Vacant job

Do you want to create culinary joy with well-prepared meals and help develop a Borlänge that takes responsibility for the environment both now and in the future?

Food and Premises Services offers meal and cleaning services to preschools, primary schools, upper secondary schools, and special housing.

Food Service currently consists of approximately 70 units divided into central kitchens, kitchens with on-site cooking, and receiving kitchens. The production is approximately 10,000 portions per day.

Premises Services is an internal service unit that offers our customers services within facility maintenance, transport, laundry, etc.

Approximately 250 employees work at Food and Premises Services.

Of course, our core values attract you!

• I am here for the people of Borlänge
• I like challenges
• I meet every person with openness

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for a cook for the Kungsljuset kitchen, which is one of four kitchens that serve lunch and dinner to the municipality's elderly care special housing.

In the kitchen, you usually work alone, but you work together with a colleague 2 days a week, so you are usually responsible for the daily operations and for creating a pleasant and professional meal service.

You work on a rolling schedule with work every other weekend, and public holidays may occur.

Our goal is to serve Sweden's most pleasant meals. This means that we not only cook good and nutritious food, but we also create a positive meal experience in an environment characterized by culinary joy, a sense of service, and sustainability.

We place great emphasis on being a service unit to our customers within care and our diners.

The food should be nutritious, safe, tasty, and inviting of a pleasant meal experience that enhances the quality of life for our elderly.

For the position, in addition to a great interest in cooking, you need to have good knowledge of special diets, consistency-adapted food, and adapted food.

You work with service, which means finding solutions to challenges that work together with your colleagues in the kitchen and care.

You are receptive to the diners and use your knowledge and creativity to develop meals in line with what our diners want and what the operation can offer.

You must be accustomed to working in a structured and solution-focused manner.

You follow the operation's guidelines and established goals, participate in holiday planning, and are loyal to decisions made in the operation.

We work in several different operation systems, so you who apply need to be accustomed to working with computers, and we would appreciate it if you had previously worked with our systems.

In addition to cooking, all kitchen staff perform common tasks such as dishwashing, cleaning, and ordering food supplies, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic requirements for the position:

• We are looking for you who have a high school diploma in food technology, large-scale kitchens, hotel and restaurant education, or other education that the employer considers equivalent and relevant for the position.
• Two years of experience working as a cook.
• Hygiene training/HAACP or equivalent knowledge.
• Education and knowledge in special diets and adapted food.
• Very good oral and written skills in Swedish.

Personal qualities:

• Flexible and stress-resistant to quickly be able to change focus in everyday life, reprioritize when necessary, and solve the problems that arise.
• You need to have structure in your work, value order and cleanliness, be involved/responsible for planning the day, and be one step ahead in planning for yourself or others.
• You should be able to collaborate with colleagues and customers as you are an important cog in our daily operations, while also having a professional attitude towards the people of Borlänge, colleagues, management, and conducting good dialogues during changes that affect their operations.
• Service-oriented and good customer handling.

Merit qualifications:

• Computer skills and a Category B driver's license.

Salary form: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-09-01.
Working hours: Schedule.

In connection with the interview, you as a candidate need to provide proof of citizenship in Sweden/EU/EEA or a valid work and residence permit.

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For those offered employment, a extract from the National Police Board's criminal record register is required according to the Act on Register Control from 2001-01-01.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Borlänge Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the link and not in any other way.

We welcome your application!

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