Food Service Aide

About This Role

Join the Dietary Services team at Union Grove Veterans Home, serving nutritious meals to veterans. This role involves interpreting diet orders, assisting with food production, and ensuring food safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Interpret diet orders on tray lines following food safety and sanitation standards
• Assist with quantity food production
• Perform breakfast or grill cooking duties
• Transport food carts between kitchen and servery areas
• Work catered functions
• Move carts weighing an average of 500 pounds safely through hallways
• Move equipment and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds
• Move equipment and supplies weighing up to 100 pounds with assistance
• Perform medium to heavy manual labor

Requirements

• Experience preparing a product (e.g., measuring/counting quantity, ensuring quality, stocking, labeling and dating, prepping supplies, using work tools, following production schedules, working stations, tallying, making a salad, plating a meal, maintaining clean and safe area, setting up and taking down equipment, loading and unloading, following posted instructions)

Nice to Have

• Experience reading and following posted instructions
• Experience performing food service functions
• Experience following sanitation standards and safety controls
• Experience communicating as a member of a team

Benefits