Food Service Tech

Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals—and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work – excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others.

What will you be doing in this role?

Under minimal supervision, the Food Service Technician/Utility Worker performs culinary and food handling tasks that require specialized training and skill in food preparation, storage, equipment operation, and sanitation, customer service, and clerical work. A Food Service Technician is expected to maintain quality customer relations and collaborate with leadership staff to improve quality and service to customers.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accurately prepares food items according to standard production orders as directed by leadership and/or First Cook.
• Responsible for checking and documenting food temperatures according to HACCP guidelines within production/recipes. Reports non-compliance to HACCP standards to leadership and or first cook.
• Demonstrates correct dishwashing procedures.
• Accurately assembles orders according to requisitions in a timely manner.
• Accurately completes inventory and follows instructions and guidelines for proper storage of food and supplies.
• Properly operates, sanitizes, and maintains equipment in the work area.
• Complies with policies and adapts to changes in the unit as required.
• Escalates issues as appropriate to leadership.
• Performs duties in a mindful and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Properly operates, sanitizes, and maintains equipment in the work area.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED preferred.
• At least one (1) year of food service, food handling, or storeroom experience preferred.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Computer proficiency is a requirement.
• Must be able to work a variety of shifts (6:00am - 8:30pm availability)