General Kitchen Helper Jobs in Alaska (NOW HIRING)

This Kitchen Helper position is responsible for maintaining sanitation standards, performing a variety of cleaning, maintenance, food preparation, stocking, and serving duties in a commercial kitchen, storeroom, dinning, and serving area in remote camp locations.

• Assists cooks and others as needed and coordinates activities within a food service area
• Maintains a variety of products at certain levels in preparation, serving, or storage areas including service machines
• Stocks various food service areas with various products and materials
• Cleans dishes, utensils, pots, pans etc. and places in assigned storage areas in an organized and orderly manner
• Washes objects by hand or with cleaning equipment
• Cleans, sweeps, wipes down, etc. all general dining, kitchen, or storage areas (in some cases), spike rooms, and equipment as well as all floors
• Assists with various periodically scheduled large cleaning projects.
• Removes garbage from assigned areas
• Sets up, breaks down, and cleans tables, snack bars, display cases, serving lines, etc.
• May occasionally prepare food or cook vegetables, entrees, coffee, sauces, meats, etc.
• May also be combined with other position duties
• Notify supervisor if safety and sanitation standards are not being met.
• Other duties that are pertinent to the department or unit's success also may be assigned.
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred. 
• At least one (1) year of work experience in a commercial kitchen or documented vocational training sufficient to demonstrate a knowledge of industrial cleaning equipment, restaurant food preparation, and general commercial cleaning processes.
• Must have or obtain an Alaska Food Workers Card and/or ServSafe Certification upon hire.
• Must pass all pre-employment contract requirements which may include but are not limited to: drug test, physical and fit for duty assessment and hearing test. 
• Must be able to cooperate and work as part of a team with fellow employees, customers and clients. 
• Must be able to make decisions in the moment with little to no supervision.
• Must be able to be on your feet for 12 hours per shift for the scheduled rotation.
• Must be able to live in dormitory style settings and meet cleanliness requirements of the remote camp. 
• Contract requires employees to speak, understand, read and write English.
• Must meet and adhere to all safety guidelines and regulations set forth by the company and client.

CANDIDATES RESIDING OUTSIDE ANCHORAGE AND FAIRBANKS AREA:

Candidates residing in the Lower 48 for any contract: For the purposes of pre-employment testing, Anchorage or Fairbanks will be considered the point of hire (with the exception of drug testing, which will be conducted near the candidate's place of residence). Employee is responsible for any travel expenses and needed accommodations related to preemployment tasks that need to be completed in Anchorage, AK or Fairbanks, AK. This includes, but is not limited to, any safety training requirements, required preemployment testing and/or training such as physical, DOT physical/medical card, fit for duty, audiogram, and/or other testing required by contract/company (such as NSTC, APICC training, security licensing requirements, etc.

Flights to Remote Locations: All employees are responsible for all expenses related to reporting to point of hire (Anchorage, AK) for scheduled trips paid for by the company for remote locations.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

Weather: Indoor/Outdoor.  Frequently exposed to arctic conditions. 

Noise level:  Moderate to Loud

Description of environment: This is an industrial kitchen setting located in a remote camp.

Must constantly be able to stand, walk, climb, push, pull use hands and arms, stoop, kneel and crouch. 

Travel:  Must be able to travel by plane and/or bus to remote camps. 

Physical requirements

• Ability to lift 50 lbs. from floor to knuckle 
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. from floor to waist x 2 Lift: 
• Ability to lift 35 lbs. from floor to shoulders x 2
• Ability to stoop & twist alternate cross over toe touches x 10 each side, self-paced but continuous.
• Ability to kneel on one knee and stand. Return to kneel on opposite knee.
• Ability to kneel alternate sequence x 5 for each knee, self-paced but continuous.
• Ability to squat self-paced but continuous.
• Ability to climb stairs up and down 10 steps x 6 for a total of 60 steps
• Ability to climb up and down 10 steps x 6 for a total of 60 steps while carrying 10 lbs. in one hand and using the other hand to grasp a railing for safety, self-paced.

NMS Core Values

Safety guides our behavior.

Honesty and integrity govern our activities.

Commitments made will be fulfilled.

All individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

The environment will be protected and sustained.