Job Title: Food Service Operator

School Year: 2024-2025

Reports to: Cafeteria Manager / Food Service Director

182 Day Contract

Position is open until filled.

The Barnwell County School District Food Service Department is seeking Full-Time Food Service Operators for the 2024-2025 School Year.

Job Description:

Perform routine tasks associated with food preparation, serving, and cleanup. May also include operating a cash register (POS) for sales. The work involves preparing breakfast and lunch meals for school populations. Operate various industrial kitchen equipment used in food preparation. Maintain sanitary working areas. Document records of food temperatures and food amounts. Maintain inventory in refrigerated and dry storage areas. Maintain linens used in the department.

Qualifications:

• Ability to follow oral and written communications
• Ability to learn and follow prescribed preparation, meal service, clean up, sanitation, and safety methods
• Ability to inventory and record information accurately
• Personal standards of appearance and dress compatible with those standards adopted by Barnwell School District 45 Food and Nutrition Services
• Ability to wear latex food handler style gloves
• Physical fitness to perform assigned duties
• Ability to lift and move 35-50 lbs. repetitively

Employees assigned to this position are responsible for carrying out the duties assigned by the Food and Nutrition Services Manager/Director and providing quality meal service to customers.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Prepare meals by performing tasks such as reading and following menus, may use calculator for measurements, handling uncooked and unprepared food items, operate can openers, retrieving cooking instruments such as pots and pans, wrapping food, cleaning countertops prior to preparation, removing food products from refrigerators, walk-in coolers, and dry storage areas, operate various industrial kitchen equipment, moving cooked food, opening containers, store food in storage containers/racks, place and remove food items into and from ovens, maintain adequate cooking times and temperatures, and related duties.
• Serving meals by performing tasks such as moving industrial containers of food to the serving line, replacing food containers on the serving line, use carts to transport food items as needed, serve food items to customers while standing on the serving line, and related duties.
• Store food items used in food preparation by performing tasks such as unloading food and food preparation products from delivery vehicles (items could weigh up to thirty-five (35) pounds), stage or store in dry storage areas, refrigerators, walk-in coolers and freezers, (some items are stored overhead by using step ladder if needed); perform other related duties.
• Operate cash register to complete sales by performing duties such as utilizing a scanner, count money, provide accurate change, record accurate sales in POS system, and perform other related duties.
• Maintain clean and safe work areas by performing tasks such as mopping floor areas by using mops and mop buckets, cleaning countertops, sweeping and dust mopping floor areas, operating washer and dryer to clean linens, cleaning bathroom, discarding trash in dumpster, working with various chemicals for cleaning and sanitizing, perform other related duties.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor. Job duties include but are not limited to lifting, pulling, pushing, grasping, twisting (including wrists), reaching below and overhead, standing for long periods of time, squatting, bending, stooping, kneeling, and climbing. 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by a person in this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties that may be performed in such a position.

Preferred Qualifications:

HS Diploma

Experience in the food services field desirable.

Effective oral and written communication skills.

References:

Please be sure to provide references that can attest to your ability to perform the duties listed in the job description and for the position in which you are applying.  References should include, but are not limited to, previous supervisors/managers, colleagues, current or previous instructors, current principal or assistant principal, etc.  When providing references please include a current and valid email address for each reference.  All applicants must provide 3 references.  Immediately upon your application submission, your references will be emailed a reference request.