Lead Cook - Temporary

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Current ServSafe Certification; Allergen Awareness Certification; Choke Save Certification.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise foodservice workers in a small production site which serves two elementary schools, ensuring that proper food safety and production standards are maintained.

Experience: Food service worker with commercial or institutional cooking and some supervisory experience.

Other: Ability to perform a wide range of food preparation and customer service duties including hot and cold food preparation utilizing standardized recipes in a fast, efficient manner to meet production, delivery, and service standards; knowledge of HACCP requirements according to state and federal food code standards; ability to adhere to established cash handling and record-keeping procedures; can operate and maintain commercial kitchen equipment as instructed; assist in production planning and reporting as required; and the ability to lift items weighing up to 40 lbs. and to stand for an extended period of time.

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, tasks, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to modify essential functions of the job, or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments.

Qualifications Preferred:

Experience: Prior experience as a lead or assistant cook and/or food production supervisor in a commercial or institutional foodservice establishment.

Requirements

Passing of Massachusetts DESE fingerprinting and CORI background checks

External candidates must send letter, resume and three (3) letters of recommendation to: Joseph Case High School Kimberley Orr: Food Service Director Kimberley.Orr@SchoolSchools.org 70 School Street Swansea, MA 02777 Deadline: November 2, 2026 (End of Business Day)