Student Food Truck Employee Fall 2026

Job Summary

Campus Dining and Shops is one of the largest student employers on campus. We depend on our student employees to help run our operations effectively and provide high quality meals to students, faculty, staff and visitors in a timely manner with an emphasis on customer service.

Duties

• Assisting our full time staff members with the preparation, cooking, and serving of food in our various locations.
• May include cashiering and general food service duties and cleaning.
• Maintain sanitation standards in food preparation, service, and dining room facilities.
• Train in relevant food service regulations, standards, and guidelines to ensure the safe handling and serving of all meals to our guests.

Requirements

• Able to work quickly and efficiently in a high-volume operation.
• Positive and respectful and friendly with guests.
• Able to work late nights (12:30am), weekends, very few shifts are available for early mornings (7am).
• Professional appearance, demeanor, and good hygiene are required.
• Able to lift 30+ pounds, remain in a stationary standing position, or move about on your feet for the entire shift scheduled, as well as position oneself as the job requires.
• Take direction from all members of management, including student leaders.
• Regular attendance for scheduled shifts is required.
• Must attend any required training sessions or classes which may be virtual or in person.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work a minimum of 4 hours per shift, for a minimum of 12 hours per week.

Job Assignments

• Cooking, preparing, and serving food in our food service operations.
• General food service/preparation duties including handling a knife and chopping vegetables and cutting/preparing various meats.
• Handling meat (chicken, beef, pork, seafood) with gloves on.
• General clean up duties including cleaning up dishes or prep areas.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Station set up, breakdown, and restocking.
• Direct interaction with customer including handling money and UB cards.
• Keep a neat, clean, and sanitized work area.
• Work consistently and productively during entire shift.
• General cleaning including dish washing and other food service duties or tasks as requested by management and supervisors.
• Additional duties as assigned and requested by management.

Physical and Mental Demands

• The position is very active and the employee must be able to stand and walk for up to a minimum of 4 hours per shift for a minimum of 8 hours per week.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, stretch, twist, or reach out.
• The employee must have the ability to use hands to finger, manipulate fingers; and reach with hands and arms, to stir, measure, pour, cut, chop, dice, and decorate, etc.
• The position requires working taste buds, ability to smell, feel with fingers and visually inspect, include close and distance vision.
• The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 30 lbs. and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 lbs.