Food Service Helper (12mon,1st)

Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI
Onsite

About The Position

Michigan Technological University is seeking a 12-month, 1st shift, Food Service Helper. This role involves performing various food service duties including food preparation and production, customer service, equipment operation, and cashier duties.

Requirements

  • High School diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.
  • Experience working in a food service operation working with food production in a commercial, institutional, restaurant or hotel kitchen or similar food service operation.
  • Experience serving customers.
  • Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn and follow instructions.
  • Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with people in varying situations and in all areas assigned.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries and work harmoniously with diverse groups of students, faculty and staff.
  • Demonstrated ability to work evenings and weekends, and at times be called in to work with very short notice.

Nice To Haves

  • SERV safe Certified
  • Demonstrated success in, or potential future contributions to, working with persons from diverse backgrounds, creating a sense of belonging, and fostering a fair, objective, welcoming place to work for persons with a wide variety of personal characteristics and viewpoints.
  • Demonstrated success in, or potential future contributions to, working with persons with a wide variety of backgrounds and viewpoints.

Responsibilities

  • Direct the activities of student food service workers in assigned area.
  • Assist in the training and instructions of regular student employees in assigned area.
  • Maintain records and prepare required reports in assigned area.
  • Order food, maintain inventory, operate electronic cash register and card readers.
  • Take money to accounting.
  • Responsible for cleaning, sanitation, and safety in assigned area.
  • Operate all equipment used in preparation and production of menu items employing safety procedures.
  • Understand and interpret recipes.
  • Perform catering duties including set-up, serving, delivering, cleaning, table service, and all aspects of clean-up.
  • Interact with customers in a friendly and courteous manner.
  • Maintain knowledge of portion size, food items, and ingredients of foods being served.
  • Adhere to current uniform policy as posted.
  • Participate in any training necessary to accommodate changes in operation which directly affect regular assigned duties.
  • Responsible for garbage removal and cardboard recycling in assigned areas.
  • Conduct daily, weekly, or monthly physical inventories in designated areas as assigned by supervisor.
  • Functional supervision may be exercised over student assistants and other support staff.
  • Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work.
  • Actively engage in University continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.

Benefits

  • Employee Safety Overview training
  • Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Training
  • Annual Data Security Training
  • Annual Title IX Training
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