Food Service Worker 1 - South Mountain Restoration Center

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • Franklin County, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Food Service Worker 1 with South Mountain Restoration Center, you will help prepare and serve meals for residents and support a friendly dining environment. The work contributes to residents’ daily nutrition and helps ensure meals are served in a clean and safe setting.

The position focuses on preparing, assembling, and delivering meals while maintaining clean and sanitary food service areas. Duties include storing food and supplies in designated locations; preparing portions and assembling items for meal trays and snacks; setting up tray lines and placing food on trays according to menus and resident tags; cleaning and sanitizing dishes, equipment, carts, and work areas; disposing of trash, garbage, and soiled linens properly; and transporting food, trays, nourishments, and supplies to and from service areas.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position. The schedule is 10:30 AM to 7:00 PM, with a 30-minute lunch, and rotating on- and off-duty days that include weekends and holidays. Telework is not available. A conditional offer requires a medical examination and satisfactory criminal history reports, including Pennsylvania State Police and FBI clearances, under the Older Adult Protective Services Act.

Requirements

• Must be able to perform the essential job functions.
• A conditional offer requires a medical examination.
• A conditional offer requires submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including Pennsylvania State Police and FBI clearances.

Nice To Haves

• Willingness to work in South Mountain, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
• Experience in food service.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation requirements in a dietary department or food service operation.
• Experience cleaning, washing, peeling, slicing, and dicing vegetables.
• Experience using kitchen equipment such as a vertical cutter mixer (VCM), food processor, tabletop chopper, and garbage disposal.
• Experience chopping, dicing, and slicing meats, poultry, fish, and cheeses.
• Experience grilling, steaming, and heating simple foods such as eggs, sandwiches, and hamburgers.
• Experience preparing sandwiches, assembling salads, and serving portions, including desserts.
• Experience preparing and serving hot or cold beverages.
• Experience cleaning and sanitizing equipment, utensils, dishes, pots, pans, work surfaces, and other kitchen items.
• Experience assisting with loading and unloading food delivery trucks.
• Experience transporting food and supplies to and from freezers, refrigerators, and storerooms.
• Experience in assisted living or long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, hospitals, nursing homes or long-term care facilities, fast-food operations, family or small-chain restaurants, large-chain restaurants, cafeterias, school lunch programs, selective-menu operations, or food-cart set-up.
• Experience reading meal-tray tickets or tags, assembling trays or working on a tray line, operating commercial kitchen equipment, or interacting with patients, residents, and customers while serving food or cleaning in a dining room.

Responsibilities

• Store food items and supplies in designated areas, including refrigerators and storage rooms.
• Prepare food portions and assemble items for meal trays and snacks.
• Set up tray lines and place foods on trays according to menus and resident tags.
• Clean and sanitize dishes, equipment, carts, and work areas to meet safety standards.
• Dispose of trash, garbage, and soiled linens in proper receptacles.
• Transport food, trays, nourishments, and supplies to and from service areas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed