description
Summary
This job is for a cook at a military base in Arkansas, where you'll prepare simple meals like eggs, burgers, and sandwiches in a flexible role that can offer up to 40 hours per week but isn't guaranteed any hours.
It's open to everyone, including veterans and military spouses, and involves standing a lot while handling food safely.
A good fit would be someone with basic cooking experience from places like restaurants or snack bars who can follow instructions and lift up to 40 pounds.
Key Requirements
- Experience in food preparation and presentation from settings like grills, snack bars, or restaurants
- Knowledge of methods for cooking simple items such as pancakes, eggs, hamburgers, and convenience foods
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions accurately
- Skills in operating, cleaning, and maintaining food service equipment
- Understanding of food characteristics, seasoning, and determining doneness
- Capability to perform simple arithmetic for measuring ingredients
- Physical ability to stand continuously, lift up to 40 pounds unassisted, and handle frequent bending or stooping
Full Job Description
About the position: This position will be assigned to the Little Rock AFB, AR - Rickenbacker's. This position is flexible and is guaranteed 0 hours. But can be scheduled up to 40 hours per week.
Physical Effort: Continual standing, walking, frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling and bending.
Frequently lifts or moves objects weighting up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally lifts or moves objects weighting over 40 pounds with assistance. Who May Apply: Open to everyone.
Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities.
An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 03/12/2026 Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Qualifying Experience: Must have experience in and knowledge of methods and procedures relating to food preparation and presentation gained in a grill, snack bar, restaurant, club or similar food activity.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions, work safely, and do simple arithmetic.
Knowledge of operating and cleaning food service equipment, characteristics of various foods, and the ability to season food and decide when foods are done is required. Major Duties:
Cooking Tasks: Prepares and cooks simple items requiring little or no processing (e.g., pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, fresh or canned vegetables). Cooks hot cereals and broiled meats.
Prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies. Makes cold sandwich fillings. Prepares convenience foods like frozen hash browns, fish fillets, and chicken nuggets.
Some cooks at this level also prepare and bake pizza. Food Preparation: Peels, chops, grinds, pares, cuts, slices, dices, purees, dredges, flours, or breads ingredients.
Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients for regular menu items. Sets up and replenishes salad bar. Portions food for distribution and meal service.
Covers, dates, and stores leftovers following established procedures. Washes and cleans equipment.
If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12901917
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