Duties
As a Cook Supervisor, this position is fully responsible to plan, produce, direct, coordinate and monitor all phases of food production, ensuring the safety and quality of the meal and its delivery. In the absence of the Food Operations Manager, the incumbent is responsible for the operation of both the food production/service areas and the administrative duties within those areas.
Duties of the position include and are not limited to:
- Responsible for the control of the work performed by subordinate cooks.
- Responsible for supervising cooks and CWT workers. Makes minor adjustments in work processes as necessary to accomplish work effectively and economically.
- Opens or closes the department, receives bread, milk, and supply deliveries as assigned.
- Ensures that the food bank is maintained to optimum HACCP standards.
- Ensures that the dining room meal service is completed accurately, timely and with appropriate quantities available during the meal time.
- Responsible for following the VHA, Pueblo CLC and Nutrition and Food Service policies and procedures; recommending changes as indicated.
- Responsible for the completion of administrative requirements for subordinates at the CLC in Pueblo including performance reviews, schedules, counseling's, disciplinary actions, incident reports and leave approvals.
- Responsible for communicating appropriate issues to the dietitian.
- Accountable for proper temperature control, food handling and storage of prepared and leftover items. Covers, labels, and dates leftover items that are returned to the refrigerators or freezers
Work Schedule: 0500-1900, Sunday-Saturday
Position Description Title/PD#: Cook Supervisor/PD10573A
Physical Requirements: Work involves continual standing and walking and stooping, reaching, pushing and pulling and loading. Frequent testing or moving of objects weighing up to 40 pounds (e.g., utensils or containers of food), with occasional lifting of heavier items (e.g., pans of meat) with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers.
The work is performed in kitchen area that is well lighted but often hot and noisy. Incumbent is exposed to steam, fumes, and odors from cooking and to extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units. Incumbent is subject to danger of slipping on wet floors that have been recently mopped or where food has been spilled and is subject to possible cuts from knives and burns from steam, hot food, stoves, and hot grease and water. Hearing protective devices and/or other protective devices and/or safety equipment must be worn during all periods of time incumbent is exposed to the hazardous conditions(s).
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- Other (1)
- PCS Orders
- Performance Appraisal
- Professional Certification
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 10/31/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12586356.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
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Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.