Food Services Worker

Food Services Worker

This role supports a busy college cafeteria by preparing and serving lunch and dinner to students, ensuring a clean and welcoming dining area, and delivering friendly, efficient service in a fast-paced foodservice environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assemble food items such as sandwiches and other basic menu items according to established recipes and instructions.
• Cook simple foods and assist with line cooking duties in the cafeteria kitchen.
• Take customer orders accurately and efficiently, ensuring a positive and courteous experience for students and guests.
• Maintain cleanliness of dining areas by wiping tables, counters, and service stations regularly.
• Restock essential items such as silverware, napkins, condiments, and other supplies to ensure continuous service.
• Brew coffee and prepare other basic beverages as needed throughout service periods.
• Clean work areas, equipment, and utensils to maintain a safe and sanitary environment.
• Distribute supplies, utensils, and portable equipment to appropriate stations and team members.
• Resolve basic customer concerns promptly and professionally, and communicate relevant information to the supervisor as needed.
• Follow all sanitation, safety, and food handling requirements to comply with health and safety standards.
• Support dishwashing duties, including cleaning dishes, trays, and kitchen tools as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support overall cafeteria operations and team needs.

Essential Skills

• Experience or familiarity with food preparation and basic cooking tasks.
• Ability to follow instructions accurately and consistently.
• Strong attention to detail in food handling, cleanliness, and customer service.
• Background or experience in foodservice, fast food, or cafeteria-style environments.
• Ability to perform cleaning and housekeeping tasks in both kitchen and dining areas.
• Experience in roles such as line cook, dishwasher, or chef is beneficial for handling kitchen responsibilities.
• Capability to maintain high standards of sanitation and safety in a foodservice setting.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Previous experience in a cafeteria, fast food, or institutional foodservice setting.
• Experience with housekeeping or general cleaning in a commercial environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and team members.
• Flexibility to perform a variety of tasks, including cooking, serving, cleaning, and restocking.
• Strong customer service mindset with the ability to handle basic concerns professionally.

Why Work Here?

This opportunity offers flexible scheduling with multiple shift options, including both full-time and part-time hours, allowing you to balance work with other commitments. You join a large, collaborative team in a stable campus environment where you can gain or build on valuable foodservice experience. The role provides consistent hours, a structured setting, and the chance to develop skills in customer service, food preparation, and teamwork.

Work Environment

The role is based in a college cafeteria setting, combining front-of-house service and behind-the-scenes kitchen work similar to a high school lunchroom and fast food operation. Team members work across first and second shifts, with ample part-time hours available to accommodate different schedules. The environment includes line cooking areas, dishwashing stations, and dining spaces, with a total team size of approximately 100 people. The dress code requires slip-resistant shoes and work-appropriate pants or shorts with a shirt that does not display offensive wording or images. Open-toed shoes and crocs are not permitted. Hair nets and aprons are provided to support food safety and sanitation standards.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Winona, MN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $16.00 - $17.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Winona, MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 1, 2026.