Food Services Worker - Couch Restaurants

Pay Range: Target salary up to $13.00 per hour, based on experience. Benefits eligible.

Work schedule varies based on business needs. Considered essential personnel and may be required to work during inclement weather or other campus closures. Travel may be required.

About the role

Couch Restaurants, OU's largest dining operation, features 14 unique restaurant concepts. At this all-you-care-to-eat venue, staff prepare food for a wide variety of concepts including stir fry, barbecue, bold vegan and vegetarian dishes, home cooking, traditional Mediterranean and much more. Couch Restaurants is also known for having the country's only all-you-care-to-eat Chick-fil-A!

Responsibilities

• Prepare food following recipes and apply individual portion control standards.
• Properly and safely measure, weigh, and combine ingredients for quantity preparation of simple menu items.
• Utilize various kitchen utensils, appliances, and heavy/industrial equipment in food preparation (ovens, knives, peelers, dicers, slicers, mixers, industrial dish machines, recycling, stoves, etc.).
• Serve food in a courteous and respectful manner, with proper portion control and knowledge of menu items.
• Load, carry, and transport hot or cold food items or containers to customers, serving lines, or dining tables—safely, efficiently, and timely.
• Follow proper kitchen standards when cleaning/sanitizing the work area (floors, food carts, cabinets, tables, kitchen utensils and equipment, dishes, and tableware, etc.).
• Assist with special events across the University.
• Assist other food services staff when necessary and voluntarily as much as possible.
• Obtain a food handlers card within 30 days of hire and maintain it.
• Wear issued uniform properly per shift.
• Receive Hepatitis A vaccine if hired or undergo annual testing.

Normally, employees on a 5-hour shift receive a free meal. Uniforms are provided at no cost.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.

Qualifications

• ServSafe Certification (preferred).
• 6+ months of restaurant kitchen/cooking/food services experience (preferred).

Hiring contingent upon a background check.