Food Service Specialist

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

This position is responsible for the daily food preparation for students attending Sooner Job Challenge Program of three meals per day, seven days per week.  This includes maintaining clean and sanitary work, preparation and serving areas. For more program information please visit www.SoonerJobChallenge.org.

Compensation: $34,000

• Under direct supervision, prepares foods, salads, and desserts; cooks or bakes as directed by the master menu
• Cleans and prepares foods using tools such as knives, slicers, and peelers and commercial equipment such as ovens and steamers
• Follows written orders including recipes and dietary instructions
• Operates dishwasher and floor buffers as required
• Removes refuse from kitchen area; sweeps, mops, and scrubs kitchen, dining and storage areas
• Labels, loads, and delivers food products; defrosts and cleans refrigeration units and other equipment as directed
• Responsible for preparing and serving meals for students and cadre using items for cooking and baking, cutting and preparing meat, poultry or fish
• Responsible for performing highly skilled work involving the operation of an institutional food service unit for up to 100 people per meal
• Make recommendations for future food needs, receive and store food and assist with serving food.  Interprets recipes and follows modified diet plans
• Maintains necessary records and prepares required reports
• Attend staff meetings as required and attends training as scheduled

This career level includes positions where employees are assigned responsibility for a variety of tasks involved in preparing and serving meals in a state hospital, school, facility or institution. This includes using items for cooking and baking, cutting and preparing meat, poultry or fish, frying, or roasting foods. Positions are also responsible for the direction of others performing simple and routine duties involving the handling and serving of food and maintaining a clean and sanitary work area. In this role they will make recommendations for future food needs, receive and store food, and assist with serving food.

Minimum of six (6) months in a commercial or institutional food service operation or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Ability is required to carry out routine tasks to completion; to follow oral and written instructions and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others 

• Must be able to lift a minimum of 45 pounds
• Able to bend, stoop, twist, reach overhead, and stretch
• Able to be on feet for extended periods of time

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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