Food Service Worker I A position with the Missouri Judiciary provides you the opportunity to work with a variety of exceptional, hardworking people and to gain a valuable and rewarding career. It takes many types of talent to advance the mission of the Missouri Judiciary and to keep operations running smoothly. Our positions offer competitive benefit programs, growth opportunities and the ability to work with people in your community.
We are recruiting to fill a Food Service Worker I. This is food preparation and cooking work in an institutional kitchen. An employee in this class is responsibility for the preparation of meals for juveniles in a small institution, or under the general direction of a Food Service Worker II in a larger institution. The employee's duties may also extend to baking and/or planning of menus not requiring the application of professional dietetic principles. Work is performed under the general supervision of a Food Service Worker II or other supervisor.
Other key responsibilities include: (Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all of the duties that may be performed.)
- May prepare meals on a shift in an institutional kitchen; cooks vegetables, and meats, carves meats bakes pastries and makes salads.
- Prepares meals on a household or small group basis; observes menu and ordinary rules of nutrition in preparing well balanced meals; secures supplies and menu items.
- Maintains sanitary conditions in the kitchen; supervises and participates in the cleaning of stoves, cookers, kettles, pots and pans, refrigerators, food grinders and mixers, work benches and tables and other kitchen utensils and surfaces.
- Requisitions and obtains supplies and menu items as needed, and insures quality and quantity of food, supplies and equipment.
- Ensures that safety and security policies and procedures are followed.
- Performs other related work as assigned.
Desired skills and knowledge: (This job description does not include specific physical requirements necessary to perform the job, such as carrying, standing, and lifting. Such requirements vary from position to position and may be determined by the appointing authority.)
- Working knowledge of materials, methods and equipment used in preparing food on a large scale.
- Working knowledge of food values and nutrition.
- Ability to plan menus not requiring the application of professional dietetic principles.
- Ability to cook on a large scale and to plan and prepare meals on a household scale.
- Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships with other employees.
- Ability to work long hours while standing under conditions of high temperature.
Minimum qualifications: (The following statement represents the minimum education and experience that will be used to determine qualifications of applicants, provided equivalent substitution will be permitted in case of deficiencies of either experience or education. Education above the minimum stated may be substituted on a year for year basis for the required general experience; experience above the minimum stated may be substituted on a year for year basis for the required education.)
One year of commercial, institutional, or large-scale cooking experience. (Course work or training in cooking or food preparation may be substituted on a month-for-month basis for the required experience.) Condition of continued employment, able to test and pass the Missouri food handlers training.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and have a strong commitment to diversity in all its forms. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who will assist us in demonstrating our essential values of excellence, integrity, justice, stewardship, teamwork and partnership.
