Central Kitchen Truck Driver

Bethel School District 403•Spanaway, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position's responsibilities are to load and deliver food from central kitchen to satellite schools and other deliveries as assigned. The Child Nutrition Central Kitchen Truck Driver drives a delivery box truck with a hydraulic lift gate from the central kitchen to satellite schools on assigned routes, performing pre-route safety checks. The role involves verifying products and quantities for delivery, documenting checks, and recording temperatures of food items and transport time. For cook-chill products, log tags are placed, and HACCP protocols are followed. Loads are secured for efficiency, and food is unloaded at satellite schools, ensuring student safety and avoiding drop-off/pick-up zones. Product verification and temperature checks are done at the delivery site, and transport records are completed with a signature from the PIC. The driver returns to the central kitchen to determine if additional food needs delivery, picks up and delivers dirty laundry, starts the washer, folds laundry, and bags/labels clean laundry for the next day. The truck is returned to the central kitchen loading dock, and keys are turned in. Carts are pressure washed and sanitized weekly, and sheet pans are run through the dishwasher weekly.

Requirements

Ability to communicate effectively.
Skill in operating a box delivery truck with hydraulic lift gate.
Ability to lift, carry and move heavy objects.
Ability to load and balance truck using electric or manual pallet jack, pallet sled or hand truck.
Ability to safely secure loads.
Knowledge of safe lifting techniques.
Ability to meet offer vs. serve meal pattern requirements if position assists in serving food.
Ability to maintain and establish effective working relationships with a variety of others.
Requires fingerprinting and background check to determine that there have been no convictions involving physical molestation, abuse, injury or neglect of a minor.
Must complete training in and adhere to district infection control plan.
Valid Washington state food handler's permit.
Valid Washington state driver's license and a good driving record.

Nice To Haves

Passage of a pre-employment physical and testing is required of this position (the district assumes the cost).

Responsibilities

Drives delivery box truck with hydraulic lift gate from central kitchen location to satellite schools on assigned route(s). Performs pre-route safety check.
Verifies products and quantities for delivery to each school location. Documents amounts were checked and verified on transport record.
Checks and records temperatures of indicated food items and time of transport on transport record. For cook-chill product, sets and places log tags between cook-chill bags. Ensures HACCP protocols are followed during loading, transport and delivery of food products.
Loads, balances and secures loads using proper procedures and for optimal efficiency (last delivery first, first delivery last).
Drives to satellite schools and unloads food in timely manner. Ensures student safety and avoids student drop-off and pick-up zones as able. Reports routing conflicts to supervisor.
Verifies product at delivery site, checks and records appropriate food temperatures. Completes transport record. Obtains signature from PIC. Unloads food and places in appropriate/designated kitchen locations.
Returns to central kitchen location to determine if additional food needs to be delivered. Picks up, delivers and returns dirty laundry to be washed. Starts washer and/or folds laundry at central kitchen. Bags and labels clean laundry for next day's delivery.
Returns truck after shift to the central kitchen loading dock and turns in keys to central kitchen logistics office.
Pressure washes and sanitizes transport carts and runs transport cart sheet pans through the dishwasher weekly.
Keeps track of daily menus to make certain that all food items and condiments are delivered in timely fashion.
Checks and maintains fluids and gas levels in assigned truck. Washes truck and cleans cab regularly.
May assist in central kitchen warehouse as needed.
May carry district mail between locations.
May serve on various district committees and/or departmental work teams. Models appropriate and cooperative behavior, including protecting confidential information, consistent with district ethical guidelines.
Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.