Summary: Pizza Cook responsibilities include preparing pizza dough; slicing and chopping toppings like vegetables and meats and executing customers’ orders considering special requests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensures cooking stations are sanitized and prepped with necessary tools
• Prepares and stores pizza dough including thin crust, thick crust and cheese-stuffed
• Prepares pizza sauces
• Checks quality of pizzas before they’re served to guests
• Performs regular maintenance on kitchen equipment
• Wash and chop vegetables and other toppings
• Monitoring the temperature of the pizza ovens as well as cooking times
• Managing all food order slips and ensuring they are completed in a timely manner
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including day/night shifts, weekends and holidays

Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalent, with 1-3 years restaurant/hotel kitchen experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read all menus and promotions.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Show attention-to-detail, organizational, retention and problem-solving.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand for extended periods of time sometimes in the same place. The job will entail constant communication at all times to communicate where you are and to communicate the task at hand. The job will require you to use your hands constantly for cutting, grabbing, lifting, washing, touching, sensing and holding items. You will be required to walk often at a safe pace. The employee occasionally is required to sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Must be able to withstand high temperatures behind the line. Must be tolerant to varying conditions of noise level, temperature, illumination, and air quality. May be exposed to smoke

Work Environment: Work is generally performed in a Restaurant kitchen setting high noise level, heat, fumes and steam. Might walk in and out from the cooler.