Cafeteria Assistant Manager 2026-2027

Applitrack; South Carolina; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Horry County Schools is seeking an Assistant Cafeteria Manager to oversee daily food service operations in a school setting. You will assist in receiving, storage, preparation, and service of meals, supervise cash handling and meal counts, and ensure sanitation and safety standards are followed.

The role requires prior food service experience, preferably in a school environment; working in a busy kitchen with physical demands is expected.

Qualifications

• Previous food service experience required.
• Previous school food service experience preferred.
• Quality food production experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receiving: Checking deliveries against bid specs and invoices; report discrepancies.
• Storage: Ensure stock is properly stored and rotated.
• Pre-Preparation: Supervise/participate in production of scheduled menu items.
• Service: Supervise/participate in service of food; ensure attractive merchandising and portion control.
• Meal Count/Cash Collection: Oversee meal counts and cash handling per policy and regulations.
• Sanitation: Supervise sanitation in line with procedures.
• Attend a ten-hour Sanitation and Safety Workshop.
• Inventory: Record inventory stock levels and reporting.
• Physical Effort: Frequent lifting 30–50 pounds; walk, stand, and move in kitchen.
• Working Conditions: Warm/noisy kitchens; exposure to steam, fumes, temperatures.

Skills

Food service experience

School food service experience

Food production quality

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - Horry County Schools

• Date Posted: 9/30/2026
• Closing Date: 10/07/2026

Job Title: Assistant Cafeteria Manager
Supervisor: Cafeteria Manager
Terms of Employment: 188Days
Job Summary: To serve students attractive and nutritious meals in an atmosphere of efficiency, cleanliness, and warmth.

• Specific area of responsibilities that may be assigned to the assistant manager are:
• Receiving: Checking delivery of products: (1) Match bid specifications with delivered product (2) Match bid price with invoice price (3) Match quantity requested with quantity delivered (4) Report any discrepancies to manager.
• Storage: Ensure that stock is properly stored and rotated in the appropriate area.
• Pre-Preparation: Supervise/participate in production of scheduled menu items. Record applicable production data on appropriate forms.
• Service: Supervise/participate in the service of food ensuring attractively merchandised and portion-controlled menu items. Record applicable production data on appropriate forms.
• Meal Count/Cash Collection: Supervise/participate in the meal count/cash collection in accordance with common business practices and local, state and federal accountability requirements.
• Sanitation: Supervise/participate in the general sanitation of the food service operation, in accordance with established sanitation procedures.
• Required to attend a ten (10) hour Sanitation and Safety Workshop.
• Inventory: Conduct/assist with the timely recording/extension reporting of inventory stock levels on the appropriate form.
• Physical Effort: Frequent lifting or moving of objects weighing 30 to 50 pounds. Sweeping and mopping.
  Working Conditions: Work in warm and noisy kitchens, exposed to steam, fumes and cooking odors. Danger of falls, burns, and cuts. Exposure to extreme temperature changes when entering walk‑in refrigerators/freezers from warm kitchens.
• Equipment Condition: Responsible for operating dangerous pieces of equipment -- meat slicers, food choppers, garbage disposals, etc.

Other Duties

Perform any duties and assumes any responsibilities as may be assigned by the school food service manager.

Job Specifications

Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on the evaluation of Support Personnel.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)

• Previous food service experience required.
• Previous school food service experience preferred.
• Quality food production experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pay Grade: 102

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.

The deadline is for the convenience of the District.The District reserves the right at any time to extend the deadline date without notice and without final consideration of any pending applications.

Postings current as of 10/3/2026 12:41:15 PM CST.

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