Food Service Specialist - Cook

About the role

Lewiston Public Schools offers a robust employee benefits package for full-time employees, including: health insurance with up to 89% of the premium paid by the employer; dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurance; flexible spending and dependent care accounts; Maine Public Employee, 403(b) and 457 retirement plans; paid sick leave and vacation time; paid holidays; tuition reimbursement and more!

Responsibilities

• Responsible for high standard of nutrition for the school dining services program.
• Prepare main meal and vegetables as listed on the menu in amounts needed.
• Follow all established sanitation procedures.
• Assist in student/meal accountability as required in school assigned.
• Assist in supervision of children during breakfast service as required in school assigned.
• Assist Manager in ordering food and supplies.
• Prepare main entrée as required for the Breakfast Program.
• Assist in preparation, serving and clean-up of meal as assigned by immediate supervisor.
• Check increased main meal/ vegetable recipes as provided by the kitchen manager.
• Assist immediate supervisor in accountability of food and supplies used daily.
• Ensure food items are properly stored/thawed as needed for meal preparation.
• Use equipment correctly and report needed maintenance.
• Work harmoniously with staff at school assigned.
• Assist in supervision of assigned kitchen personnel.
• Check availability of supplies for next day's menu, main meal/vegetables items.
• Assist in money accountability as assigned by immediate supervisor.
• Lift and store food and food related products.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Education and/or Experience

• High School graduate or GED equivalent.
• Certificate from State Nutrition Programs, Department of Educational & Cultural Services offered cooks course.
• Specialized training in sanitation, food handling, safety.

Skills

• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports and correspondence, and speak effectively with individuals and groups of employees.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to use a Personal Computer with database, spreadsheet and word-processing software, establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community, and speak clearly and concisely both in oral and written communication.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

Lewiston Public Schools offers a robust employee benefits package for full-time employees.

Pay

Salary: $22.02