Food Service Worker - Open Pool

Food Service Worker

The Food Service Worker prepares and serves food in a high-volume dining environment, ensuring food quality and safety and delivering exemplary customer service. The role supports daily food production and service operations, ensures adherence to sanitation standards, and contributes to a positive dining experience.

Residential Dining Services' (RDS) mission is to deliver an outstanding dining experience crafted by an engaged team dedicated to social and environmental responsibility. RDS operates 5 dining centers, 2 convenience stores, a full bakeshop, and a warehouse. We employee more than 1,000 employees who serve 12,000 meals per day to the 6,000 students who live on campus.

$39,816 - $43,798

Essential Job Duties:

• Prepare and serve food in accordance with established quality, safety, and portioning standards.
• Clean and sanitize dishes, utensils, and equipment according to food codes and department sanitation practices.
• Operate and maintain food service equipment safely and effectively.
• Monitor food temperatures, restock supplies, and ensure uninterrupted service flow.
• Complete opening and closing procedures and participate in inventory-related tasks.
• Indirectly supervise and guide student and hourly staff in food production and service.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards across all assigned work areas.
• Other duties as needed.

Conditions of Employment:

• Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires).
• Pre-employment Physical: Successfully complete the WorkSTEPS evaluation.
• Essential Services Designation: Required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
• Shift Work: This position may be required to work extended shift hours and/or a modified swing shift to meet departmental staffing requirements.
• Special Requirements/Other: Must obtain the ServSafe Certification within six months of hire and maintain it throughout employment.

Supervision:

No formal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Six months of experience in a customer service capacity in food service, retail, hospitality, or related industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Six months+ experience in a foodservice or retail operation.
• Experience in a high-volume foodservice operation.
• Hiring Authority Demonstrated ability to handle multiple activities and tasks with competing priorities.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary for building and maintaining successful work relationships. Exemplary customer service skills.
• Demonstrated experience providing memorable customer service interactions with customers and colleagues.
• Food safety certification such as ServSafe.

Additional Instructions:

To apply, please upload a cover letter and resume that clearly outlines your work experience, education, certifications, and any other relevant information demonstrating how your qualifications align with the required and preferred qualifications listed in the posting.

Because the application system does not provide a separate cover letter upload field, both documents must be uploaded under the section labeled Resume. Multiple document uploads are accepted, and applicants may upload their cover letter and resume as separate files.

This is an open pool posting. Applications will be accepted until April 30, 2027, and vacant positions will be filled based on operational needs.