Amana Academy Hiring Production Cook for School Nutrition Program

Production Cook: 

Named 2011 Georgia Charter School of the Year by the Coca-Cola Foundation, Amana Academy is a well-established K-8 public charter school in its 9th year serving 750+ students  in Alpharetta, Georgia - a northern suburb of metro Atlanta.  Amana Academy is part of the Fulton County Schools system, and is accredited by SACS-CASI.   

Amana Academy utilizes the project-based Expeditionary Learning instructional framework aligned to the Georgia Performance Standards.  Our intent is to “push down the 4 walls of the school” by taking students out into the community to BE authors, scientists, researchers, mathematicians, and world citizens. Our established partners—local, state, and national—benefit our Crew of students, parents, teachers, and community.

Amana’s mission, focusing on high academic achievement through project-based learning expeditions, strong communication skills, world language learning—we teach Arabic, one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations, to all students grades K-8—community service, citizenship, environmental awareness, and character-building, is a school that attracts especially dedicated and talented professionals.

Amana is hiring extraordinary individuals to participate in a unique educational program.  Amana’s school culture encourages all community members to become crew, not passengers, in a climate of mutual respect, collegiality, collaboration, and professionalism. 

Working in a team environment in our kitchen at Amana Academy, the production cook is responsible for all food production, packaging, and sanitation issues for the kitchen.  This is a high volume, fast paced production position that requires a great deal of accuracy as well as exceptional cooking skills. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1.Prepares food including cooking, roasting, baking, and the preparation of skillet meals.  Ensures compliance with menus, recipes, production schedules, and quality standards.

2. Participates in daily testing of foods.

3. Portions and packages food to be delivered to clients.  May be called upon to assist with the loading of delivery vans.

4. Completes preparation assignments for next day’s menu.

5. Cleans equipment and performs other sanitation duties as assigned.

6. Participates in nutritional demonstrations at client sites, serves clients during special events, and works in other  departments/locations as needed.

7.May be called upon to deliver food to customer locations.

 COMPETENCIES   

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

-          Problem Solving Skills

-          Excellent Customer Service

-          Interpersonal Skills

-          Teamwork

-          Ethics

-          Judgment

-          Professionalism

-          Adaptability

-          Attendance/Punctuality

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

-          High School Diploma or equivalent

-          A minimum of two years of experience in a high volume kitchen operation

-          Preference given to those with specific culinary education/degrees

-          Must have knowledge of various commercial cooking equipment

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees to positively represent Amana Academy.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply basic arithmetic to common food service applications: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Has a working knowledge of the Windows Operating System and Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word and Excel.  Must be able to seamlessly utilize proprietary databases to accurately plan production schedules, meal counts, purchasing specifications and quantities, and similar routine activities.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to be adaptable to sudden changes in production plans, scheduling, and resource allocation, and adept at service recovery.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

ServSafe certification preferred and must be obtained within 90 days of employment.  Must have a valid Georgia Drivers License. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Job functions are performed primarily in a clean, ventilated, well-lighted temperature controlled environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

IMPORTANT:  Please follow this format for efficient consideration.

1.                    Email Tami Amuzie at tamuzie@amanaacademy.org.  Be sure to put your LAST NAME and POSITION you are applying for in the Subject line; eg, “Smith School Nutrition Staff”

2.                    In the cover letter, indicate how your past experiences qualify you for this position and connect with the Amana philosophy (http://www.amanaacademy.org/philosophy.htm).

3.                    Attach your current resume.

After initial screening of resumes, the hiring committee will conduct phone interviews immediately, and follow with collection of documentation and live interviews.  (For internal Amana applicants we will review the completion of their current file and go directly to the face-to-face interview.) For more information, please visit our web site at www.amanaacademy.org. 

School Contact Info

tamuzie@amanaacademy.org

Amana Academy

285 South Main Street

Alpharetta, GA 30009