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This position will work the Morning Shift (5:30AM- 9:30 AM).

About Global Connections to Employment

Global Connections to Employment (GCE) is a nationwide team providing jobs for people with significant disabilities, including our war-wounded veterans. Since its establishment in 1986, GCE has helped match team members to fulfilling careers, from custodial services to facilities maintenance and food services, plus other business lines in between. Working with customers from the U.S. military, commercial business and community partners - as well as federal, state and local governments - GCE is one of the country's largest private employers of persons with disabilities. Learn more at GCE.org.

Overview

The Food Service Worker is responsible for safely performing contract duties as assigned by management. Quality customer service is expected to be provided at all times. Knowledge and willingness to learn all aspects of the job is a requirement of the position.

Role Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must understand oral and/or written instructions.
• Must interact appropriately with customers, government personnel, and staff members.
• Must meet eligibility requirements for work assignment on specified contract(s).
• Must be able to pass organization screening requirements, including state or federal background screenings as appropriate.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Line Server - set up hot and cold serving stations, serve customers properly sized portions at sufficient rates, remove or refill hot and cold items, communicate with cooks, food runners, and supervisors when items get low or run out. 
• Dining Room - clean salad and beverage bar areas and clean spills immediately, clean tables after customer use, refill napkin, straw, toothpick, and other food service dispensers. 
• Dish Room/Pots and Pans - Run automatic dishwasher and refill chemicals as needed, pre-wash, scrub, sort, separate, and put away dishes and utensils
• Sanitation/Custodial - sweep, vacuum, and/or mop flooring, empty trash cans and deposit trash in appropriate receptacles, clean ground-level interior and exterior glass windows and doors, restock paper products and soap and refill all other dispensers.

Physical Requirements:

May travel to and from various locations and buildings throughout the year and in various weather conditions. Most work will take place indoors. May work with cleaning chemicals. Will be required to follow Emergency Operations Work Assignment per customer requirements. Schedules are subject to change. May require working early morning, mid-morning, afternoon, and/or evening hours and weekends and holidays.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to bend, crouch, walk, climb stairs and ladders, reach above head, sit (to drive) and lift up to 40 pounds. Will occasionally be required to lift or move up to 50 pounds. May be required to remove snow from sidewalks, driveways, and parking areas, using snow shovels or snowplows.

The mental demands, physical demands, and environmental factors described here represent those that a team member must meet to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation:

Compensation for this position will be $17.75 per hour. The federal government pays Health and Welfare (H&W) dollars on behalf of team members covered by the Service Contract Act (SCA). The current H&W rate is $4.93 per eligible hours worked and are applied to employee benefits.

Benefits Offered to Part-Time Employees: 

Sick Time, Paid Time Off (PTO), Teledoc services, Pharmacy Discount, Dental, Vision, Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), and Perkspot Discount Program!

To Apply:

Interested applicants please visit https://gce.org/work-for-gce/careers/  and complete the on-line application. If you require additional assistance, please call Human Resources at 850-495-3512.

Global Connections to Employment, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Drug Free Workplace Employer, DRUG TESTING REQUIRED