Cook

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA team:

The Cook is responsible for food planning, preparation, service, and clean-up as it relates to food service delivery. The Cook follows planned menus to provide a balanced food service for patrons. This position ensures that all food operations, preparation, and presentations meet TRCA’s commitment to high quality service.

A key role of this position is maintaining and complying with food standard regulations, while ensuring a safe, orderly, sanitized kitchen through proper food preparation and food handling techniques and processes. Compliance of Health and Safety and Food Standard Protocols is a major responsibility of this role.

This position also supports customer service playing a key role in delivering a strong customer experience.

Major Responsibilities:

• Prepare meals according to approved menus and recipes having regard at all times to health and safety requirements for food handling.
• Ensure food supplies are properly stored at all times including storage of food products as delivered, ensuring an appropriate inventory level.
• Operate food service equipment in accordance with health and safety requirements.
• Ensure daily knowledge and understanding of specific client allergies and/or special diet requirements and prepare food accordingly.
• Track daily temperature checks on all refrigeration and freezer units.
• Participate in clean-up, including dish washing, removal of garbage, recycling, and composting, as well as grease removal at the end of each shift.

What will you need to succeed:

• Food Handers Certificate required.
• Smart Serve Certification
• Standard First Aid Certificate and CPR required.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in food preparation and service.
• Experience preparing large/batch quantities of food.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to fifty pounds.

What TRCA has to offer you:

As part of a progressive team, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact to preserving and protecting nature, while maintaining a balance between the natural environment and built environment. Working with experts within our field, you will join a team of colleagues that are committed to TRCA’s core values of integrity, collaboration, accountability, respect, and excellence (icare). 

You will be part of a diverse and inclusive organization that:

• Makes a positive difference in the communities we serve.
• Fosters high performance and collaborative teams.
• Provides continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits program (including Defined Benefit Pension Plan – OMERS/OTPP).
• Pregnancy & Parental Leave Top-Up Program.
• Provides unique TRCA Perks.
• Provides flexible work arrangements.
• Offers potential for career growth and advancement.