Food Service Worker
Somerville, Massachusetts
Employer: Tufts University
Industry: Dining
Salary: $23.95 per hour
Job type: Full-Time
Overview
This role is an academic year position.
Shift: Sunday & Monday 1:30PM - 10:00PM, Tuesday & Wednesday OFF, Thursday 1:30PM - 10:00PM, Friday & Saturday 12:00PM - 8:30PM.
Tufts Dining is a self-operated food service provider managing a comprehensive collegiate dining program on the Tufts University Medford/Somerville and SMFA/Fenway campus, delivering high quality, contemporary and innovative food, and hospitality services to meet the various needs of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and visitors in a fiscally responsible manner. Our team provides a progressive resident dining program as well as innovative retail services, and a distinctive university catering program serving a campus community comprised of 6500 undergraduates, 2100 graduate students, and 2300 staff, faculty and administrators.
Residential Dining Centers and Catering are open 7 days a week. Working Weekends and Evenings will be expected.
What You'll Do
The Dining Service Attendant will provide outstanding service to customers by engaging in a variety of general food service and hospitality related tasks.
Basic Requirements:
This role is an academic year position.
Shift: Sunday & Monday 1:30PM - 10:00PM, Tuesday & Wednesday OFF, Thursday 1:30PM - 10:00PM, Friday & Saturday 12:00PM - 8:30PM.
Tufts Dining is a self-operated food service provider managing a comprehensive collegiate dining program on the Tufts University Medford/Somerville and SMFA/Fenway campus, delivering high quality, contemporary and innovative food, and hospitality services to meet the various needs of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and visitors in a fiscally responsible manner. Our team provides a progressive resident dining program as well as innovative retail services, and a distinctive university catering program serving a campus community comprised of 6500 undergraduates, 2100 graduate students, and 2300 staff, faculty and administrators.
Residential Dining Centers and Catering are open 7 days a week. Working Weekends and Evenings will be expected.
What You'll Do
The Dining Service Attendant will provide outstanding service to customers by engaging in a variety of general food service and hospitality related tasks.
- The Dining Service Attendant will consistently greet, welcome, and interact with customers in a warm, friendly manner to promote an atmosphere of hospitality and familiarity.
- They will be knowledgeable about the ingredients and preparation methods of food served, especially with regards to the presence of potential allergens.
- They will prepare, assemble and/or serve various foods and beverages in a professional manner.
- They will keep assigned food service stations well-tended and ensure storage areas are properly stocked.
- They will set up and maintain assigned food service stations throughout service periods and will assist elsewhere in the unit as customer demand requires.
- They will break-down, clean and sanitize food service stations including service equipment and dining room seating areas according to established procedures throughout service periods.
- They will set up, work, and break down all stations and dining rooms as required.
- They will assist the culinary staff with basic food service tasks such as carving meats, light cooking and food and beverage preparation.
- They will assist with steaming, frying, reheating, grilling, garnishing, and food display.
- General cleaning tasks in accordance with accepted food service sanitation standards that are assigned as part of the daily unit housekeeping and sanitation schedules.
- They will provide table service and other related tasks for special events.
- They will be able to handlecash appropriately, count cash drawers, deposit in accordance with cash handling procedures, and operate the department POS system.
- Must demonstrate the ability to work under periods of fast pace and high pressure.
- All employees are responsible for punching in and out in accordance with department policy and standards.
- They must be given permission from a manager to punch in early or stay past their schedule "out time."
- All employees will adhere to posted schedule and all requests for time off will be granted based on business needs.
- In accordance with the CBA, schedules will be posted 14 days (excludes catering) in advance.
- Time off requests must follow proper procedure and will be approved/denied in accordance with department needs.
- No requests will be honored for Senior Week, Holidays, Alumni and Parents' Weekend, Commencement, Orientation, Matriculation, or Special Events during the Academic Year.
Basic Requirements:
- Must have tolerance for long shifts standing, walking, lifting, and performing various other repetitive tasks
- Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English in order to communicate effectively with management, peers and customers
- Must have good interpersonal skills and the ability to comfortably interact with customers and peers in a friendly, helpful manner
- Must be able to understand and perform basic food service sanitation and safety practices
- Must have the ability to take direction from leadership, and to understand job requirements and show initiative in completing related customer service job tasks
- Must have an appreciation for teamwork and willingness to work
together with peers - Must be a team player who is willing to be held accountable for the quality of products produced by others, for meeting tight deadlines, and for contributing to the success of the operation
- Broad range of food service experience
- Mastery of all Dining Service Attendant duties
- Successful high-volume customer service and hospitality experience
- Previous cashier experience and having worked with POS systems
Created: 2024-09-08
Reference: 20907
Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
City: Somerville
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