Nutrition Service Worker - Walker Elementary

Job Summary

The Nutrition Service Worker supports school meal preparation and service in an assigned location. This includes preparing, heating, and portioning food, operating kitchen equipment, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with various tasks.

Essential Functions

• Prepares, heats, and portions food using standardized recipes and instructions.
• Operates commercial kitchen equipment such as ovens, warmers, mixers, and slicers.
• Uses kitchen tools independently, safely, and responsibly, including utensils for cutting, chopping, slicing, or portioning food.
• Serves meals to students, staff, and faculty with attention to portion size, presentation, and nutrition guidelines.
• Fulfills food safety and hygiene practices, including daily temperature logs, proper storage, and handwashing.
• Maintains clean and sanitary food preparation, serving, eating, and dishwashing areas.
• Cleans floors, counters, equipment, and utensils throughout and after meal service.
• Restocks salad bars, coolers, condiment stations, and other service areas as appropriate.
• Receives and puts away deliveries, rotates inventory, and pulls items for daily use.
• Wipes cafeteria tables during meal periods.
• May be responsible for cashiering, recording meal counts, or handling money.
• May be temporarily assigned to other school kitchens throughout the district as needed.
• Participates in team meetings and department-required training.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work positively in a team-oriented and structured kitchen setting.
• Knowledge of safe handling of food, chemicals, and equipment.
• Basic math and reading comprehension for portioning, inventory, and cashiering tasks.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing needs, locations, and/or assignments.
• Ability to read and interpret safety instructions, recipes, and communications from the Nutrition Services department.
• Ability to complete duties while meeting deadlines and maintaining a calm, professional demeanor.
• Ability to independently and safely use commercial-grade kitchen equipment.

Required Education and Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Requires a current Utah recognized Food Handler's permit.

Required Prior Experience

Not applicable.

Assigned Decision Making

Empowered to work within specific guidelines established by kitchen supervisor. Empowered to make suggestions for improvement, but must follow established procedures until changes are approved.

Interactions With Others

• Interacts positively with students, staff, manager, coordinator, administrators, and other district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibility

Not applicable.

Budget Responsibility

Not applicable.

Working Environment

• Work takes place in a typical commercial kitchen which includes walk-in freezers and refrigeration rooms.
• Work takes place in a high-temperature environment which includes ovens, steamers, and warmers.
• May experience stress related to meeting regular and unanticipated deadlines.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, twist and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be capable of reaching above the head while lifting 20 pounds.