Food Service Assistant

Description

Do you enjoy working with a team committed to providing delicious healthy food to students and staff? Do you want to inspire others to be their best self?

If yes, Lakemary is looking for a Foodservice Assistant Coordinator. In this role you will support and advise coworkers in preparing meals for students and staff. This role functions under general supervision of a Registered Dietitian.

Food Service Assistant responsibilities:

• Nutrition/ Food & Health:

• Meet the nutritional, individual, cultural, and religious food preferences of learners.
• Follows guidelines set by National School Breakfast and Lunch program.
• Ensure that food temperatures meet health and safety guidelines
• Keep work environment sanitary
• Prepares and cooks food and baking using the standardized recipes and safe food handling practices, utilizes production records.

• Supplies and equipment:

• Orders supplies and food products for the food service department, writes reports and keeps records/ inventories of food acquisition, production, storage, and inspections.
• Operates kitchen equipment such as dishwasher, variety of ovens, stove, steamer, and blender. Cares for equipment, report any concerns.

• Safety and inspections:

• Give your best efforts to make the department free from accidents and occupational health problems
• Immediately report safety issues and follow-up ensure corrective action is completed
• Maintain sanitary food handling and storage methods.
• Inspects food, storage, and work area to maintain standards of health and safety in all phases of food production.
• Clean and sanitize work

• Co-worker relationships:

• Build rapport, help others, contribute to supportive working practices
• Support and advise co-workers
• Participates and cooperates as a team player.
• Resolves problems effectively with co-workers

• Documentation:

• Maintain appropriate records for the department
• Maintain records of people supported

• Vision, Change, & Accountability

• Thinks ahead, anticipates problems and targets direction.
• Adapts quickly, willing to adopt new roles useful for the department.
• Takes ownership of problems until resolved or asks for assistance.

An Ideal candidate for this position has:

Knowledge of:

• Food quality standards, health and sanitation procedures
• Food preparation
• Operation and care of equipment
• Materials, methods, and equipment used in preparing and serving food on a large scale
• Principles of inventory control

Ability to:

• Lift and carry heavy objects
• Understand, learn and follow instructions and procedures, both orally and in writing.
• Strives to increase skills and knowledge
• Share information and ideas with co-workers

Anticipated hours: Day hours 8am-4:30 pm Monday through Friday

Lakemary provides competitive compensation and benefit package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans; paid time off; and a 401(k)-retirement plan
Certifications:
Lakemary provides training in program specific coursework.
Special Considerations:
Some environments/shifts require same sex staff due to regulatory requirements.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. EEO
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statement:
For the last 50 years we have been working to create workplaces that reflect the communities we serve and a place where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We embrace this from our mission.
 

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