UMN Morris Food Service Worker - Military Veterans

This is a part-time, in person position on the UMN Morris Campus.

This position is a part time, hourly position, averaging 35% time. Hours of work are âœas neededâ / 0-40 per week. The position is represented by the Teamsters labor agreement.

This position has the responsibility for quality food production, cleanliness and customer service to meet the needs of a diverse population of University of Minnesota Morris students, faculty, staff, visitors, and friends in Dining Services or Turtle Mountain Café.

Employees in Dining Services are University of Minnesota employees, supervised by Sodexo management staff, UMM's contracted food service management company, and are governed by the Teamsters and University bargaining unit agreement.

Job duties
Prepare, process and help serve high quality foods at Turtle Mountain Café and the Dining Hall, including Simply-to-Go items 80%

• Processes hot and cold foods using some mechanical equipment (i.e., toasters, steam-jacketed kettles, etc.). Takes food and/or supply items to the storage areas and properly stores them following set procedures. May assist cook or senior food service worker in vegetable or fruit preparation. Will do front line finish product cooking such as pizza station, grill station, entrees, or action station. Works collaboratively and effectively with coworkers and other staff from a variety of US and international cultures.
• Work on the cash register during certain times and the ability to run transactions and count out registers.
• Meets campus food preparation and presentation standards when helping with dining service.
• Provides high quality customer service for students, faculty, staff and visitors from a variety of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Maintain quality and cleanliness standards 20%

• Follows established food handling procedures. Maintains clean and sanitary conditions in work area (i.e., cleans work surfaces, wipes up spills). Follows established safety procedures. Observes and communicates to supervisors temperature variations not up to required standards. Reports breakdown of equipment to supervisor.
• Puts away supplies. Communicates shortages in food and/or supplies within adequate time for restocking prior to meal period. Collects food and/or supplies needed prior to actual service. Prepares supply items in advance of actual assembly (i.e., wraps silverware, lines trays, fills dispensers, etc.). Assembles and portions food items for /meal service to meet campus food presentation standards.

Supervision
This position reports to the UMM Dining Services General Manager and their management team. The General Manager is a part of Sodexo management staff, UMM's contracted food service management company.

The employer reserves the right to modify, change or add to the duties of this position, consistent with the classification description, at any time.

Essential knowledge, skills and abilities

• Must be able to read, write and interpret the English language
• Must be able to perform simple math calculations
• Must be able to move up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis
• Must be able to stand for up to four hours at a time