Description

The Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak is looking for a Seasonal Ballroom Cook to join our amazing Team!

**Hours: both AM and PM shifts including weekends and holidays**

**Our Seasonal Positions are from February 2023 - September 2023**

**Summary of Benefits**

• Team Member and Family Room Discounts for both Crescent Hotels and Resort and Hilton
• Flexible Schedules
• Career Growth & Development
• Insurance Benefit Available for Full Time Team Members
• Paid Time Off Pay – Full Time and Part Time Team Members
• Amazing Recognition Programs/Giving Back – Community Outreach
• Trip Reduction Program – Resort off a Main Bus Line
• Tuition Reimbursement
• $2.00 – Team Member Lunch Program
• $ Referral Program

To participate in the preparation of all items in the Culinary Outlets and associated areas in conformance with the BEO’s, business levels and quality standards while maintaining a safe, sanitary work environment. To maintain the cleanliness, repair and safety of the equipment and areas used in the scope of your duties.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Participate in the preparation and production of cold food items in the daily prep list. Ensue quality, portion size, presentation and organization of all prepared product by day/function/group name. To prepare the garnish for all pantry presentations.
• Coordinate and utilize the proper handling of food and equipment used in the scope of Pantry responsibilities. Ensure that service areas and storage areas are clean, maintained and in proper working order according to the Federal and State Health Department, Hilton, and Crescent standards.
• Monitor the physical environment for unsafe conditions and correct them when found. Monitor all procedures and policies to ensure safety in accordance with Federal and State Health Department, Hilton, and Crescent standards
• Comply with attendance policies
• Date all food containers and rotate as per Hilton and Crescent standards, making sure that all perishables are kept at proper temperatures.
• Return all food items not used on next shift to designated storage areas, being sure to cover/date all perishables.
• Assist in setting up plans and actions to correct any food cost problems, control food waste, loss and usage per Crescent standards.
• Perform any other job related duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to “pitch-in” and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player. Finger/hand dexterity in order to operate food machinery. Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry, or otherwise, move goods weighing a maximum of 50 lbs. on a continuous schedule.

Experience

• Two year institutional or commercial cooking required

Licenses or Certificates

• Valid Maricopa County Food Handler’s Card

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 

Customer Satisfaction:

Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits:

In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

Safety & Security:

The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

NOTE:

This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associate’s supervisor.

Furthermore, this description is subject to change, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an “at will” associate.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)