Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it’s a thriving community that’s transforming lives and improving the human condition through world-class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and focus on work-life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Housing & Dining Services (HDS) is the largest department on campus with 450 full-time staff and 1,700 hourly and student staff, and nearly 8,300 students live on campus. HDS is responsible for the management, finance, administration, and program development of all University housing facilities, including residence halls, university apartments, and Mountain Campus.

As a department, HDS works to create dynamic housing and dining experiences that enhance personal growth and global engagement. We do this through implementation of our values of customer first service, commitment to students and staff, integrity, respect and teamwork, inclusiveness and diversity, innovation and stewardship. Within HDS, Workplace Inclusion & Talent Management as a work unit, provides training, on-going development, assessment initiatives, employee development, on-boarding and retention to support the creation of quality, equitable environments for students and staff to fulfill the mission, vision and values.

The Cook position actively prepares and serves food in a high-volume foodservice operation to assure the highest standards of quality, safety, and customer service are always achieved.

Founded in 1870 as the Colorado Agricultural College, Colorado State University is now among the nation’s leading research universities. Fort Collins is an award-winning city located on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains with the foothills and 14,000-foot peaks visible to residents. Easy access to hiking, skiing, rafting and other outdoor sports is a great advantage to CSU students, faculty and staff.

CSU’s Commitment to Campus offers employees a healthy work-life balance through a wide variety of programs, discounts, and special benefits.

Colorado State University acknowledges, with respect, that the land we are on today is the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

Essential Duties include:

• Actively prepare foods using skills that include, but are not limited to, baking, roasting, sautéing, frying, grilling, broiling, steaming, chopping, measuring, and mixing.
• Assure foods that are served always meet the highest standards of quality and appearance.
• Understand and safely use power operated foodservice production and cleaning equipment.
• Meet defined food production standards guided by standardized recipes and menus.
• Provide input on food production volume and inventory levels to assure services are not disrupted by outages.
• Monitor and restock food and supplies to prevent disruptions in service.
• Conduct inventory and forecast future food and supply needs using defined menus and standardized recipes.

To apply, please complete the application information with your work experience, education, certifications and any other relevant information and provide the contact information for three professional references.

• Employee Study Privilege (nine free credits per year).
• Family Tuition Scholarship Program.
• Discounted Veterinary Care.
• Wellness Membership Discounts.
• Volunteers in Public Schools Leave Program.
• Athletic Ticket Discounts.

• Six months experience in a foodservice or retail operation.
• One or more years of experience in a foodservice operation as a cook.
• Experience in a high-volume foodservice operation.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple activities and tasks with competing priorities.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• Exemplary customer service skills.
• Food safety certification such as ServSafe.