Culinary Assistant | Food Services

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 16,531 - 20,664; Part time

Job summary

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) is hiring for a part-time food service assistant based at the Oak Creek campus. You will perform set-up and preparation of food and beverages, assist with cashiering, dishwashing, and general kitchen duties.

Standard hours are 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, for up to 19 hours per week across a 43-week academic year. You will follow recipes, maintain sanitation, help with catering, and support faculty, staff, and students.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 1 year of related food service experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist and prepare customer orders (eggs, grill, fryer).
• Follow recipes from electronic database.
• Perform food prep: cleaning, peeling, cutting, mixing ingredients, sandwich preparation.
• Prepare food for distribution and maintain serving lines.
• Provide customer service to students, faculty and staff; address concerns.
• Replace stock daily.
• Assist in catering setup and delivery.
• Relate orders and messages as required.
• Enter product deliveries into inventory tracking system.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Fast-paced work

Mathematical skills

Self-starter

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Commercial kitchen equipment

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

Under the direction of Food Services Leadership, performs foodservice duties throughout unit including but not limited to: set-up and preparation of food and beverages. Performs cashiering duties; dish washing; kitchen equipment cleaning and maintenance.

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) is Wisconsin's largest and most diverse technical college, offering 170+ high-quality programs that connect students to a career in as little as one to two years. The college also offers a less expensive path to a four‑year degree. MATC is transforming lives, industry and our community by preparing students today for the careers of tomorrow. Together, we are meeting the needs of the community we share and are focused on students with the greatest needs. We are seeking passionate individuals to join our team who shares the same passion in serving this purpose. Learn more about MATC at www.matc.edu.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists and/or prepares customer orders: including but not limited to: eggs made to orders, items on the grill or fryer, and kitchen preparation.
• Ability to follow recipes and retrieve recipe(s) from electronic database.
• Assists, follows directions, and performs food prep including but not limited to: cleaning, peeling, cutting vegetables, mixing ingredients, sandwich preparation and food display.
• Prepares food for distribution including but not limited to: gratings, servings, setting up and maintaining serving line selections.
• Provides customer service excellence while addressing students, faculty and staff concerns and complaints and performs problem resolution; maintains safe and sanitary working conditions.
• Replaces stock regularly on a daily basis.
• Assist in the setup and/or clean-up of catering requests including but not limited to maintaining carts, buffets, and tableting catering functions for all areas throughout the District as needed.
• Delivers catering orders to requested rooms at designated times to various district locations.
• Relays orders and messages as required.
• Establishes, maintains, and enhances positive work relationships with staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Enters product deliveries into register inventory tracking system and assists in inventory counts.
• Cleans dishes, trays, pots, pans and other relevant tools and eating equipment and performs routine cleaning.
• Cleans tables and food service areas.
• Practices honesty by demonstrating a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles, values, truthfulness and accuracy in all actions.
• Collaborates in the instruction of culinary students and student workers.
• Performs other related duties within the scope of the position as required for the efficient operation of the division and to support institutional objectives.

Qualifications

Compliance with all state, federal, and accreditation standards/requirements, as well as all MATC policies and procedures.

Required Education & Experience

High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalency required and (1) year of experience in related area.

Competencies

The ideal candidate cultivates innovation, optimizes work processes, ensures accountability, collaborates effectively, demonstrates interpersonal savvy, communicates effectively, instills trust, maintains a customer focus, is action-oriented, values differences, prioritizes self‑development, and shows compassion.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the use of a variety of commercial kitchen equipment including basic and safe knife skills.
• Knowledge of personal hygiene and sanitation standards and the ability to maintain these standards.
• Skilled at basic mathematical functions and applications.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Physical ability sufficient to lift and move supplies up to 50 pounds and push or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to lift, push, pull or carry objects.
• Ability to walk long distances and stand during entire shift.
• Ability to utilize excellent customer service skills in order to establish and maintain effective working relationships with MATC staff, faculty, students, representatives from outside agencies, business community and the general public.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and promote a positive working environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, students and school personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively through both oral and written means.
• Self‑starter with the ability to work independently, collaborate as a team member and some decisions consistent with established rules.
• Ability to access and disseminate information using computers and proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, ability to complete online mandatory in‑services.

Supplemental Information

This is a part‑time 43‑week, in‑person position (up to 19 hours per week) based primarily at the Oak Creek campus. Standard hours are 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. * 43‑week position (academic year schedule).

Compensation Salary

Pay rates are listed up to the midpoint of the range and placement is determined based on years of experience, internal salary equity, and a review of the applicant's employment and educational background as listed on the job application.

Application Materials & Requirements

Applicants (both internal and external) must complete the employment application in its entirety for consideration. You must provide thorough and detailed information for all sections of the application form. An incomplete application will not be considered.

EEO

Milwaukee Area Technical College will not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, creed, religion, political affiliation, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, disability, age, membership in any reserve component of the armed forces, union affiliation, arrest and conviction record, or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need special accommodation for the application process, please contact our office at 414‑297‑6529 (Wisconsin Relay System: 711) or email [e-mail].