DSHS Maple Lane Cook 2 If you are passionate about creating high-quality meals and excited to have your culinary skills, make an impact, join the and utilize your cooking expertise at Maple Lane Campus in Centralia, WA! As a Cook 2, you’ll be at the heart of our kitchen operations, preparing high-quality meals while ensuring food safety and nutritional excellence for our patients. Put your culinary leadership talent to good use as part of our food service team. Additional Information:Opportunities performed on-site at this work location at least three days a week may be eligible for an additional 5% premium pay in addition to the advertised salary See Why People Like You Choose To Work Here: Some of what you'll be doing:Lead assigned kitchen personnel to ensure that all regular and special diets are correctly and safely prepared by complying with instruction and standard procedures. Collaborate with the cooks to prepare meals in a timely manner, checking your work by taste and smell of the prepared foods to determine quality and palatability. Establish work methods and instruct others in routine kitchen work, train assigned staff, plan and assign work duties. Cook products as needed according to the standardized recipe, measuring and assembling ingredients for menu items, planning and initiating cooking schedule for food preparation to meet meal schedule. Properly stores food items at appropriate temperatures and routinely checks equipment to ensure proper performance. Completes food inventory requisition from storeroom, maintains an accurate and rotated food inventory of supplies for production and restocks the kitchen for subsequent shifts. Other duties as assigned. What we're looking for:Two years' cooking experience in a large-scale food service or culinary operation. Completion of course in large-scale cooking may be substituted for one year of experience. OR One year as a Cook 1 in State service. Why Join Us? We partner with people to access support, care, and resources. DSHS employees make a difference in WA State every day by supporting sustainable recovery, independence, and wellness. Questions? Please contact vincent.hamilton@dshs.wa.gov and reference 03019. The Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s vision that you bring a fairness, access, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to support all Washingtonians, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.