Kitchen Porter

This position is Monday-Friday from 6am-2:30pm. 

Our Promise  

Balance -  Quest fosters a fun, supportive environment that puts people first and strives for both culinary excellence and enduring relationships. Our flexible work opportunities encourage a healthy life balance for all of our valued team members.  

Meaning -  Quest believes that every aspect of what we do has significance, and therefore, our food is fresh and made from scratch, using high quality and responsibly sourced ingredients. We nourish our communities with wholesome meals and through our genuine and personal connections.  

Recognition - Quest provides competitive compensation and benefits, and celebrates the fulfillment of our collective values at all levels of the organization. We support professional growth through training, development and access to highly visible leadership.   

Position Summary  

Performs a number of kitchen activities including receiving and properly storing food and non-food supplies, stocking stations and service areas, general cleaning duties and deep cleaning tasks. Maintains the cleanliness and sanitation of the dish area, kitchen, cafeteria and loading area.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

• Demonstrates commitment to Quest vision, values and missions through actions on a daily basis.  

• Set up cutting boards, trash cans, mats, dish machines and pot sinks.  

• Maintain a system that ensures that the trashcans are continually emptied as needed and dispose of cardboard boxes by breaking them down and placing them in the recycling dumpster.  

• Ensure that the kitchen and pot room floors are continually swept and mopped to prevent slipping accidents from occurring.     

• Maintain high level of cleanliness of the kitchen, pot room, dish machine, mop room and storage areas. All areas must be swept and mopped at the end of each day. No dirty equipment shall be left for the next day.    

• Perform daily and weekly cleaning schedule.

• Clean and sanitize production equipment, work surfaces, and kitchen according to cleaning schedule and procedures. 

• Follow all Quest policies and food safety guidelines.  

• Report to scheduled shifts on time and in complete uniform.  

• Perform other duties as assigned.  

Job Requirements/Specifications  

Education and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.   

Required:   

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent work experience  

• Ability to perform simple arithmetic as well as to understand measurements and conversions  

• Responsible for meeting and maintaining state and local certification requirements (Food Handler certification)  

  Preferred:   

• Previous experience in a similar role.  

• Previous experience in the food service industry working in schools / higher education   

Essential Qualifications:   To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each  

essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Outgoing, friendly and customer focused.      

• Ability to work effectively on a team.     

• Work with speed, consistency and organization.       

• Comfortable and pleasant demeanor in very busy environments.  

• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills  

• Detail orientation  

• Ability to manage multiple priorities  

Language Skills  

• Ability to read, write and speak English  

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  

•   Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus  
• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear  

• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, kneel, bend, use hands to feel, and reach with hands and arms  

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds (i.e. carrying trays of food or water glasses, etc.); occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds  

• Exposure to odors, noise, heat, steam, in/out walk-in freezer, cleaning chemicals and detergent  

• Fine hand manipulation (dishwashing)  

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.   

• Kitchen environment  

• Noise level is low to moderate  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The team member must provide medical evidence for reasonable accommodation.