Food Service Associate - ACH, 40hrs/week

MaineGeneral Medical Center; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 22,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payactiv access to earned wages

Job summary

MaineGeneral Medical Center is seeking a Food Service Associate to support the Culinary Services team in the cafeteria. You will help prepare and serve at the Pizza Station, with weekend Deli Station duties as needed, delivering friendly service to patients, visitors, and staff.

This role offers on-site work, comprehensive training, and opportunities to grow within a hospital food service environment. You’ll join a collaborative team dedicated to high standards of food safety and patient-focused

Qualifications

• No prior food service experience required.
• Willing to learn and follow procedures.
• Able to stand for extended periods and stay on task.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food and beverages at the Pizza Station while following recipes, food safety, and guidelines.
• Assist with pizza production, including prep, cooking, portioning, stocking, and maintaining stock levels.
• Provide friendly, efficient customer service to staff, visitors, patients, and other customers.
• Work at the Deli Station on scheduled weekends, assisting with sandwich and deli item production and customer service.
• Operate a cash register and accurately process transactions as assigned.
• Keep food service areas, equipment, counters, and workstations clean and stocked.

Skills

Food service

Teamwork

Customer service

Dependable

Punctual

Communication

Tools

Cash register

Job description

Job Summary

Job Summary: Looking for a job where you can learn new skills, work with a team, and make a difference in your community? Join our Culinary Services team as a Food Service Associate! Job Description: This is a cafeteria retail position with a primary assignment at our Pizza Station, where you’ll help prepare and serve food to patients, visitors, staff, and other customers. On scheduled weekends, you’ll work at our Deli Station alongside the rest of the team.

Hours

Pizza Station (9:00am - 5:30pm) weekdays, and every other weekend Deli Station (8:30am - 5:00pm)

Perks

We partner with Payactiv, which lets you access the wages you’ve already earned before payday. Work today. Access your pay tomorrow. If you’ve earned it, you shouldn’t have to wait two weeks to use it.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare and serve food and beverages at the Pizza Station while following standardized recipes, food safety procedures, and established preparation guidelines.
• Assist with pizza production, including food preparation, cooking, portioning, stocking, and maintaining appropriate food levels throughout the shift.
• Provide friendly, efficient customer service to staff, visitors, patients, and other customers.
• Work at the Deli Station on scheduled weekends, assisting with food preparation, sandwich and deli item production, stocking, and customer service.
• Operate a cash register and accurately process customer transactions as assigned.
• Keep food service areas, equipment, counters, and workstations clean, organized, and properly stocked.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and infection prevention standards and procedures.
• Store food, beverages, and supplies properly according to department policies and procedures.
• Assist with dishwashing, cleaning, restocking, catering, and other food service duties as needed.
• Work cooperatively with coworkers and supervisors to keep the cafeteria running smoothly, especially during busy periods.
• Help create a welcoming environment by treating customers and coworkers with respect and maintaining a positive attitude.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the Culinary Services team.

What We’re Looking For

• No previous food service experience required — we’ll train the right person!
• Consistently shows up on time and is dependable.
• Works hard and stays focused, even during busy periods.
• Follows direction and is willing to learn new tasks and procedures.
• Works well with others and contributes to a positive team environment.
• Takes pride in doing the job right and providing quality service.
• Maintains a positive, respectful attitude.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and standing for extended periods.
• Able to communicate effectively with coworkers, supervisors, and customers.
• Helpful

Experience Includes

• Food service
• Restaurant or cafeteria
• Hospitality
• Customer service
• Cashiering or retail
• High-volume food preparation

Why This Role Matters

Great food service starts with a great team. Whether you’re preparing a pizza, helping a customer at the deli, restocking a station, or jumping in to help a coworker, your work helps create a positive experience for everyone who walks through our doors.

Compensation Information

$16.50 - $28.88 The hourly pay range shown represents the base pay range for this position. Individual pay is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations. In addition to base pay, eligible team members may earn additional compensation through shift, weekend, holiday, on-call, and other applicable differentials. We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package designed to recognize our caregivers and support them in delivering exceptional care to the communities we serve.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Job Exempt

No

Benefits

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

• Physical Wellness: We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs. Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents. A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
• Emotional Wellness: When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
• Financial Wellness: Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.
• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
• Eligible employees receive up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
• Career Mobility: Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at [phone] . MaineGeneral participates in E-Verify.