Cook II
Description
This position is responsible for preparing quality foods, providing the highest customer service and supporting the DMNS cleanliness and sanitation guidelines.
Job Class: Full-Time
Hiring Range: $24.00/hour
Direct Reports: This position has no supervisory responsibilities, but can oversee the work of a Cook I.
Hiring Range: $24.00/hour
Direct Reports: This position has no supervisory responsibilities, but can oversee the work of a Cook I.
Essential Duties
- Executes daily food production ensuring that recipes are followed as directed by the culinary management team. Ensures all food prepared meets DMNS quality.
- Ensures all food prepared meets DMNS quality.
- Fully utilizes product, tracks and minimizes all waste.
- Communicates shortages and overages of products as needed.
- Ensures all equipment is working properly prior to shift and reports any equipment problems to culinary management team. Ensures complete daily breakdown, sanitation and restocking of workstation
- Knows and is able to describe what is being served, including all ingredients and some nutritional information.
- Engages with the guests and positively adds to their Museum experience.
- Professionally and courteous interaction with Museum guests and fellow staff.
- Achieves and maintains a clean and sanitary environment.
- Demonstrates and promotes safety awareness. Follows all health department rules and regulations.
Minimum Qualifications/Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- 3 years’ experience as a line cook in a high volume restaurant/cafeteria setting.
- Current Serve Safe Certification or ability to obtain within one month of hire.
Ideal Candidate Will Be/Have
- Culinary degree
- Communicates shortages and overages of products, as needed.
- Anticipates guests needs and reacts to any allergies and dietary needs both efficiently and quickly.
- Demonstrates and promotes safety awareness. Follows all health department rules and regulations.
- Ensures the cleanliness of the kitchen at all times by keeping workspace and service area maintained and using the “clean as you go method”.
Working Conditions
- Office: Moderate noise (business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
- Standing or walking up to 8 hours in a shift.
- Lifting requirements: Medium physical effort required by handling up to 50 pounds occasionally
and/or up to 10 pounds frequently. - High volume production kitchen. Can be hot, cold, humid and/or slippery.
- Strenuous physical activities like moving tables, chairs and clearing dirty dishes.
- May require frequent walking, up and down stairs during set-up and during events.
- Able to work and maintain: fans, boilers, fryer, chillers, slicers, ovens, food prep equipment.
- Exposure to sanitation supplies
Application Instructions
Please submit your resume by 6:00 p.m. MT on May 18th, 2026. Applications will not be accepted after this time. DMNS reserves the right to close the position prior to this date. Applications may only be accepted electronically via the Museum's website.
DMNS Core Values
- We love science.
- We are curious, creative, and playful.
- We cultivate relationships with each other, diverse communities, the environment, and for our future.
- We think critically and act with empathy.
Perks of Working at DMNS
Click HERE (https://www.dmns.org/about/careers/benefits/) to learn more about the benefits package offered to DMNS staff.
Due to the high volume of people who apply, we are not able to respond to specific inquiries regarding your application status.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is an equal opportunity employer. The Museum is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse staff committed to serving the needs of all our visitors, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.