Food Service Worker

Job Title

Food Service Worker

Location

Fort Polk, LA - Fort Polk, LA 71459 US (Primary)

Category

Operations

Job Description

The Food Service Worker is responsible for safely performing contract duties as assigned by management. Quality customer service is expected to be provided at all times. Knowledge and willingness to learn all aspects of the job is a requirement of the position.

APPLICANT MUST BE AVAILABLE TO WORK ON FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS.

BEFORE APPLYING: This position is on a federal installation. All applicants must pass a background check and drug screening, and maintain your own reliable transportation, valid driver's license, current vehicle registration, and proof of insurance to access the federal installation.

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must understand oral and/or written instructions.


• Must interact appropriately with customers, government personnel, and staff members.


• Must meet eligibility requirements for work assignment on specified contract(s).


• Must be able to pass organization screening requirements, including state or federal background screenings as appropriate.

Essential Functions:

Workstations may vary depending on contract specifications, building assignments and/or shift assignments.


Line Server


• Set up hot and cold food serving stations.


• Serve customers properly sized portions at sufficient rates.


• Remove or refill hot and cold food items.


• Communicate with cooks, food runners, and supervisors when food items get low or run out.


• Properly store and label food items.


Dining Room


• Clean salad and beverage bar areas and clean spills immediately.


• Clean tables after customer use.


• Refill napkin, straw, toothpick, and other food service dispensers.


• Cut, pan, or plate pastries and desserts.


• Prepare food items for serving or further cooking.

Dish Room/Pots and Pans


• Run automatic dishwasher and refill chemicals as needed.


• Pre-wash, scrub, sort, separate, and put away dishes and utensils.


• Scrub pots, pans, and utensils.


• Clean scullery grease trap as needed.


• Clean/de-scale dishwashers.


Sanitation/Custodial


• Sweep, vacuum, and/or mop flooring.


• Deck-scrub tile and concrete floors.


• Empty trash cans and deposit trash in appropriate receptacles.


• Clean ground-level interior and exterior glass windows and doors.


• Clean walls.


• Police grounds for trash and debris.


• Re-stock paper products and soap and refill all other dispensers.


Other


• Comply with the training of chemicals (use, mixing, storage, and appropriate disposal).


• Maintain cleanliness of equipment and ensure it functions properly.


• Keep carts, caddies, and storage closets and cabinets orderly.


• Attend TRG in-service training as required.


• Ensure proper use of PPE and follow safety guidelines.


Physical Requirements

May travel to and from various locations and buildings throughout the year and in various weather conditions. Most work will take place indoors. May work with cleaning chemicals. Will be required to follow Emergency Operations Work Assignment per customer requirements. Schedules are subject to change. May require working early morning, mid-morning, afternoon, and/or evening hours and weekends and holidays.


While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to bend, crouch, walk, climb stairs and ladders, reach above head, sit (to drive) and lift up to 40 pounds. Will occasionally be required to lift or move up to 50 pounds. May be required to remove snow from sidewalks, driveways, and parking areas, using snow shovels or snow plows.


The mental demands, physical demands, and environmental factors described here represent those that a team member must meet to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education required

Other