Job Description:

• Performs back of house preparation and cooking functions for Dining Service branded retail locations in the student center: Re-fresh Market, Mi-Pi and Fuego Verde.
• Assures the proper supply of menu ingredients to serve retail customers through quality food preparation and effective communication with the production kitchen, retail manager, student employees and properly organized food storage and staging areas.
• Ensures that all displays and selfservice areas are properly stocked with ingredients for menu items during serving periods, and instructs and directs student employees on same.
• Obtains foodstuffs from the production kitchen, storage areas and preparation areas and assures foodstuffs and supplies are properly staged and displayed in service areas to provide for quality retail meals and selections.
• Stocks serving lines and self service areas with items needed to service customers, such as disposable and reusable containers, cups, lids, tableware items, and ensures that all serving areas are clean and neat.
• Provides proactive work instruction for other positions, trains student employees and other positions, and assists in the recruitment of student employees.
• Operates the cash register, accurately processes payment methods and balances the register at the end of the shift.
• Maintains the work area in a neat, clean and orderly condition and maintains strict compliance with all federal, state and University standards for cleanliness and sanitation.

Short Job Description:

• Must be able to read and comprehend all written instructions, all health and sanitation regulations and all safety regulations and requirements governing the performance of job duties.
• Must possess sufficient writing and mathematical skills to a operate and balance the cash register and prepare cash reports.
• Ability to provide leadership and communicate expected compliance with Dining procedures to other employees is also required.
• Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the job as defined in the job description. This includes, but is not limited to: able to move fully loaded food carts; raise and pour containers of prepared foods and ingredients; and place serving pans and containers in hot carts and in service areas, exposure to extreme temperature differences from the freezer up to the steam tables.
• Ability to safely operate food processing equipment and hand held implements.
• Able to operate a cash register and properly process sales using all payment methods for up to two (2) hours at a time for the entire length of the shift.
• Must be able to tolerate contact with cleansers, de-limers, detergents, bleach, ammonia and ammonia-based products, disinfectants and other cleaning and sanitizing agents used in the kitchen.
• Must pass a physical examination administered by the employer's designated physician is required to determine the incumbent's ability to perform the essential functions of the job and/or to identify the need for a reasonable job accommodation.

Job Ref: S1575P

Job Reply URL: 5283

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