Food Service Worker

ISD 255 - Pine Island; Pine Island (MN); On-site; USD 20,967 - 25,099; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Life insurance

State retirement

Job summary

ISD 255 - Pine Island is seeking a Food Service Worker to join their team in Pine Island, Minnesota. The role involves dishwashing and assisting in the preparation and serving of menu items while adhering to safe food handling and sanitation standards.

The ideal candidate will ensure foods are stored, labeled, and rotated properly in accordance with state and federal food codes. The position offers an hourly rate ranging from $15.22 to $18.22 based on experience, along with benefits including medical, PTO, life insurance, and state retirement.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of safe food handling procedures.
• Ability to train staff in cooking principles.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for dishwashing and assisting in food preparation.
• Ensures proper food storage, labeling, and procedures.
• Maintains high sanitation standards in the kitchen.

Skills

Food safety knowledge

Customer service skills

Sanitation standards

Job description

JOB TITLE: Food Service Worker

DEPARTMENT: Pine Island School Food Service

SUPERVISOR: Food Service Director

JOB SUMMARY: The Food Service Worker is responsible for dishwashing and assisting in the preparation and serving of all menu items. Additional responsibilities include cleaning, ensuring safe food handling procedures and ensuring foods are stored, labeled, and rotated properly in accordance with state/federal food code. All staff are expected to perform related work as assigned by their supervisor.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Program Accountability

• Monitors all food served meet current nutritional standards and meal pattern requirements, including children with special diets.
• Aids and recommends menus that encourage customer consumption and satisfaction.
• Establishes a leadership role in providing training in cooking principles and excellent customer service.

Sanitation Safety and Security

• Assists the kitchen(s) to protect the health and well-being of the school's children, staff, and community through high levels of sanitation standards.
• Responds to a food hold and recall in an expedient, effective, and efficient manner.
• Takes an active role in food safety, including proper receiving, handling, storing and preparation of all food coming into the kitchen.

Food Production

• Applies management principles to establishing and maintaining high standards of control for quality food production and distribution.
• May at times assist in providing training to all staff to ensure quality food production.
• Ensures credibility through daily monitoring of food production procedures.

Service

• Provides and maintains excellent quality in the presentation and service of food.
• Ensures all program services and meals will be served in pleasant facilities and by courteous staff.

Other

• Performs and manages job-related proficiency with the highest ethical integrity.
• Performs and manages with a commitment to promote a quality SNP that meets the nutritional needs of the customers served.
• Performs overall nature that is committed to the goals and visions of the school district.
• Performs appropriate communication skills with all customers served.
• Provides support to all food and nutrition staff, to ensure all customers are served.
• Other duties as assigned.

The tasks listed in this job description are for the purpose of identifying the appropriate State Job Match for this job class and are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all responsibilities and tasks which may be assigned to this position.

COMPENSATION: Hourly rate range is $15.22-$18.22 depending on experience. District contribution to medical, PTO, life insurance, and state retirement. Voluntary: vision, dental, 403b.