Kitchen Assistant - 40 Hours Per Week

ServingSchools; Camden (ME); On-site; USD 27,552 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

12 Sick Days

3 Personal Days

9 Paid Holidays

FSA

403(b) retirement plan

Job summary

Camden Hills Regional High School invites applications for a Kitchen Assistant. This full-time role focuses on scratch cooking, supporting the kitchen manager, and ensuring safe, efficient operation from 7am to 3:30pm, with a 30-minute unpaid break. Enjoy holidays, breaks, summers off, and competitive benefits.

Responsibilities include nutrition standards, teamwork with staff, and proper use of equipment. Requires sanitation training and strong cooperative traits.

Qualifications

• Training in sanitation and food handling safety.
• Ability to interact well with students, staff, and community.
• Strong characteristics of cooperation, flexibility, initiative, and industriousness.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining a high standard of nutrition for all students.
• Work as a team member with staff at assigned school.
• Operate necessary equipment in the safest and most efficient way to maximum capacity.
• Be responsible for the correct use of and care of all equipment.
• Assist in the preparation and cooking of all foods.
• Follow established sanitation and HACCP procedures.
• Maintain all federal and state production records and related paperwork as assigned by the Food Services Director.
• Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Food Service Manager and/or Food Service Director.

Skills

Sanitation training

Food handling safety

Interacting with students and staff

Cooperation and flexibility

Initiative and industriousness

Job description

About Camden Hills Regional High School

Camden Hills Regional High School, a state-of-the-art energy efficient facility that includes a wind turbine and solar panels, serves 710 students in grades 9-12 from primarily six surrounding towns. The school offers an incredibly expansive array of educational experiences for students and is dedicated to hiring and retaining a high-quality, diverse staff.

Camden Hills Regional High School

Kitchen Assistant

Full Time (40 Hrs/week) With Benefits

Fall 2026 Opening

About Camden Hills Regional High School

Camden Hills Regional High School, a state-of-the-art energy efficient facility that includes a wind turbine and solar panels, serves 710 students in grades 9-12 from primarily six surrounding towns. The school offers an incredibly expansive array of educational experiences for students and is dedicated to hiring and retaining a high-quality, diverse staff.

Position Summary

Looking for nights and weekends off? How about the added bonus of holidays, school breaks, and summers off too? Not to mention great pay, benefits, and low stress levels... phenomenal co-workers! Sounds interesting? Fill out an application for the Food Service Staff position at Camden Hills Regional High School! We'd love to go over the great things happening around here with you. This is a very hands on position with focus on scratch cooking, assisting the kitchen manager with all aspects of the kitchen. This position works 7am - 3:30pm, inclusive of an unpaid 30 minute break.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining a high standard of nutrition for all students.
• Work as a team member with staff at assigned school.
• Operate necessary equipment in the safest and most efficient way to maximum capacity.
• Be responsible for the correct use of and care of all equipment.
• Assist in the preparation and cooking of all foods.
• Follow established sanitation and HACCP (Hazardous Analytic Critical Control Point) procedures.
• Maintain all federal and state production records and related paperwork as assigned by the Food Services Director.
• Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Food Service Manager and/or Food Service Director.

Qualifications/Skills

• Training in sanitation and food handling safety.
• Ability to interact well with students, staff, and community.
• Strong characteristics of cooperation, flexibility, initiative, and industriousness.

Requirements

• Background check, including fingerprinting
• Maine Department of Education CHRC Approval
• Kitchen experience preferred
• Knowledge of food service operations

Pay And Benefits

• Pay is $20.44 - $25.72 based on experience, within the parameters of the applicable contract
• Health Insurance (including Vision)
• Dental Insurance (100% Employee paid)
• 12 Sick Days
• 3 Personal Days
• 9 Paid Holidays (10 if Juneteenth falls before the last day of school)
• FSA
• Eligible to contribute to a 403(b) retirement plan

About Five Town Community School District

The Five Town CSD is an exceptional school district located in a scenic coastal community and provides one of the highest salary and benefits packages for teachers in the state of Maine. As a district, we are committed to equity, excellence, the environment, and forward thinking. Our goal is to foster intellectual and creative excellence while building strong character. We highly value our sense of place and surroundings which boast mountains, lakes, rivers, a ski hill, and the ocean.

22 Knowlton Street, Camden, ME 04843

EOE