Food Service/ Cook

Title: Food Service/ Cook
Location: Tucson, AZ, 85719
Duration: Contract role

Monday to Friday

Available Timings:

9:30 am to 2:00 pm

8:00 am to 1:30 pm

8:00 am to 2:30 pm

Job Description:

• Prepares and serves meals and snack bar items from a steam table, grill, snack bar window, or mobile station. 
• Collects and records payment for items received. Completes required logs and records. 
• Position hours are adjusted throughout the year based on customer participation volume.

Minimum Requirements:

• Six months food service or related experience and cashiering experience required.
• Demonstrated math and reading skills at the fifth-grade level required.
• Verbal and written communication skills required.
• Any equivalent combination of training, education, or experience that meets the minimum requirements will be accepted.
• FBI fingerprint background check required

Essential Functions :

• Prepares food according to written standardized recipes, pre-established menus, and other preparation directions. Ensures quality standards are met.
• Sets-up serving areas for meal service. Keeps food at the proper temperatures.
• Serves menu items from different point of service areas including outside grills.
• Use appropriate utensils.
• Serves established portions of food to customers. 
• Monitors and verifies a complete reimbursable meal is served.
• Cleans and sanitizes kitchen, snack bar station, equipment, refrigerators, and utensils.
• Cleans hood and filter vents. Sweeps and mops kitchen, storeroom, and snack bar floors.
• Assists in the training of new food service employees.
• Performs cashier duties such as receives cash and makes change; balances cash drawer, counts checks, coins, and currency.
• Completes deposit slips and other appropriate paperwork.
• Maintains records for daily food production, inventories, and participation.
• Prepares the daily sales and inventory report.
• Reports beginning and ending balances of each food item prepared and each item sold.
• Uses a first-in first-out rotation inventory method when storing food items and supplies.
• Assists with warehouse orders, daily food orders, and monthly menu orders.

Other Tasks :

• Assists the food service manager with nutrition education activities and decorations.
• May contact vendors to order milk, chips, candy, ice cream, juice, soda or coffee.
• Assists with special events.

Education & Certification

• High School Diploma