Job Details: Job Location: KT-Chattanooga Area Command - Chattanooga, TN, Salary Range: $15.50Hourly, Job Category: Food Service, Schedule/Hours: 25 hours per week, must have weekend availability open Hourly Rate: $15.50   This position is responsible for: Plans, prepares, cooks and serves nutritional meals and snacks in accordance with established guidelines and schedules; ensures all meals are prepared and served in a safe and presentable manner; cleans kitchen facilities, equipment, and appliances; maintains inventory of kitchen supplies and food in a neat and orderly manner.   Key Responsibilities: Plans menus and purchases food and supplies necessary for the preparation and serving of nutritional meals. Cleans, cooks, and prepares a variety of foods and beverages utilizing kitchen equipment, utensils, and supplies in accordance with acceptable and economical cooking methods. Ensures that enough food is prepared based on the number of people to be served and that food is prepared in a timely manner as scheduled. Cleans tables, chairs, floors, dishes, utensils, and kitchen appliances. Maintains a high degree of cleanliness in the kitchen and dining room; ensures that all meals are prepared in a safe manner; ensures all kitchen personnel practice proper personal hygiene; ensures compliance with health regulations.   Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Physical Requirements: Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language. Ability to cook, taste, and smell food. Duties are usually performed by frequent walking and/or standing, kneeling, or squatting relieved by lesser periods of sitting. Working Conditions: Work is performed in a normal kitchen environment where there may be limited physical discomforts associated with working around hot stoves/ovens or cold freezers.   Employee Benefits: PTO Accrual Benefits: including medical, dental, hearing, and vision Paid Holidays WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU: Education and Experience No formal education required, one-year experience cooking for large groups, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.                                    Equal Opportunity Employer: Veterans | Disabled