Food Prep Assistant

Circle K Stores•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Food Prep Assistant prepares and serves quality food and beverages while supporting food merchandising, customer service, facility upkeep, inventory control, staffing, safety, and administrative operations. The role ensures food is prepared according to menus and recipes, with proper weights, holding times, temperatures, and safe food-handling practices. It also helps maintain attractive, correctly priced displays and fresh products, and supports a clean, safe work environment. The position may supervise food-preparation employees when the Store Manager is absent, help train and coach employees, adjust assignments to manage customer traffic, and assist with scheduling and employee feedback. The Food Prep Assistant follows applicable laws, health and safety codes, brand standards, and company policies; reports discrepancies and incidents to the Store Manager; and performs assigned duties with minimal supervision. The role is based at Store 2741052 in San Antonio, Texas, and lists overnight availability on weekends only. Work is primarily indoors, though the employee may clean parking lots and gas pumps and take out garbage. The position may involve occasional exposure to cold temperatures in a walk-in cooler or freezer and occasional noise. Work is performed with minimum direction and periodic supervision. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Requirements

Minimum age of 18 years.
High school diploma or equivalent, plus 6 months to 1 year of retail store or food service work experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience.
Knowledge of basic business and customer service principles, including planning and organizing, resource management, and leadership skills.
Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly and understandably.
Ability to handle customers and unanticipated problems or events using standard procedures.
Ability to work as scheduled and arrive on time.
Ability to accurately operate equipment that may include hot or cold food or beverage dispensers, grills, ovens, fry stations, and other machines or tools.
Ability to perform the essential duties and physical functions of the job and work in the described conditions.
Ability to occasionally lift or carry up to 30 pounds from ground to overhead and up to 50 pounds from ground to waist.
Ability to grasp, reach, and manipulate objects with hands throughout the shift, with eye-hand coordination.
Ability to push or pull with the arms using up to 20 pounds of force.
Ability to reach overhead; bend and twist at the waist; stoop, kneel, squat, push, and pull.
Ability to communicate orally and operate a cash register and/or computer keyboard.
Ability to work alone and stand and/or walk for an entire shift.
Ability to tolerate occasional exposure to temperature extremes in a walk-in cooler or freezer and outdoors, as well as occasional noise.
May need to climb a ladder to store or retrieve materials or place and remove signs.

Responsibilities

Ensure grocery deliveries are accurate, merchandise is stocked, attractively displayed, and correctly priced.
Complete build-to’s for ordering or purchasing merchandise; check in deliveries, verify invoices, report discrepancies, and maintain inventory.
Assemble, date, and price-mark displays; rotate food items and monitor freshness and quality.
Maintain food preparation areas and display cases, and prepare food according to menus and recipes, including proper weights, holding times, temperatures, and safe food-handling procedures.
Provide courteous, prompt customer service, greet and thank customers, and resolve or assist with routine customer concerns.
Prepare and serve quality food and beverages to meet customer needs.
Maintain a safe and clean work environment, including cleaning floors, windows, counters, displays, store areas, bathrooms, equipment, and other work aids; remove trash and debris.
Inspect facilities and equipment for safety, cleanliness, and proper working order.
Notify the Store Manager of inventory or operating discrepancies; follow vendor check-in procedures and account for the quality and quantity of received products.
Follow company or brand guidelines for product breakage and spoilage.
Supervise food-preparation employees in the Store Manager’s absence; help coach and train employees and assist with scheduling, assigning duties, counseling, and performance feedback.
Monitor customer traffic and adjust or reassign employee duties to reduce waiting times and meet operational needs.
Ensure food-preparation employees follow government laws, health and safety codes, food-brand inspection standards, and company policies and procedures; seek management guidance on legal questions or obligations.
Assist the Store Manager in maintaining a safe environment and protecting company assets; report injuries, theft, property damage, sanitation or waste-disposal issues, and potentially unsafe, unlawful, or unethical conduct.
Prepare or assist with periodic sales, product, and operating reports as directed by the QSR Supervisor; attend job-related meetings, which may require irregular hours.
Maintain intradepartmental workflow and comply with company policies and procedures; contribute to team efforts and perform other duties as assigned.
Take inventory of supplies, equipment, and stock to identify items for reorder or replenishment.
Review and verify employee paperwork and timekeeping records for accuracy and completeness.
Report to work on time and follow the dress and appearance code.