Food Service Helper (9mon, 1st)

Michigan Technological University•Houghton, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Michigan Technological University is seeking a 9-month, 40-hour Food Service Helper for its Residential Dining department in Wadsworth Hall. This role involves 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.