Food Service Worker -AbilityOne

Goodwill Greater Milwaukee & Chicago; Great Lakes (IL); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance premiums paid

Paid holidays

Paid vacation after one year

Deaf Friendly Worksite

Job summary

Goodwill Great Lakes is seeking a production team member to support its Naval Station Great Lakes food service operation. You will perform routine food-handling tasks, serve meals, check IDs when needed, and maintain a clean dining area.

Some duties involve customer contact while others are back-of-house tasks. The role emphasizes on-site work with comprehensive benefits, including insurance premiums paid by Goodwill, paid holidays, and paid vacation after one year, in a Deaf-friendly

Qualifications

• A qualifying, documented disability.
• REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification.
• High school diploma or equivalent is not required.
• Willingness to learn on the job – previous work experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Automated dishwashing
• Checking IDs
• Serving food on the line
• Attending to a salad bar
• Cleaning & busing tables

Skills

Customer service

Food service

Dishwashing

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma not required

Job description

Goodwill is a great place to work that offers job and life skills training, case management services, and opportunities for advancement. In addition, Goodwill provides health, dental, vision and life insurance plus, after one year, employees receive paid vacation days. On top of that, Goodwill pays 100% of insurance premiums.

Production: Do you like routine or a variety of duties? Do you like contact with customers or prefer less customer contact? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this is the job for you.

• Automated dishwashing
• Checking IDs
• Serving food on the line
• Attending to a salad bar
• Cleaning & busing tables

Some of the duties require regular customer contact, while others do not. We will help you learn the job duties, reach your full potential, and achieve social acceptance and integration.

Goodwill Great Lakes has provided essential food service to the Navy Sailors & Recruits since 1998. We operate a number of galleys (cafeterias) at Naval Station Great Lakes. Every day, the food service team prepares and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, totaling over 9 million meals per year. That’s an impressive accomplishment and here at Goodwill, employees take pride in their work and service to the Navy Sailors & Recruits. We want you to be a part of this.

Great Reasons

• Competitive wages & health, dental, vision, and life insurance (Premiums paid by Goodwill)
• Paid holidays and sick time
• Paid vacation days after one year
• Team oriented approach in an integrated work setting
• Case management services
• Variety of schedules
• On-the-job training
• Deaf Friendly Worksite – 40+ employees who are Deaf, Videophones, Supervisors & Case Manager who are Deaf, 2-full-time American Sign Language interpreters, plus Deaf Culture Awareness training given to all employees
• Career growth opportunities through specialized training and development

Requirements

• A qualifying, documented disability
• A state-issued REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification
• A willingness to learn on the job – a high school diploma or equivalent is not required
• A desire to build work skills – previous work experience is not required

Join our team supporting our Food Service Operation while fulfilling the Goodwill mission – “Connecting people to work. Preparing people for life”.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Pay for this position is $17.75 an hour

(SEW)(NSGL)(ROT)