Cafeteria Food Tech - Baton Rouge

Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge•Baton Rouge, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves preparing food using standardized recipes and accurate measurements, ensuring food quality and timely preparation. Responsibilities include maintaining a clean and sanitary kitchen environment, proper food storage, and accurate record-keeping of food usage and temperatures. The position requires serving correct food portions with adherence to sanitation techniques and temperature controls, as well as merchandising food effectively. Teamwork and fostering a positive work environment are essential, along with identifying and reporting unsafe conditions. The role also involves positive interaction with students, faculty, and administration, and may require driving a company vehicle. Cross-training in various aspects of kitchen operations, computerized systems, customer service, and safety is expected. The job impacts individuals within the department and the assigned school.

Requirements

Must have a high school diploma or graduate education diploma (GED).
Must complete the Louisiana Department of Education’s Professional Standards Training requirements each year.
Must have successfully completed the Phase I training course within first year of hire.
Oral and written English proficiency.
Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, and multiplication for currency exchange and recipe scaling.
Interpersonal skills.
Delegation skills.
Motivation skills.
Supervisory skills.
Knowledge of kitchen operations.
Good personal health/hygiene.
Knowledge of safety procedures.
Knowledge of proper food handling, storage, temperature, and portion sizes.
Knowledge of federal, state, and local board child nutrition policies and procedures.
Ability to write, read, and follow written instructions, schedules, recipes, warnings, and other printed information.
Ability to learn computer application programs.
Operating knowledge of and experience with basic cafeteria equipment.
Regularly required to stand for long periods of time, walk, climb, balance, or stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
Reach with hands and arms.
Talk or hear.
Frequently move and/or lift objects weighing up to 25lbs alone and up to 50 lbs. with assistance.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Regularly required to compare, analyze, communicate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.
Frequently required to coordinate.
Occasionally required to copy.

Nice To Haves

Previous school cafeteria experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare food using standardized recipes, accurate measurements, and correct food preparation techniques.
Prepare food according to time schedules to meet deadlines and monitor food quality during preparation.
Clean and maintain safe and sanitary kitchen and equipment by practicing regular equipment maintenance, storing deliveries, and using established sanitation techniques.
Serve correct food portions using acceptable sanitation techniques in food handling and maintaining correct cooking and holding temperatures and utilizing food merchandising techniques.
Accurately and properly report and document amount of food used and left over.
Perform record keeping as assigned including but not limited to food temperatures and equipment temperatures (Freezer(s), Cooler(s), etc).
Receive and date food/supply deliveries and put away inventory in assigned storage area(s).
Foster a harmonious team environment by assisting coworkers with scheduled work demands.
Correct and /or report unsafe work conditions and use safe working procedures.
Interact positively and professionally with students, faculty, administration and others regarding the CNP.
Drive company vehicle if needed.
Perform other duties and assignments as needed.