Lead Food Service Worker (Satellite Kitchen) - Central Park Elementary

Food Service Worker

6.75 hours per day, 180 days per year

Acts as the lead Food Service Worker in a Satellite kitchen and is responsible for the operation of the kitchen. Performs varied semi-skilled tasks in food preparation and services.

Primary Responsibilities/Duties:

• Responsible for minimal meal preparation including cooking, preparation, assembling, serving and clean-up of meals. Serve meals using correct portioning, meeting USDA minimum standards, and ensuring that food is at the correct temperatures.
• Work cooperatively with the cook at the main preparation kitchen.
• Serve food along lunch lines or serve a la carte lunches.
• Cashier for lunch line.
• Properly account for all served meals, as specified in regulations for the National School Lunch Program.
• Order and receive daily meals from central kitchen and other food suppliers as needed and communicate any changes which affect the production needs.
• Supervise other Food Service Workers assigned to the kitchen.
• Supervise and instruct student workers assisting with the meal period.
• Follow proper sanitation, food preparation, serving, safety and temperature control procedures in accordance with health department standards.
• Operate standard cooking equipment.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment and reporting all problems to appropriate department in a timely manner.
• Keep refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. All food and supply items are to be stored properly in accordance with health department standards.
• Complete required paperwork in coordination with cook at main preparation kitchen to include, but not limited to:
• meal records
• satellite order and shipment sheets
• state production records
• Attend all meetings and trainings as required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or G.E. D.
• Previous experience in large-scale food preparation.
• Valid Washington State Food Handler's Permit required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of food preparation methods and procedures.
• Ability to read and comprehend written or verbal instructions.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions and percentages. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community. Ability to work in a friendly manner with co-workers and students.
• Knowledge and ability to effectively supervise kitchen in a positive and productive manner.
• Good organizational, management, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge and experience in safety and sanitary guidelines and practices.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out basic written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to perform job and communicate in a noisy environment.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and continuously required to stand. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk while performing the duties of this job. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds such as milk crates, frozen foods, canned food, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in temperatures above 100 and will occasionally walk on slippery surfaces. The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with public and other workers. The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud to where you have to raise your voice to be heard. The employee has a greater than average risk of getting a minor injury such as a cut or burn while performing the duties of this job.

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Aberdeen School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, creed, religion, color, national origin, immigration or citizenship status, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, homelessness, disability, neurodivergence, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to Christi Clinkingbeard, Title IX Officer and Stefanie Lamont Section 504/ADA Coordinator.