School Cafeteria Manager

*Please also apply through Hamilton Heights' school page: https://www.applitrack.com/ciescconsortium/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=37334&category=Food+Service

*This job is 184 days of the year. The School Year calendar is followed.

Summary: Responsible for the supervision and coordination of the food service program in the building.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assumes responsibility for receiving, storing, handling, preparing and serving of food according to established standards.
• Implements planned quality menus incorporating time-saving production techniques, effective merchandising and appealing quality products.
• Ensure staff properly follows recipes to ensure correct nutritional requirements are fulfilled for students in accordance with USDA regulations.
• Provide support for students with special dietary needs under the direction of the Food Service Director and according to district and department policies and procedures
• Ensure high standards of health and safety in all food service facilities.
• Creates accurate weekly food orders.
• Keep accurate daily production records for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
• Utilize work simplification techniques and practice cost containment techniques.
• Maintains cafeteria staff training records as required for USDA Professional Standards requirements, according to department procedures.
• Provide training on the proper and safe use of equipment and monitor staff to ensure protocol is followed.
• Operate and maintain a variety of kitchen equipment in an efficient, effective, and safe manner.
• Creates, maintains, and monitors employee schedules and work assignments under the direction of the Food Service Director.
• Assumes responsibility for catering, which includes but is not limited to, creating the original invoice, purchasing items for customers, providing staff for food preparation, clean up, and serving if needed.
• Ensures that all employees and customers are treated with respect.
• Serves as role model to cafeteria staff in providing exceptional customer service to students, parents and building staff.
• Continue professional development by attending seminars, webinars and workshops.
• Keep abreast of new information, innovative ideas and techniques.
• Performs duties as requested from the Foodservice Director.
• Point of contact for the day-to-day functions of the building cafeteria.
• Person who is ultimately responsible for ensuring the program is consistent with department parameters and goals, while also ensuring district policies are followed.
• Other job duties may include, but are not limited to, cooking, dishwashing, cashiering, cleaning, handling stock and/or any other duties involved in the daily school foodservice operations.

Employee Physical Requirements:

• Ability to withstand prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Recurring motions of bending, crouching, stooping, reaching, or similar activities.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.
• May be required to work in excessive heat, humidity, and/or significant temperature variations in association with the kitchen environment.

Employee Requirements:

• Maintains regular and prompt attendance.
• Maintains appropriate appearance and hygiene.
• Promotes good public relations for the School Corporation and community.
• Remains free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the work place throughout his/her employment in the corporation.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervises all cafeteria employees within the school building.

*Please also apply through Hamilton Heights' school page: https://www.applitrack.com/ciescconsortium/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=37334&category=Food+Service

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.56 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 40 per week

Benefits:

• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person