Central Kitchen - Full-Time Kitchen Assistant
About The Position
The Kitchen Assistant supports food preparation and performs the washing, cleaning, and sanitation duties required to operate the Central Kitchen. The role assists with inventory control, waste removal, cleaning garbage cans, and clearing refrigerators, freezers, and storage rooms. The Kitchen Assistant completes work in a timely manner and complies with food, health, and safety regulations. The Central Kitchen team in downtown Sacramento prepares, packages, and delivers more than 1,000 meals each day to seniors, veterans, families, and shelter residents. The Kitchen Assistant helps prepare ingredients and sandwiches, unload and organize supplies, move ingredients to the kitchen as directed, and help set up and serve the food line. The position also involves taking trays to people with disabilities and bussing tables. The position requires kitchen-assisting experience, a high school diploma or GED, familiarity with kitchen sanitation and safety, and a Food Handler’s License. The role requires communication and teamwork, organization, time management, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Physical duties include standing for long periods, lifting and moving up to 20 pounds, frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, and sitting, climbing stairs as needed, and occasional kneeling. Pay is $20.70 per hour.
Requirements
- Experience assisting in a kitchen environment.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Food Handler’s License.
- Familiarity with kitchen sanitation and safety measures used in operating, cleaning, and caring for utensils, equipment, and work areas.
- Ability to communicate and comprehend oral and written instructions.
- Ability to provide services to clients without ethnic or social prejudice.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Effective communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to stand for long periods; lift and move up to 20 pounds; stand, walk, bend, stoop, and sit frequently; climb stairs as needed; and kneel occasionally.
Nice To Haves
- General knowledge of issues and challenges unique to homelessness, substance abuse, young adults, minorities, and people with disabilities.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily work requirements to achieve program objectives.
- Use safe and sanitary food-handling and food-preparation techniques.
- Follow safety procedures for kitchen equipment.
- Clean and sanitize food-preparation areas according to hygiene standards.
- Wash and store cooking appliances, instruments, utensils, cutting boards, and dishes.
- Sweep and mop kitchen and dining-room floors and wipe down kitchen walls.
- Maintain stock and inventory.
- Prepare sandwiches.
- Assist cooks by washing, cleaning, peeling, cutting, and chopping fruit, vegetables, poultry, and meat.
- Assist with unloading delivered food supplies.
- Organize and correctly store food supplies.
- Transfer meal ingredients from storage areas to the kitchen promptly, following the cook’s instructions.
- Help set up and serve the food line, take food trays to people with disabilities, and bus tables.
- Remove garbage, wash garbage cans, and clear refrigerators, freezers, and storage rooms.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
