Food Service Worker

City of Thunder Bay; Ontario; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the City of Thunder Bay as a Food Services Worker, where you'll prepare and serve healthy meals to residents and visitors. This role involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness, operating kitchen equipment, and ensuring a positive dining experience. With a strong community focus, this position offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Community engagement opportunities

Supportive team environment

Impactful role in residents' lives

Qualifications

• Should possess current Safe Food Handling certification.
• Grade ten education or equivalent required.
• Experience in food service is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals, ensuring quality and portion control.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area and food handling equipment.
• Operate food service equipment and provide customer service.

Skills

Effective communication

Customer service

Food safety

Sanitation techniques

Education

Grade ten education or equivalent

Current Safe Food Handling certification

Job description

The City of Thunder Bay provides exceptional quality of life to those who live, work, and play in Thunder Bay – a culturally vibrant, economically diverse community with a metro population of over 120,000. Located on the north shore of Lake Superior, under the protective watch of the Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay is rich in people and resources, and connects Northwestern Ontario to the world. We value our high quality of life and promote a clean, green, beautiful, and healthy community that provides economic opportunity, respects diversity, and offers affordable and safe neighborhoods accessible to all.

The City of Thunder Bay is a place where art, culture, and nature come together!

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Job Description

The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay has a rewarding opportunity for a Food Services Worker!

Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Superior, Thunder Bay is the sunniest city in Eastern Canada and a four-season outdoor playground. The urban centre enjoys green spaces, parks, wilderness, and is also considered a cultural capital with a thriving visual and performing arts scene. As the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, Thunder Bay is the region's commercial, administrative, and medical hub, and is home to various educational institutions. Thunder Bay continues to pursue growth and development opportunities for its diverse community.

As a Northerner, an exceptional lifestyle awaits for work and play. Shorter commutes provide work-life balance and opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts to discover wilderness moments away. Thunder Bay offers affordable housing and a vibrant, culturally diverse community with access to fine dining and the arts, making it a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family. The city has excellent schools, including publicly funded French language, French immersion, and International Baccalaureate programs, as well as Confederation College and Lakehead University.

Always striving to live up to its motto, Superior by Nature, the City of Thunder Bay is seeking a...

• 24.72 / Hr - $24.17 / Hr

Once you join us, you won’t want to leave!

If you already live here, we can’t wait for you to join our team!

The Opportunity

This position is responsible for the pre- and final preparation of foods, service to residents, staff, patrons (Meals on Wheels, Jasper Place, Grace Remus Daycare, special functions, and catering), and maintaining cleanliness of work areas, according to the shift assigned.

If you enjoy cooking or catering for a long-term care home, supportive housing, daycare, or Meals on Wheels delivery program, come join us!

Key responsibilities :

• Serves meals to residents, staff, and patrons, maintaining quality, portion control, and attractive presentation following best practices, including therapeutic and texture-modified diets; observes, records, and reports concerns to Supervisor or designate in accordance with Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care standards.
• Responsible for sanitary food handling and proper storage of food materials.
• Operates all food service equipment including the cash register.
• Maintains cleanliness of the work area and equipment.
• Responsible for careful operation and use of all equipment, follows recommended utilization of supplies and chemicals, and reports hazards and equipment defects.
• Loads and moves dishes to and from kitchen and dining areas.
• Provides courteous and tactful customer service to residents, families, staff, visitors, and other patrons.

The Ideal Candidate

This position requires :

• Grade ten education or equivalent; and
• Current Safe Food Handling certification approved by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit; and completion of or enrollment in a food service worker training program approved at a college of applied arts and technology or a Food Service Worker program provided by a private career college or otherwise meeting the training and qualifications requirements under Reg. 246 / 22 of the Fixing Long Term Care Act; or
• Experience in institutional, healthcare, restaurant, or hospitality food service to perform the duties required.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good lifting, safety, and sanitation techniques
• A genuine interest and understanding of the needs of the frail and elderly
• Competency within the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Preference for candidates with previous food service experience in healthcare settings (long-term care, retirement home, hospital)

For a full detailed description of the position, please click on the following link :

Why Work for the City of Thunder Bay (CTB)?

Working as a Food Services Worker means being part of our municipal team. Here, you can :

• Experience your importance,
• Unleash your potential,
• Know your work matters,
• Make a difference,
• Join a dedicated team, and
• Build community.

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