School Dining Food Service Worker (9415)

Paycom - ATS; Sutton (VT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Foods is seeking a Food Service Worker to provide as-needed coverage across elementary, middle, and high school sites in Sutton, VT. The role involves serving meals, ensuring USDA compliance, and delivering excellent customer service to students, teachers, and parents.

As a member of the Genuine Foods team, you will learn culinary skills, work collaboratively with staff, and help maintain high food safety standards in a fast-paced school environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service or customer service settings.
• Ability to learn USDA National School Lunch Program compliance.
• Positive attitude and reliable attendance.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and climb stairs.

Responsibilities

• Serve food to students and staff with a positive attitude.
• Follow recipe standards and food safety guidelines.
• Coordinate with team to prepare and serve meals on time.
• Keep kitchen and serving areas clean and sanitized.
• Stock and organize serving areas for smooth service.
• Report issues to supervisor promptly.

Skills

Flexibility

Team oriented

Customer service

Punctuality

Safety compliance

Stair climbing 50 lbs lift

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: VT - KESD Sutton School - Sutton, VT, Position Type: Full-Time Hourly, Salary Range: $15.00 - $15.00Hourly, Job Category: Operations - Food Service, ABOUT GENUINE FOODS

At Genuine Foods we create nourishing food environments at schools and workplaces through great-tasting and wholesome meals, made from genuine ingredients. We are a growing social enterprise that uses food to enhance health, productivity, and happiness. We believe that fresh, scratch-made food together with unparalleled service and meaningful enrichment programs can transform lives and build community. Food service management is what we do, but what we achieve together with our customers, our partners and our dedicated team goes beyond the plate.

ABOUT THIS POSITION

This Food Service Worker position provides as-needed coverage across our elementary, middle, and high school sites, filling in when team members are absent or when additional support is needed. Assignments may vary day to day and are often scheduled on short notice. The Food Service Worker performs a variety of job responsibilities including serving food and helping finish preparing food in accordance with recipe standards and the USDA National School Lunch compliance. This position will engage with students, teachers, and parents with superior customer service, embodying the Genuine way. There are opportunities to learn culinary skills to advance your career.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure all food being served is up to Genuine Foods' quality while following food safety standards.
• Serve food to students and staff with a positive, upbeat attitude.
• Coordinate with other team members to ensure all food is ready and served on time.
• Keep all areas clean and sanitized.
• Stock and organize all areas of the kitchen/serving area to keep ease of service.
• Alert Site Lead or Manager on duty of any issues promptly.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications: QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be flexible & team-oriented!
• Previous food or customer service experience/training in a mid-high volume food service facility or restaurant.
• Willingness to learn the compliance requirements of the USDA National School Lunch Program.
• Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and level-headedness.
• Punctual and able to adhere to the time and attendance policy.
• Able to climb stairs and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Interest in and commitment to Genuine Foods’ mission to use food to help students enhance their minds, bodies, and happiness.
• Must be able to work in a school environment among kids grades K-12.

GENUINE VALUES

• Trustworthiness: Integrity, transparency, reliability, consistency, best quality possible, and delivery excellence.
• Personal Accountability: Ownership in solving problems, no excuses, never compromising, learning from mistakes, financial stewardship of the bottom line (ours and customers’), without sacrificing quality.
• People First: Human-centered solutions/approach, whole person, teamwork, hospitality, every single person matters, humanity, empathy, meeting people where they are, culturally responsive.
• Entrepreneurial: Adaptable, nimble, go the extra mile, responsive, encouraged to try new things.
• Genuine: Real, tasty, scratch-cooked healthy food. Strive for the highest quality, freshest, and tastiest product at the price customers can afford. Authentic interactions, honest, positive, proven, professional.

Join our team and make a difference in the lives of students through nourishing meals and a supportive community!