Position Type: Food Service
Date Posted: 5/5/2025
Location: Los Lagos Bilingual Academy
Date Available: August, 2025
Closing Date: Open Until filled
Notice of Support Staff Posting
Position: Kitchen Lead Posting 3712
-Los Lagos
Posting Dates: Immediatley - Until Filled
Reports To: Food Service Director
Beginning: August, 2025
Hours: 29.75 hours per week
Monday: 7:15 AM - 1:15 PM Tuesday, Wed, Thurs: 7:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Friday: 8:15 AM - 1:15 PM
School Year/Part Time
Qualifications: - Experience working in a school kitchen or cafeteria preferred
Job Responsibilities: - Food Preparation:
Main cook of all breakfast and lunch meals.
Follow recipes and portion guidelines to ensure consistency and quality.
Maintain a clean and organized work area at all times. - Sanitation:
Adhere to proper sanitation and food safety guidelines at all times.
Clean and sanitize food preparation surfaces, equipment, and utensils.
Monitor food temperatures and storage to prevent spoilage and contamination. - Serving Students:
Greet students and staff in a friendly and courteous manner.
Serve food items according to portion sizes and dietary restrictions.
Assist students with meal selections and answer any questions about menu items. - Running Register:
Operate the cash register and accurately process transactions.
Handle cash in accordance with established procedures.
Balance cash drawer at the end of each shift. - Dishwashing:
Dishwashing duties as needed, including washing, rinsing, and sanitizing dishes, carts and utensils.
Ensure that all dishes are properly cleaned and stored for future use.
- Stocking Assist with putting away GFS order in dry storage, coolers and freezers. Responsilble for keeping inventory and ordering product/suppliles through kitchen manager.
- Culinary Skills Proficient in preparing and cooking authentic Mexican cuisine, with knowledge of traditional recipes, ingredients, and cooking techniques.
- Language Proficiency Must be fluent in Spanish, with strong verbal communication skills to effectively coordinate with staff and engage with Spanish-speaking students.
- Other: Attend bi-monthly lead meetings.: Must obtain ServSafe Manager certification upon hire. Able to stand for extended periods and work in a fast paced kitchen environment.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: - Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Must be able to lift, push, pull and/or carry up to 40 pounds regularly.
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
- Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
- The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.