Event Lead, Lead Food Service Worker S04 - Cornell Catering

Cornell University • Ithaca, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Event Lead assists with preparing and presenting food for concessions and catered events, completing work independently and coordinating assigned staff. The role serves as a team role model and calls for a team-oriented, customer-service-driven approach. Cornell Catering is a full-service caterer serving events ranging from large banquets and weddings to small dinners, with customized offerings for clients and budgets.

The Event Lead helps coordinate customer orders and work assignments for food preparation, production, presentation, and service across concessions, suite service, and catered events. The role also helps maintain station equipment and supplies, uphold food safety and health standards, and process sales transactions. The position is onsite and may involve changing schedules, shifts, locations, and duties, as well as evening, weekend, and holiday hours. It may be subject to seasonal layoffs.

This is a UAW-represented position. The posting lists a starting rate of $24.55 per hour. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are not available.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Basic English skills, including reading, writing, math, and verbal articulation.
• Good customer service, interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills; ability to work with varied clientele and coworkers.
• Ability to provide functional supervision and/or training to culinary staff and student employees as assigned.
• Ability to be creative and adapt to changing roles, schedules, shifts, locations, and daily tasks.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
• Ability to lift 30 pounds occasionally and up to 50 pounds minimally; reach overhead; stand for long periods; perform repetitive motions such as chopping, stirring, and mixing; squat occasionally and bend frequently.
• Ability to tolerate continuous exposure to temperature changes, including extreme ranges, as well as heat, steam, smoke, slippery floors, food waste, and kitchen equipment.
• Ability to maintain prolonged attentiveness when using equipment and performing tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Higher education and experience in a leadership role.
• Experience in off-premise catering or concessions operations.
• ServSafe certifications.
• Prior experience serving and selling alcohol products.
• Knowledge of proper sanitation and HACCP procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate customer orders and work assignments, including personal assignments, for food preparation, production, presentation, and timely service at concessions, suite service, and catered events.
• Prepare food items and maintain the equipment and supplies used at assigned stations.
• Maintain food standards and comply with HACCP, New York State health codes and procedures, and applicable New York State liquor authority laws for alcohol controls at points of sale.
• Operate a register and process cash, check, credit-card, and meal-plan-card transactions according to established procedures and security requirements.
• Provide functional supervision and/or training to culinary staff and student employees as assigned.
• Contribute to an inclusive, respectful, cooperative, and welcoming work environment and support work/life integration.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED