Cook (264949)

**Job Title**:Cook **PP-SRS-GRD**:C-7404-04
**Location**:RAF Menwith Hill **Vacancy Number**: 264949

**Open Date**:03 March 2025 **Close Date**:Open until filled
**Work Hour Per Week**: 39 **Salary (Per Hour)**£13.65
- **Several vacancies may be available - multiple selections may be made**_

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join a premier team of at the, Royal Air Force (RAF), United Kingdom.

**What will be your primary role?**

The primary purpose of this position is to preform a wide variety of simple cooking tasks that require little or no processing such as; pancakes, sausages, eggs, hamburgers and fresh or canned vegetables. You will prepare hot cereals, broiled meats and prepare and cook concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies; as well as make cold sandwich fillings. You will prepare convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets and chicken nuggets. Some cooks, at this level, will be required to prepare and bake pizza. You will prepare food by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring or breading; weigh, measure and assemble ingredients for regular menu items; set up and replenish salad bar; portion foods for distribution and meal service, and cover, date and store leftovers according to established procedures. You will mix ingredients according to written recipes that produce quality products, minimize preparation time, and avoid food material waste. In addition, you will wash and clean kitchen equipment.

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**We offer fantastic company benefits include**:

- **Competitive salary**:the starting salary for this position is **£13.65 an hour**
- **Holiday**:25 days Annual Leave + UK Bank Holidays
- **Paid Sick Leave**
- **Pension Scheme**
- **Free On-Site Parking**
- **Employee extras such as**:Life Assurance scheme, Employee Assistance Program, Specialized Training, Development Opportunities, Receive time off, cash, and honorary awards for significant contributions

**Why the US Air Force/Royal Air Force civilian employment?**

U.S. Air Forces in Europe - United Kingdom (USAFE-UK), a forward detachment of USAFE, is headquartered at RAF Mildenhall, England a premier employer of over 1,200 local national employees with a right to work in the United Kingdom. Our jobs ranging from Administrative; Logistics; Trade and Labor (Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC), electrician, plumbers, and general Maintenance); Civil Engineers, Lawyers, Doctors and Administrative and Management positions. The organization further serves as the focal point for overseas negotiations with His Majesty's government on a wide range of issues. Our team is dedicated to excellence, innovation, and the highest standards of operational readiness.

The 501st Combat Support Wing tracks its lineage back to the 501st Bombardment Group, which was activated June 1, 1944, at Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas. Almost 2,000 Airmen serving one wing with two groups, 14 squadrons, and 17 wing staff agencies. The 501st serves a community of more than 14,000 personnel spread across ten installations. The 501st CSW remains the only combat support wing in the USAF and carries on its storied heritage of generating combat missions around the globe and projecting diplomacy through its ten geographically separated locations across the United Kingdom, Norway and Cyprus. 501st Combat Support Wing Locations: RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Welford, Blenheim Crescent, RAF Alconbury, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and Stavanger, Norway. The United States and the United Kingdom share a special bond nurtured over decades of commitment to our shared values of peace, security and prosperity. The depth of the US and the UK partnership will only grow as together we face the increasingly complex, high-end threats of today and tomorrow.

**What are the Key Skills required for this role?**

1. Experience and knowledge of the methods and procedures relating to food presentation.

2. Knowledge of methods and procedures relating to food preparation and presentation gained by experience obtained working in a grill, snack bar, restaurant, club or similar food activity.

3. Ability to follow oral and written instructions, work safely, and do simple arithmetic.

4. Knowledge of operating and cleaning food service equipment, characteristics of various foods and ability to season food and decide when foods are done.

5. Ability to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds and be able to continuously stand, walk, stoop, reach, push, pull and bend for long periods of time.

6. Ability to satisfactorily complete a pre-employment physical and to obtain a Food Handler’s Certificate and/or complete food handler's training.

**What are the conditions of employment for this role?**

**NOTE**:_You will require a security clearance and a right to work in the UK._

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