Food Service Worker, Full-Time - Palmer Pioneer Home ($18/HR & Benefits - Palmer, AK)

Nana Management Services, LLC; Palmer (AK); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Food Service Worker to perform various tasks in a senior living facility's kitchen. This role involves food preparation, cleaning duties, and assisting residents. Applicants should have a high school diploma, relevant experience in food service, and knowledge of sanitation methods. Join us to contribute to providing excellent service in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Preference for candidates with at least 6 months experience in food service.
• Must have Food Handlers Card or ServSafe within 30 days of hire.
• Must be able to communicate in English.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and serves food while following sanitation protocols.
• Cleans kitchen and dining areas, ensuring organization.
• Assists residents in inquiries and fulfills their food requests.

Skills

Knowledge of sanitation methods

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description

This Food Service Worker position performs a variety of cleaning, maintenance, food preparation, stocking, and serving duties in a commercial kitchen, storeroom, dining, or serving area.

This position will support housekeeping services at the Palmer Pioneer Home, a 79-resident senior living facility, located in Palmer, AK.

Responsibilities

• Assists residents as requested with general information, inquiries, etc.

• Obtains products requested by residents.

• Washes objects by hand or with cleaning equipment.

• Properly, safely, and efficiently prepares various food products following and observing standard food handling procedures.

• Washes objects by hand or with cleaning equipment.

• Cleans dishes, utensils, pots, pans etc. and places in assigned storage areas in an organized and orderly manner.

• Maintains a variety of products at certain levels in preparation, serving, or storage areas including service machines.

• Stocks storage areas with various products.

• Cleans, sweeps, wipes down, etc. all general dining, kitchen, or storage areas (in some cases), spike rooms, and equipment as well as all floors.

• Support an effective Safety Program.

• Removes garbage from assigned areas, sets up or breaks down tables, snack bars, display cases, serving lines, etc.

• Assists with various periodically scheduled large cleaning projects.

• Assists cooks and others as needed and coordinates one’s own activities with other’s.

• May occasionally prepare food or cook vegetables, entrees, coffee, sauces, meats, etc.

• Other duties that are pertinent to the department or unit’s success also may be assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.

• Preference will be given to candidates with at least six (6) months experience in the food service industry.

• Must have Food Handlers Card or ServSafe contingent upon 30 days of hire.

• Must have some knowledge of proper food service sanitation methods and equipment.

• Contract requires employees to speak, understand, read and write English.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

Weather: Indoor: environmentally controlled; requires most or all work to be done inside.

Noise level: Moderate

Office conditions: Pace of work environment: Medium

Customer Interaction: High

Description of environment: Pioneer Home: This is an industrial kitchen located in an Assisted Living setting.

Physical requirements: Employee is required to lift and/or move up to 50lbs. Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk/hear, see taste/smell, and carry weight/lift.

As part of the onboarding process for this contract you will be required to provide proof that you are free of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

Travel: None

Competencies

NMS Core Values

Safety guides our behavior.

Honesty and integrity govern our activities.

Commitments made will be fulfilled.

All individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

The environment will be protected and sustained.

Equal Opportunity Employer NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal employment opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, gender-identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, genetic information, veteran protected status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. NANA grants employment preference to shareholder of NANA, their spouses and descendants to the extent allowed by law.

Accommodation Requests for Job Seekers with a Disability. If you are a job seeker with a disability and require accessibility assistance or an accommodation for any part of the employment process, contact us at [e-mail] or 1-800-478-2000.

Default: Location : Location US-AK-Palmer

Job ID 2025-17389

NMS Division NMS FFM

Work Type On-Site

Work Location Palmer

NMS is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, veteran protected status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.