Senior Food Service Worker (Limited Pool)

About the job

Under supervision, incumbents perform semi-skilled food preparation, serving and general maintenance duties in a kitchen or dining area.

Culinary Production

• Prepares assigned simple culinary duties daily
• Maintains Food Production Service Records
• Maintains service, portion control, safety and sanitation assurance within a specific area
• Employs effective and timely professional techniques with regards to food preparation, portion control, utilizing leftover food items, recognizing safety, budget and quality factors
• Works with perishable products inspecting for freshness and safety during production, service and storage
• Adjusts refrigeration and heating techniques to ensure products remain safe for consumption
• Identifies problem areas and brings to the attention of the supervisor
• Prepares food items for catered events or special meals
• Ensures that items meet the client’s needs

Training & Oversight

• Offer guidance to food service workers and/or student workers
• Staff training in food production and sanitation
• Serves on interview committees as needed
• Affirms that standards for freshness and quality of product are consistently met
• Affirms that food service worker and/or student staff is utilizing appropriate cleaning agents for each job
• Affords assistance in assigning specific jobs to food service worker and/or student staff throughout the shift, keeping staff on task and able to meet multiple deadlines

Cash Handling

• Maintains all cash handling and change bank procedures consistent with University and Campus Dining policies
• Uses cash register to process customer orders in a fast, efficient and polite manner
• Takes cash, cards, and other forms of payment
• Examines meal cards to verify customer identification
• Counts register drawer and deposits to verify accuracy, verifies register readings
• Notifies supervisor of any necessary corrections on prices or meal accounts
• Completes all cashier forms accurately and completely
• Completes daily deposits for cash drawers and utilizes the change fund to bring drawers back to original coinage/paper money breakdown

About UC Merced

The University of California, Merced, is the newest of the University of California system's 10 campuses and the first American research university built in the 21st century. With more than 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students, UC Merced offers an environment that combines a commitment to diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and professional development. With bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, strong research and academic partnerships, and community involvement, the UC Merced campus is continually evolving and requires talented, knowledgeable, and dynamic educators, researchers, management and staff.

To set the course of UC Merced’s evolution, in 2021 UC Merced will enact its first-ever 10-year strategic plan. This plan will guide how the values of equity and justice influence our pathway toward earning Carnegie R1 research status, growing enrollment, upholding our identity as a minority-serving institution, and operationalizing how commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion are enacted within each campus unit. UC Merced is expected to engage in sophisticated thinking, planning, and implementation of actions that effectively diversify the professoriate and staff, improve campus climate for all campus constituency groups, and strengthen our equity, diversity, and inclusion infrastructure and capacity.

Qualifications

• High school or a General Education Diploma
• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of people
• Two years culinary experience in a high volume culinary environment
• Ability to perform basic mathematical equations
• Ability to communicate, read, write and follow oral and written instructions in English
• Legible handwriting
• Ability to enter information into data terminals

Policies

• Background Check
• Policy Statement
• How to Apply

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

Vaccination Program Policy

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy. All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof of Full Vaccination or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, and/or Religious Objection) or Deferral (based on pregnancy) no later than the applicable deadline. For new University of California employees, the applicable deadline is 14 days after their first date of employment.

Smoke and Tobacco Free Policy

The University of California, Merced is a smoke and tobacco free workplace. Information and the Smoke and Tobacco Free policy is available at http://smokefree.ucmerced.edu.

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For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University of California visit: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/.