Food Service Worker 1 - South Mountain Restoration Center

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • Franklin County, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Worker 1 with the Department of Human Services at South Mountain Restoration Center helps prepare nutritious meals and snacks that support residents’ health and well-being. The role supports daily dietary operations by preparing, assembling, and transporting meal carts and snacks, while maintaining a clean and sanitary food service environment and meeting established food service standards.

Work is full-time, 40 hours per week, from 10:30 AM to 7:00 PM with a 30-minute lunch. Workdays rotate and include weekends and holidays. Telework is not available. A conditional employment 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 of employment requires a medical examination.
• A conditional offer of employment 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, fast food, family or small chain restaurants, large chain restaurants, cafeterias, school lunch programs, selective menu service, or food carts.
• Experience with food cart setup, reading meal-tray tickets or tags, tray assembly, working on a tray line, or operating commercial kitchen equipment.
• Experience interacting with patients, residents, and customers while serving food or cleaning in a dining room.

Responsibilities

• Portion foods, prepare snacks, assemble supplements, and perform basic food preparation for meal service.
• Set up tray lines, organize equipment and supplies, and assemble meal trays according to resident requirements.
• Clean and sanitize dishes, utensils, food carts, work surfaces, and other food service equipment.
• Store food and supplies in designated areas and maintain organized dining and storage locations.
• Transport tray trucks, meals, snacks, and supplies to support daily dietary operations.
• Dispose of trash, garbage, and soiled linen according to proper procedures and in designated receptacles.

What This Job Offers

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