Shaw Culinary Platform Attendant

About the role

Join a vibrant campus community where your work directly impacts the daily lives of students and staff. We offer a supportive, team-oriented kitchen culture that celebrates diversity and values your unique contributions. This position provides steady hours, a fast-paced and energetic work environment, and excellent opportunities to build foundational culinary skills. If you enjoy interacting with people, love great food, and want to be part of a welcoming, inclusive team, this is the perfect place for you!

Responsibilities

• Set up, replenish, and maintain salad bars, hot/cold stations, and to-order service areas.
• Support cooks by combining ingredients, measuring portions, and assembling meals to order.
• Apply proper food handling, rotation, and storage techniques to eliminate waste and prevent spoilage.
• Serve meals directly to students, staff, and guests with a friendly and welcoming demeanor.
• Work effectively within a diverse workforce to maintain efficient dining hall operations.
• In the event of a university closure, modification, or suspension of operations due to snow or emergency condition, persons in this position are expected to make all reasonable attempts to report to work as scheduled for the duration of the closure/suspension.

Minimum Requirements

• Graduation from high school or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year of full time experience in food preparation and use of kitchen equipment.
• Knowledge of kitchen safety practices.
• Ability to read weights and measures and the ability to weigh and measure ingredients.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions.
• Knowledge of various methods of food preparation including sautéing, display cooking, deep frying, grilling and steaming.
• Ability to properly use knives and standard kitchen equipment.
• Ability and skill to prepare items utilizing proper methods and production timing to assure freshly cooked products are ready for continuous service.
• Occasional lifting of 26 to 75 pounds.

Desired Qualifications

• One year of satisfactory food service experience, or an equivalent mix of education and training.
• Ability to anticipate changes in services needs and shifting customer demands.
• Skilled at taking independent action to solve problems before they escalate.
• Highly adaptable to changing tasks, fast-paced environments, and schedule needs.

Schedule

• Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Friday off.
• Saturday and Sunday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., alternating weekends off.

Physical Demands

• Occasional lifting of 26 to 75 pounds.