Central Kitchen Truck Driver

This position is for 5 hours per day at 179 days per year, with an additional 4 hours for 1 day per year and 8 hours for 1 day per year. Pay is based on the PSE Salary Schedule Level 8 at $28.72 per hour.

About the role

This position's responsibilities are to load and deliver food from the central kitchen to satellite schools and other assigned locations.

Responsibilities

• Drives delivery box truck with hydraulic lift gate from central kitchen to satellite schools on assigned route(s).
• Performs pre-route safety check.
• Verifies products and quantities for delivery to each school location and documents amounts on transport record.
• Checks and records temperatures of indicated food items and time of transport on transport record.
• For cook-chill product, sets and places log tags between cook-chill bags.
• Ensures HACCP protocols are followed during loading, transport, and delivery of food products.
• Loads, balances, and secures loads using proper procedures for optimal efficiency (last delivery first, first delivery last).
• Drives to satellite schools and unloads food in a timely manner, ensuring student safety and avoiding student drop-off and pick-up zones.
• Reports routing conflicts to supervisor.
• Verifies product at delivery site, checks and records appropriate food temperatures, and completes transport record.
• Obtains signature from PIC (Person In Charge) at delivery site.
• Unloads food and places in appropriate/designated kitchen locations.
• Returns to central kitchen to determine if additional food needs to be delivered.
• Picks up, delivers, and returns dirty laundry to be washed.
• Starts washer and/or folds laundry at central kitchen.
• Bags and labels clean laundry for next day's delivery.
• Returns truck after shift to the central kitchen loading dock and turns in keys to the central kitchen logistics office.
• Pressure washes and sanitizes transport carts and runs transport cart sheet pans through the dishwasher weekly.

Other Functions

• Keeps track of daily menus to ensure timely delivery of all food items and condiments.
• Checks and maintains fluids and gas levels in assigned truck.
• Washes truck and cleans cab regularly.
• May assist in central kitchen warehouse as needed.
• May carry district mail between locations.
• May serve on various district committees and/or departmental work teams.
• Models appropriate and cooperative behavior, including protecting confidential information, consistent with district ethical guidelines.
• Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to the Warehouse and Logistics Supervisor.

Mental Demands

• Required to meet strict delivery timelines.

Physical Demands

• Required to stand for prolonged periods.
• Required to lift, move, or carry objects weighing more than fifty (50) pounds.
• Potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students.
• Required to wear protective clothing.
• Exposed to high noise levels.
• May need to take precautions to avoid exposure to burn danger from high temperatures (ovens) and low temperatures (freezers).
• Required to operate a motor vehicle on public roads.
• Required to crouch, crawl, bend, or work in confined positions.
• Passage of a pre-employment physical and testing is required (the district assumes the cost).

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Skill in operating a box delivery truck with hydraulic lift gate.
• Ability to lift, carry, and move heavy objects.
• Ability to load and balance truck using electric or manual pallet jack, pallet sled, or hand truck.
• Ability to safely secure loads.
• Knowledge of safe lifting techniques.
• Ability to meet offer vs. serve meal pattern requirements if assisting in serving food.
• Ability to maintain and establish effective working relationships with a variety of others.

Qualifications

• Requires fingerprinting and background check to determine no convictions involving physical molestation, abuse, injury, or neglect of a minor.
• Must complete training in and adhere to district infection control plan.
• Valid Washington state food handler's permit.
• Valid Washington state driver's license and a good driving record.

Pay

Pay is based on the PSE Salary Schedule Level 8 at $28.72 per hour.

Schedule

This position is for 5 hours per day at 179 days per year, with an additional 4 hours for 1 day per year and 8 hours for 1 day per year.