Japanese Culinary Specialist | Yakiniku & Nitsuke | NIKU IKU

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Location:
Downtown Core, Central Region
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Job Types: Full Time
Timing/Shifts: 5 Day Week

S$3150 / month

What this role manages
- Cook every core dish to the NiKU iKU standard: yakiniku and nitsuke
- Hold portion and sauce to specification on every dish, including customised orders.
- Prepare ingredients and set up the station before service, and reset it after.
- Complete pre-opening, pre-closure and triple checks, and record them.
- Keep the station clean, hygienic and halal-compliant, including separation of utensils and ingredients.
- Check ingredients at the station when they arrive, by sight and smell, and reject what fails.
- Receive goods, record them, and print an expiry-date label for any food once its pack is opened, for example edamame.
- Reply to work messages on Lark, SMS or WhatsApp in English or Chinese.
- Wear the correct protective equipment and follow hot-oil and equipment procedure.
- Report every near miss and every incident on the day it happens.
- Keep the station stocked through service and flag a shortage before it stops the line.

What this role leads
- Hold the standard when the queue is long, rather than trading quality for speed.
- Speak up about a food safety or halal concern, including to someone more senior, and keep speaking until it is dealt with.
- Take feedback and corrections without getting defensive, and apply them at the next service.
- Help a new crew member find things and learn the station, without being asked to.
- Show the core values of the company in an open kitchen where customers can see the work.

Requirement
- Understand spoken instructions in at least one language shared with the outlet team: English, Mandarin or Malay.
- Read and write in English or Chinese: the station SOP, expiry labels, records of goods received, and replies to Lark, SMS and WhatsApp messages.
- Able to work in a hot kitchen for long periods, including standing, lifting and working at heat. We consider reasonable accommodation.
- Available for outlet shifts, including weekends, public holidays and peak seasons.