Food Service Worker III - 7.5 hrs/day

Muscatine Community School District•Muscatine, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Muscatine Schools is hiring a Food Service Worker III for Susan Clark Junior High. This position is scheduled for 7.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday, with an approximate schedule of 6:00 am - 1:30 pm. This is a 9-month position, working only while school is in session. The starting pay for this position is $16.57/hour. Bilingual skills are preferred or highly desirable. An interview, pre-employment background check, and onboarding/training session will be required prior to a candidate beginning employment.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills both written and oral
Extremely customer service oriented and organized
Must genuinely like working with and around children, grades PreK-12
Must have working knowledge of computers
Must know the basics of USDA Food Service Requirements
Competency in the SNAP Computer Food Service System
Must attend workshops for certification and maintain working knowledge of the kitchen and daily work schedule
Comfortable operating an oven, stovetop, can opener, microwaves, garbage disposal, dishwasher
Must follow safety and sanitation procedures including wearing uniform, hairnet, and sturdy non-ski shoes
Must be very safety conscious
Must become certified through the School Nutrition Association.
Must pass Food and Nutrition Department standardized assessment.
All Food and Nutrition workers are required to complete a Food Service Sanitation course after ninety (90) days of employment.
It is required that each worker assigned to a production or bulk satellite kitchen complete the applied food service sanitation, fundamentals of child nutrition and principles of food preparation courses.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual preferred or highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Organizes work site under the direction of the Production Manager in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Food Service Department.
May organize or supervise or assist in setting up service areas, portioning and/or serving food items.
May organize, supervise or assist in preparing various food service tools, such as cleaning and storing of eating utensils, trays, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
May organize, supervise or assist in preparing foods, cooking meat, cleaning and preparing fruits and vegetables, buttering bread, making sandwiches etc.
May use various pieces of kitchen equipment such as dishwashing machines, where available, ovens and other cooking equipment.
Coordinates site control of food and supply costs through proper handling and storage techniques.
Communicates and works with fellow employees as well as maintains good public relations with students, parents, faculty and the community.
May take deposits for snap-cards or cash for elementary student meals and may fill out daily ticket/cash reconciliation report.
Practices all standards for sanitation, safety and day-to-day operating procedures.
Coordinates all site employee schedules to insure rotation of duties.
At High School location, the Food Service Worker III position requires daily communication with each site to insure that all amounts of items are on hand or ordered in a timely manner such as daily inventory sheets, daily logs, bread orders, and other day to day supplies.
Other duties of a similar nature to be assigned as needed.