Zoo Team Member - Food Services

The CALDWELL ZOO•Tyler, TX

About The Position

Food Services - cook, dishwasher, cashier Greet all visitors upon entering the Café. Engage with guests and work toward creating a world-class customer experience. Operate Point of Sale (POS) system, handle money and make change. Take orders for food Stock and receive supplies Clean kitchen and outside eating area. Follow food portioning standards Ensure that all orders are completed in time and with the correct priority. Keep the cooking, storage, and prep areas clean, neat, and well-stocked. Adheres to health and safety standards Correctly place and store clean equipment, dishes, and utensils in assigned storage areas. Stocks serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, and other assigned areas with necessary dishes and utensils. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Must be outgoing and friendly
Must be willing to work with birds
Lift up to 50 lbs
Able to stand for 8 hours
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively and present information in one-on-one or small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, proportions, percentages, area, circumferences, and volume.
Excellent cash handling skills required both manually and automated.
Basic computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Must have or obtain the Smith County Health District Food Training Certification.
Must have a valid Texas driver's license and driving record meet the criteria for insurability under The Caldwell Foundation’s fleet liability insurance policy.
High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED), some experience in the food industry or cash handling preferred.
Valid Texas Driver License
Food Training Certification
Ability to apply common sense understanding to interpret and carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form in a timely fashion.
Ability to deal with problems involving a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb ladders, or crawl, as well as talk, hear, taste, smell, and reach with hands and arms, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Exceptional customer service skills preferred
Previous cashiering/cash handling experience preferred
Food Handlers preferred
Retail experience preferred
The ability to speak Spanish is helpful.
Merchandising and creativity a plus.

Responsibilities

Greet all visitors upon entering the Café.
Engage with guests and work toward creating a world-class customer experience.
Operate Point of Sale (POS) system, handle money and make change.
Take orders for food
Stock and receive supplies
Clean kitchen and outside eating area.
Follow food portioning standards
Ensure that all orders are completed in time and with the correct priority.
Keep the cooking, storage, and prep areas clean, neat, and well-stocked.
Adheres to health and safety standards
Correctly place and store clean equipment, dishes, and utensils in assigned storage areas.
Stocks serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, and other assigned areas with necessary dishes and utensils.
Other duties as assigned.