Food Service Helper - 1st shift

Department: Dining Services

Summary

Perform in areas of food service to include food preparation and production, including customer service, equipment operation, and cashier duties. This is a 1st shift, 9 month position.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties

1. Direct the activities of student food service workers in assigned area.
2. Assist in the training and instructions of regular student employees in
assigned area. Maintain records and prepare required reports in assigned
area.
3. Order food, schedule students, maintain inventory, operate electronic cash
register and card readers. Take money to accounting.
4. Responsible for cleaning, sanitation, and safety in assigned area.
5. Operate all equipment used in preparation and production of menu items
employing safety procedures. Understand and interpret recipes.
6. Perform catering duties including set-up, serving, delivering, cleaning,
table service, and all aspects of clean-up. Interact with customers in a
friendly and courteous manner.
7. Maintain knowledge of portion size, food items, and ingredients of foods
being served. Adhere to current uniform policy as posted.
8. Participate in any training necessary to accommodate changes in
operation which directly affect regular assigned duties. Responsible for
garbage removal and cardboard recycling in assigned areas.
9. Conduct daily, weekly, or monthly physical inventories in designated areas
as assigned by supervisor.
10. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Functional supervision may be
exercised over student assistants and other support staff.

 

Required Education, Certifications, Licensures

• High School diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.

Required Experience

• Experience working in a food service operation working with food production in a commercial, institutional, restaurant or hotel kitchen or similar food service operation.
• Experience serving customers.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

• Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and follow instructions.
• Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with people in varying situations and in all areas assigned.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries and work harmoniously with diverse groups of students, faculty and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work evenings and weekends, and at times be called in to work with very short notice.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

• Possess a valid driver’s license and meet Michigan Tech University’s
vehicle use requirements.

• Demonstrated success in, or potential future contributions to, working with
persons from diverse backgrounds, creating a sense of belonging, and
fostering a fair, objective, welcoming place to work for persons with a wide
variety of personal characteristics and viewpoints.

Language, Mathematics and/or Reasoning Skills

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence,
and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively
present information in one-on-one situations to customers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using
whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out basic written or
oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems in standardized situations.
Work Environment and/or Physical Demands

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully
perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may
be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to
stand and walk; talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects,
tools, or controls; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to
reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is
occasionally required to sit, and climb or balance.

Work Environment and/or Physical Demands

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