Food Service Worker - Sodexo
Denver, CO 80204
About the Job
Come join our team @ Lynx Dining in the heart of Downtown Denver and come take part in an ever-growing opportunity on our expanding CU Denver campus! We offer free ECOpasses or free secured parking for all full-time employees plus many great benefits including -
Benefits:
Benefits:
- 5 Paid Holidays.
- Yearly performance pay increase.
- Advancement Opportunity.
- Insurance Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision & Life are offered to full-time employees.
- 401K (Match up to 6% of gross pay).
- Free meals while working.
Pay: $18 - $21
The Food Service Worker may work anywhere on the property where food is prepared. Duties will include cleaning and sanitizing equipment and workstations. The general responsibilities of the position include those listed below, but Sodexo may identify other responsibilities of the position. These responsibilities may differ among accounts, depending on business necessities and client requirements.
General Responsibilities:
- Reads recipes and/or product directions.
- Estimates food requirements.
- Operates a variety of kitchen utensils to weigh, measure, mix, wash, peel, cut, grind, stir, strain, season, and knead foodstuffs for cooking, serving, and storing.
- Assists in the preparation of hot and/or cold foods, and properly stores food, utilizing knowledge of temperature requirements and spoilage.
- Inspects workstations for compliance with service standards.
- Keeps records and requisition for supplies/equipment as needed.
- Cleans and sanitizes workstations and equipment following all Sodexo, client, and regulatory rules and procedures.
- May taste test products.
- Sets up stations with entrées, soups, salads, bread, condiments, other food products, and utensils.
- Provides general stocking duties in the service area.
- Serves and replenishes food from counters and steam tables (sometimes using a conveyor food belt), and breaks down stations at the end of meal periods.
- Brews coffee and tea.
- May be required to restock other beverage areas.
- Interacts with customers in the serving, retail, and dining areas.
- Assists customers with opening containers and cutting food when requested.
- Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
- Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
- Reports all accidents and injuries promptly.
- Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training, and hazard assessments.
- Complies with all Sodexo HACCP policies and procedures.
- Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
- May work on a trayline to distribute food.
- May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
- Maturity of judgment and behavior.
- Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.
- Maintains a positive attitude.
- The ability to work a flexible schedule is helpful.
- Must comply with any dress code requirements.
- Must be able to work nights, weekends, and some holidays.
- Attends work and shows up for a scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.
Experience/Knowledge:
- High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
- No previous work experience is required.
Skills/Aptitude:
- Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
- Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
- Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
- Ability to use a computer.
- Ability to provide clear directions and respond to employees.
- Basic food-handling skills.
Physical Requirements:
- Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.
- Significant walking or other means of mobility.
- Ability to work in a standing position for long periods (up to 8 hours).
- Ability to reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull, and frequently lift to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move 40 pounds.
Working Conditions (may add additional conditions specific to defined work location):
- Generally in an indoor setting; however, may supervise outside activities and events.
- Varying schedule to include evenings, holidays, weekends, and extended hours as business dictates.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is primarily in a controlled, temperate environment; however, may be exposed to heat/cold during support of outside activities.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer
Benefits Eligibility
Part-Time Benefits: At Sodexo, we believe every employee should have the resources to be their best. As part of our overall rewards, we offer benefits like paid time off, financial and savings programs, and access to our employee assistance program and other discounts (eligibility varies by unit and may not be available to all employees
Source : Sodexo
