School Nutrition Technician/ Cook

Position: School Nutrition Technician/ Cook
Department: School Nutrition/ Operations
Reports to: Cafeteria Manager, or School Nutrition Director
Job Type: Hourly/ Full time and part-time
Work Schedule: 186 day contract
Job Summary/ Primary Purpose:
            Work cooperatively with other nutrition team members to provide excellent food and outstanding customer service to students, teachers, staff, and visitors for the LISA Academy school district.
Performance Responsibilities/ Roles & Responsibilities:

• Adheres to recipes and directions for the number of meals to be served.
• Calculates ingredients needed, measures, and mixes them.
• Portions the food and menu items according to the recipe or from the Cafeteria Manager        
• Prepares food to look appealing and pleasing to the student’s eyes and serves food to students and if needed serves to teachers, staff, and visitors.
• Maintain a pattern of prompt and regular attendance.
• Take the initiative to step in and help other team members with cooking, cleaning, serving, etc. To help the team accomplish tasks for the day.
• Manages the serving line efficiently.
• Maintain a high level of customer service.
• Maintain high standards of sanitary conditions in the cafeteria including employee cleanliness, food handling, preparation, and storage.
• Communicate efficiently with the manager on the needs or adjustments. 
• Provide input on menus that will encourage student consumption.
• Attend meetings for the kitchen site as needed.

• Knowledge of food preparation, cooking, and serving in large quantities.
• Knowledge of safety and sanitation standards
• Skill in the use of food preparation equipment
• Ability to follow computer-based training, use common computer applications, and email.
• Ability to operate electronic point of sales systems.
• Ability to maintain professionalism under pressure.
• Displays the willingness to further job knowledge by in job-related training, professional activities, and relating skills obtained from training to performance on the job.

• Be able to lift 10-25 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. on occasion.
• Able to drive nutrition cargo van(s) and vehicles to satellite sites.
• The ability to stand for a 6–8-hour shift.
• Ability to withstand temperature extremes (going in and out of walk-in freezers and refrigerators, working around hot ovens, etc.)

• High school diploma or GED
• Experience in cooking for an institutional setting or other foodservice cooking experience is preferred with the highest preference given to cooking in school nutrition.
• Servsafe training (or equivalent) is not required but is taken into account.