Line Server

Job Posting

Dickinson College is a premier four-year residential liberal arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. Dickinson College is located in Carlisle, named a "most livable city" by Forbes and is minutes from the state capital of Harrisburg. The campus is connected to a vibrant downtown that offers eclectic dining, shopping and entertainment options. Within a two-hour drive are Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; New York City is three hours away.

Dickinson College offers full-time employees a broad range of benefits, including a comprehensive medical insurance plan, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, generous time off, parental leave, homebuyer assistance, and tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children under the age of 24. Upon eligibility, the College contributes 8% of an employee's base salary to a retirement account with an additional.5% matching contribution; all money paid by the college into the employee's retirement plan is immediately and fully vested in the employee.

Dining Services - Dining Hall

The line server sets up, operates, closes, and cleans food counters, deli, grill, and self-service stations in the dining hall. The line server interacts directly with Dickinson College students and serves as ambassadors of the college for students and other guests. The line server ensures the timely, friendly, clean and safe delivery of food to customers while demonstrating positivity and warmth from the time the guest arrives to the time the guest departs.

Essential Functions

• Reviews with the culinary staff the menus, defined portions, garnish, and serving utensils before the serving line opens.
• Serves food and controls serving size portions according to guidelines established by Dining Services while understanding the concept of all-you-care-to-eat, customer desires, and production limitations: will limit servings if and only when kitchen production cannot keep up with demand.
• Presents self and service counters in a neat, orderly, clean, and sanitary fashion.
• Helps shift supervisor or student-supervisor train casual employees in the performance of counter and self-serve station set-ups.
• Prepares menu signs, sets out line cards, and verifies labeling of allergens, dietary traits such as vegan foods, by working with the brand manager or office support staff.
• Supports salad bar, dessert, bar, grains, and sauce bar, and gluten-free station as needed.
• Clearly and accurately communicates with customers regarding food ingredients, allergens, and dietary traits. Responds to inquiries in a professional and informed manner, ensuring guests receive accurate information about menu items. Collaborates with culinary staff, to verify content when needed and maintains up-to-date knowledge of food labeling and allergen protocols.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Emergency Response Designation: This position is designated as "emergency response personnel." "Emergency response personnel" are required to report to work when the college is delayed or closed. "Emergency response personnel" may be called in at any time of day to respond to weather and/or other types of emergencies as needed.
• ServSafe certified or obtain certification within one year of hire.

Physical Demands

• Continuous standing, repetitive use of hands and lifting up to 20 pounds.
• Communicate by hearing, listening and speaking
• Often walks, bends, stoops, pulling, pushing, balancing and lifts up to 30 pounds.
• Seldom climbs stairs, and reaches overhead

Scheduled Hours

• Evenings and weekends

EEO/Diversity Statement:

The College is committed to building a representative and diverse faculty, staff, and student body. We encourage applications from all qualified persons.