Cook

General Food Service Worker

The primary duty of the general food service worker is to perform the tasks necessary to ensure the cafeteria runs smoothly and efficiently. Employees normally have a routine, but they may be asked to perform other tasks as the need arises. General food service workers will perform any of these cafeteria tasks when necessary:

• Serving
• Dish room
• Cashier
• Cook
• Clean up duties

Essential job duties and responsibilities include:

• Producing an excellent quality and quantity of work
• Wearing clothing of a work or uniform type material, including hairnets, and hard shoes
• Practicing excellent personal hygiene
• Complying with Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Public Health and U.S.D.A. rules and regulations covering school feeding programs
• Having excellent relationships as a team member with other employees
• Practicing superior work habits
• Maintaining a very positive attitude
• Maintaining excellent attendance and promptness
• Maintaining a high level of personal fitness
• Using sound judgment
• Being adaptable
• Supporting the head cook, food service director, and the feeding programs in such a way as to assure success
• Performing other duties necessary to the position as assigned by his/her Supervisor

Minimum qualifications include:

• Superior work habits and ethics
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Illinois Sanitation Certification preferred
• Ability to work independently (self-motivated) and as a team member
• Ability to work well with administration, faculty, students and parents
• Ability to perform duties as outlined

Essential physical requirements include:

• Ability to lift, push or pull objects up to 40-60 pounds on a regular and repetitive basis
• Ability to speak, hear, see, write, walk, climb, stand, stoop, kneel, bend, twist, turn, push, pull and reach (above head and below knees) on a regular and repetitive basis
• Tasks require extensive use of hands including repetitive gripping, grasping, lifting and manipulation of equipment necessary to perform duties

Job type: Full-time Pay: $18.00 per hour Benefits: Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Shift: Day shift