Food Service Worker

Navy Region Southeast Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR); Belle Chasse (LA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Medical and Dental Insurance

401k with employer match

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Navy Region Southeast Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR) seeks a food service worker at NAS JRB New Orleans Bowling. The role involves semi-skilled cooking and food prep tasks to support the Galley Program, with emphasis on maintaining safety, sanitation, and timely serving of meals.

Responsibilities include short-order grilling, assisting cooks, handling orders, and ensuring proper portion control and temperatures. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and irregular hours may apply.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience related to duties must be shown.
• Must be able to read and follow simple recipes and combine ingredients.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must pass a physical examination and Health Care Card.
• Knowledge of food temperatures and sanitation requirements.
• Ability to operate food prep appliances (grill, fryer, slicer, blender).

Responsibilities

• Cook or assist in preparing lunch or dinner meals.
• Grill foods to order and assist in preparation of meals.
• Take customer orders or tickets and ensure items are cooked to order.
• Prepare simple items like sandwiches, soups, and salads.
• Maintain cleanliness of grills, stoves, refrigerators and work areas.

Skills

Follow recipes

Cash handling

Food safety awareness

Tools

Grill

Fryer

Blender

Job description

Summary

This position is located at NAS JRB NEW ORLEANS Bowling. Incumbent performs semi-skilled and routine food service tasks in support of the Galley Program. The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of manual tasks in food preparation in food service areas that require light to moderate physical effort.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform duties as such short order grill cook and/or assist the cook in the preparation of lunch or dinner meals.
• Perform a limited variety of tasks, such as grilling foods to order, i.e., hamburgers, pancakes, bacon, eggs, etc.
• Select food items to be services and ensure their freshness. Take direct customer orders or ticket orders from waitresses ensuring items are cooked to order, served using authorized portion controls and temperature and turning to avoid burning.
• Assist/or prepare simple items such as sandwiches, soups, salads. Measure and weighs ingredients according to simple recipes or as directed.
• Place cooked food on serving dishes, steam or food carts.
• Ensure group orders are served simultaneously.
• Keep grills, stoves, refrigerators and working areas in a neat and clean manner in accordance with safety and sanitation regulations.
• Notify supervisors of items needed in order to maintain stock.
• May be required to assist in taking inventory.
• May be required to collect money, operate a cash register and prepare necessary documentation for cash fund accountability.
• May be required to occasionally perform other duties within the facility.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must meet Federal Employment suitability requirements and successful completion of background investigation. Background investigations are conducted using fingerprint identification and completion of background inquiry forms.
• Must successfully pass the E-verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• You must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9.
• May be required to pass pre-employment examinations.
• A valid State driver's license is required to operate motor vehicles.
• Must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Incumbent will be exposed to extreme temperatures and possible cuts, bruises, burns, spills and falls from floors in environment.
• Required sitting, walking, long periods of standing, bending and lifting of moderate heavy items up to 50 pounds.
• Requires C.A.R.E (Controlling Alcohol Risks Effectively) trained, hold an Emergency First Responder (EFR) or CPR First Aid certification and hold a current Food Handler certification OR be able to obtain these trainings/certifications within 90 days.
• Irregular working hours may be required to include early shift, late shift, evenings, weekends and holidays when the need arises.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. All non-government positions identified on your resume must include complete address and to and from dates. Government positions must include pay plan, series, grade, to and from dates and address of the agency/organization.

Specialized experience directly related to the duties described above. Qualifying experience must have been equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Must possess ability to read and follow simple recipes, instruction and combine ingredients for cooked dishes.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Skill in cash handling and ability to operate a computerized cash register.
• Must pass an annual physical examination, obtain a health care card and pass the Food Handler's Sanitation Course.
• Knowledge of food characteristics to determine freshness and adequate serving temperatures.
• Ability to operate food preparation appliances, i.e., food slicer, blender, grill, fryer, etc.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire and your RESUME MUST SUPPORT AND VALIDATE YOUR ANSWERS or you may be removed from consideration.

ONLY THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE REFERRED. IF MANAGEMENT DOES NOT WISH TO SELECT A HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATE, THEY MAY REQUEST A REFERRAL LIST INCLUDING WELL OR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.

PLEASE READ THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY TO ENSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE ADDRESSED IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE.

RELOCATION

• NO Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest

Key Requirements/Conditions Of Employment

• Males must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. https://www.sss.gov/register/
• Selectee must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Selectee is required to participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• Social Security Card is required.
• Satisfactorily complete an employment verification (E-VERIFY) check. As of May 7, 2025, The REAL ID act requires visitors to have a REAL ID or passport to access to Government Facilities. This will be a requirement for employment.
• A favorable background is a requirement of this position. Failure to obtain and maintain a favorable background may result in the withdrawal of the position offer or removal.

NOTE

Applicants have the ability to perform an E-Verify Self Check to confirm employment eligibility at http://www.uscis.gov/mye-verify/self-check. Although a Self-Check is not mandatory, it can be a useful tool for applicants to find out if there is a problem with their employment eligibility records and resolve any issues before taking a job.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement.

Additional information

The Federal government offers a number of exceptional benefits to its employees. Benefits you get to enjoy while working for our TEAM include but are not limited to:

• Comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, life insurance, spouse & dependent life insurance, long-term disability, retirement, and 401(k) savings plan, annual and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, etc.).
• Stability of Federal Civilian Service
• People with passion for doing work that matters
• Quality of Work Life Balance

Some positions have special requirements- Position is a non-critical, sensitive, position requiring access to IT II system and/or access to PII. An access National Agency Check investigation (ANACI) is required via the SF 86 security form.- Required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450. Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 23 March 2006.- Salary is dependent on experience and/or education.- For positions requiring travel more than twice per year, selectee may be required to obtain and maintain in good standing a Government-issued Travel Card for official government travel purposes.

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of closing date.

The Department of the Navy (DON) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Applicants are assured of equal consideration regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, reprisal, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor. This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applicants with disabilities who believe they may require reasonable accommodations should email their request to [e-mail] to ensure proper consideration is given. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

This activity is a Drug-Free workplace. The use of illegal drugs by NAF employees, whether on or off duty, cannot and will not be tolerated. Federal employees have a right to a safe and secure workplace, and Sailors, their family members, and all other customers have a right to a reliable and productive Federal workforce.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

• Annual Leave
• Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Medical (vision included) and Dental Insurance
• NAF Retirement Plan
• 401K Savings Investment Plan with employer match up to 3%
• Basic life insurance with optional life and spouse/dependent coverage
• Medical savings account (FSA)
• Access to Morale, Welfare & Recreation Programs to include Golf Courses, Marinas, Gyms/Fitness Centers, Bowling Centers, Restaurants, Discounted Tickets and Travel options and shopping privileges at the Navy Exchange!