Cook-05 INT – 6759
Cape May, NJ - USA
Job Summary
OMB NO: 1625-0120
Expiration Date: 05/31/2029
Announcement: 6759
Opening Date: 18 May 2026 Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NA
Closing Date: Until Filled Work Schedule: Intermittent (0-19 hours/week)
Position: Cook-05 Salary: $20.49/hour
Who May Apply: All Sources Location: Cape May NJ
MWR Harborview Foods
DUTIES:
Prepares and cooks a variety of menu items such as hamburgers grilled sandwiches eggs quick meals cold sandwiches and salads. Operates a variety of kitchen equipment which utilizes gas electricity steam or microwave heat sources. Grills or frys steaks chops poultry pancakes bacon sausage etc. by watching while the items are cooking turning as required and removing when done. Prepares and cooks fresh frozen or canned vegetables and fruits for serving as directed. Prepares desserts juices and other items as directed by higher-grade cooks. Places cooked food in serving dishes steam carts and food trucks Maintains rotation of food inventories to prevent spoilage. Maintains proper temperature for all foods during holding transport reheating and serving to assure quality control and food safety. Covers dates and properly stores all food items at the close of business or shift. Verifies and stores food supplies properly. May be required to assist with monthly and mid-monthly food and beverage products inventories.
Maintains assigned area in a neat and orderly manner and in compliance with fire safety sanitation and security regulations. Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas. Disassemble and assemble component parts and accessories for cleaning and follow safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment to avoid personal injury or damage to the equipment. Clean and use a variety of cooking utensils required to measure weigh and process food items. Clean store and maintain all kitchen utensils and clean and maintain all equipment and work areas after each use practicing a clean as you go concept. Removes soiled dishes glasses and flatware from tables and carries to dishwashing area. Cleans tables of paper other trash or soiled linen salt pepper sugar glasses and flatware; serves butter salads and deserts as instructed. Scrapes and pre-rinses dishes glasses and flatware for washing. Separates food waste and trash. Loads dishes into dishwasher. Hand washes dishes. Stacks and stores clean dishes. Perform various other cleaning tasks (e.g. walls and ceilings floors work tables and walk-in refrigerators) following an established cleaning schedule.
May carry out bar related duties such as filling ice bins replacing empty beer kegs stocking beer coolers. Helps set up service bars and portable bars.
Other duties as assigned.
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications below. Your resume/application must demonstrate the required experience/education.Please see additional information on how your application is evaluated.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Minimum:
1. Experience in methods and procedures relating to food preparation presentation reading and following recipes.
2. Experience following oral and written instructions and performing simple arithmetic.
3. Must be physically able to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds. Must be able to continuously stand walk stoop reach push pull and bend for long periods of time.
4. Must be able to obtain a Food Handlers Certificate and/or complete food handlers training.
Preferred (in addition to the minimum):
- One year or more of experience as a cook in food preparation presentation reading and following recipes gained in a grill snack bar restaurant club or similar food activity.
USCG COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMAND COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS:
By choosing to work for the Coast Guard Community Services Command you will enjoy one of the best benefit packages available anywhere.Benefit offerings are subject to applicable worker categories (Full-time Part-time Intermittent) location position and length of time in service.
- Paid Annual and Sick Leave
- Holiday Pay
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
- Pension Plan
- 401k Savings Plan
- Life Insurance
- Short Term/Long Term Disability
- Tuition Assistance
- Paid Parental Leave
OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION:
- Residency Requirements: Non-U.S. nationals who are authorized to work in the U.S. and applying for any DHS position must have resided within the United States or U.S. territories for at least three of the last five years.
- Selectee will be required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer as the Standard method of payment for payroll and travel purposes.
- Males born after 12/31/59 and at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System unless covered by an exemption under the Selective Service Law in accordance with 5 U.S. Code 3378. Selectee will be required to provide a written statement regarding his registration status unless he is exempted by this statute.
- Must satisfactorily complete a Federal Background check and all pre-employment requirements which may include but are not limited to background checks security clearances drug testing verification of employment history and any other requirements applicable to this position. Additionally you may be required to meet specific job-related qualifications or certifications as a condition of your employment.
- Applicants may not be employed in the chain of command of their relatives.
- This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
HOW TO APPLY
Additional Information on how you will be evaluated:
Your resume or application must clearly demonstrate the required experience and/or education. Experience includes both paid and unpaidwork such as volunteer service through National Service programs (e.g. professional philanthropic religious community student social committee sports or internships). Volunteer work can help develop essential skills competencies and leadership experience that may translate directly to paid employment. Your resume is the primary tool used to assess your qualifications. Therefore we strongly encourage you to provide clear specific and detailed descriptions of your experience.
You MUSTsubmit a resume or any other written format in English of your choice. It is recommendedthe resume clearly identifies: (1) The announcement number title and pay band of the job you are applying for and (2) Information such as full name; mailing address; country of citizenship (U.S. Citizenship required OR valid authorization to work in the US); highest Federal grade or NAF pay band held with job series title and dates held (if applicable); a statement requiring proof of veterans preference by means of DD 214; education; and relevant work experience including start/end dates supervisors name and phone number salary and title series and grade if experience was with a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Federal government. You shouldalso include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal if you are a current Federal or NAF employee. Applications may not be sent in franked Government envelopes; applications filed in this fashion will not receive consideration. If information is not complete you may be excluded from consideration. The first application and/or resume submitted for a specific requisition will be considered the only submission. Any duplicate submissions to the same requisition will not be considered. The application date will be used in determining these factors.
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Cook-05 INT 6759
Cape May NJ US
Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race color religion sexual orientation national origin age disability or marital status.
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE
Authority: The U.S. Coast Guard rates applicants under the authority of Title 5 of U.S. Code SectionsExecutive Order 9397 and Departmental Regulations.
Principal Purpose: To collect information needed to determine how well an applicants education and work experience qualifies them for the job they are applying for.
Routine Use: This information provided will be shared with the hiring manager and interview panel members. It may also be shared in response to a request for discovery or for appearance of a witness information that is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.
Disclosure: Voluntary however failure to disclose the requested information may result in an applicant not receiving consideration for a position inwhich the information is needed.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to thisinformation unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is OMB 1625-0120expiration 01/30/2025. The estimated average time to complete this application is 40 minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimateyou can write to U.S. Coast Guard Community Services Command 510 Independence Parkway Suite 500 Chesapeake VA 23320.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
In-store and online tax-free shopping for active and retired Coast Guard families. Online shopping privileges to all honorable discharged veterans of the U.S. Military.