Guest Nutrition Services Truck Driver 2026-27

Salary: $33.27 per hour

About the role

Food Service Truck Driver delivers meals and food to schools and sites as needed. This position is responsible for driving safely on school grounds and on city streets in accordance with state and local law and district protocol. The role represents the department in schools in a friendly and positive manner, working courteously and timely.

Responsibilities

• Load and deliver food transport units to schools or support sites on established time schedule
• Operate truck lift gate and dock lift
• Deliver and pick up any additional food, special meals, supplies, or equipment as requested, including non-departmental supplies
• Verify school counts and ensure orders are complete
• Comply with recording periodic time and temperature reports
• Pick up carts and other items from school kitchens and offices to return with the food transport units to the Central Kitchen
• Pick up supplies from warehouse or other locations, as required
• Fuel and inspect food service truck daily or as needed; maintain internal and external cleanliness of vehicle
• Follow safety precautions on securing food-transporting units in truck to avoid accidents
• Promptly prepare work orders for mechanical needs or problems of the food service vehicle or its operating systems; notify Transportation and Nutrition Services Office Manager
• Practice effective safety and security within individual work routines
• Assist with warehouse functions, including receiving food and supplies, offloading vendor delivery trucks, and moving product into freezers, refrigerators, or dry storage as needed
• Chain up truck in inclement weather
• Develop and maintain positive customer relations with staff and service providers
• Communicate with staff and students as needed, including safety directions and order details
• Maintain personal attire per department protocol

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Possess a Washington State Driver's License with Class B CDL with air brake endorsement
• Operate standard transmission vehicle
• Clean 5-year complete driving abstract with no convictions for DUI, reckless driving, negligent driving, or hit and run
• Consistent attendance and positive evaluations
• Criminal background clearance
• Forklift certification within 6 weeks of hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of truck driving experience
• One year of experience in food service operations
• Food Handler's license

Skills

• Knowledge of school board policies and procedures
• Rules and laws of the road
• State of Washington and King County Department of Health Food Code
• Basic computer applications
• Operate truck lift gate and dock lift over 3,000 lbs
• Maintain clean truck and personal attire per department protocol
• Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct, including confidentiality requirements
• Relate effectively with parents, staff, students, and the public in a multicultural and multiracial community
• Use a two-way radio
• Organize and establish priorities to meet deadlines
• Work independently without close supervision and pay strict attention to detail
• Speak, read, and follow written or verbal communications
• Practice effective safety and security within individual work routines
• Work collaboratively with district staff and promote teamwork with co-workers
• Meet job responsibilities and continue professional growth

Cultural Competence and Equity

• Knowledge and awareness of own cultural identity and how it influences behavior, with a desire to learn about the cultural identity of others
• Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District
• Ability to understand and hold self and others accountable for promoting the Federal Way Public Schools' commitment to "Each Scholar: A Voice. A Dream. A Bright Future"
• Ability to recognize that each person is a unique individual while celebrating their group cultural heritage

Physical Demands

• Sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, squatting, driving, carrying, lifting, hearing, speaking, writing, and keyboarding
• Lift and handle up to 40 lbs frequently and up to 50 lbs occasionally
• Push and pull carts weighing up to 400 lbs frequently and up to 600 lbs occasionally

Work Environment

• Work in low-temperature environments such as large warehouse freezers and refrigerators, reach-in or roll-in freezers and refrigerators
• Handle food and/or liquids that are frozen or very hot
• Exposure to inclement weather, extreme heat and cold, traffic noise, and possible exposure to gasoline and diesel fumes
• Maneuver within constrained kitchen environments with heavy equipment, tables, and carts
• Concentrate on safely operating a vehicle under all weather and road conditions
• Work on elevated work stations such as lift gates
• Occasional exposure to angry, frustrated, or aggressive individuals

Schedule

This is an at-will, on-call, substitute position. Assignments vary from day to day. Work schedules typically involve daytime activities surrounding meal operations on all days that school is in session. May work several days prior to and after the school year or in summer on occasional days when single schools are in session or offering summer programs.