Food Service Associate

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively supports leadership and coworkers, following well-defined practices and procedures
• Proactively embraces a safe work environment and supports a workplace of respect, appreciation, and acceptance for everyone
• Intermediate understanding and application of Food Service fundamentals, including sanitation, procurement, product rotation, customer service, knife skills, and hygiene
• Line cooking responsibilities in a fast-paced environment; including set-up, preparing foods to order specifications and thorough end of shift cleaning to include equipment and operational areas and safe food storage
• Preparing and setting up salad bar station including food prep, inventory ordering/management and cleaning
• Catering responsibilities for both internal and to-go, including cold food prep, packing, delivering, breaking down, courier coordinating, occasional planning
• Frequently demonstrates a sense of urgency for reaching goals and meeting deadlines
• Manages multiple daily tasks and medium projects simultaneously
• Sound decision making by developing alternatives and recommendations for customers, project deliverables, and to improve work processes

Required Skills

• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience
• High school diploma or GED required
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word preferred
• Demonstrate a questioning attitude to learn, produce results, and develop relationships
• Demonstrate growth in use of research techniques such as recipe research and development, and basic industry trends
• Able to work as part of a team
• Must be able to physically perform tasks involving bending, stooping, lifting up to 50 pounds, and walking and standing for extended periods of time
• Manager level ServSafe Certified or become certified within six months of hiring
• Understand best practices and techniques for addressing internal and external stakeholder concerns
• Time management skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Deliver quality, accurate work within established deadlines

About CEI

As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management – our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers’ workforce and project requirements.