Food Service Associate - Seasonal

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Ridgecrest Conference Center's mission is impacting lives for Gods glory through purposeful hospitality. Ridgecrest offers everything needed for meaningful gatherings, including comfortable guest rooms, versatile meeting spaces, and both indoor and outdoor activities surrounded by stunning mountain views.

Each year, our team is excited to serve over 50,000 guests. We are driven by our core values of serving one, making it better, cultivating relationships and creating purposeful experiences that matter.

If you have a servant heart and a passion for hospitality, joining the Ridgecrest team could be your opportunity to make a difference.

Job Summary:
The Food Service Worker supports Ridgecrest’s mission of purposeful hospitality by helping create a positive and welcoming dining experience for guests. This role assists across front-of-house, back-of-house, dish room, outlets, and storeroom areas as needed to ensure smooth meal service and clean, organized workspaces. Team members monitor food levels, assist with food preparation and service, maintain sanitation standards, and help steward food service resources well. This seasonal position is expected to last through November 17, 2026.

Job specific highlights:

• This is a seasonal position:  September through November 15th, 2027.
• Holidays and weekends are required.
• Starting pay rate is $15.00 per hour, dependent on experience.

Essential Job Duties:

• Monitor food levels and guest counts through the door, working with the manager on duty and kitchen team to ensure adequate levels of fresh food are available.
• Maintain clean, organized, and sanitized workstations, dining room, kitchen areas, and service spaces.
• Follow all health and safety guidelines, food preparation guidelines, and food safety procedures.
• Receive, inspect, and put away food products; ensure products are properly stocked, organized, and within date.
• Clean, stack, and dry pots, pans, kettles, utensils, and other items used by culinary staff.
• Assist in food preparation, serving, dish room, outlets, storeroom, and other food service areas as needed.
• Interact positively with guests and team members, providing exceptional customer service and hospitality.
• Complete other assignments as the Shift Leader and/or Supervisor may deem necessary.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma preferred.
• Previous food and beverage experience preferred, with 0–2 years of related experience acceptable.
• Willing to learn and work in different areas of the Food Service team.
• Flexible, dependable, organized, and able to perform duties in a manner that reflects good stewardship of time and resources.
• Able to work accurately and efficiently in a high-volume setting while maintaining food safety standards.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be physically able to lift weights up to 50 pounds.
• Must have manual dexterity sufficient to use kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Ability to stand for long periods and stoop, squat, and climb as necessary.

Statement of Faith 

As part of the hiring process, all applicants are asked to review the Ridgecrest Ministries Statement of Faith and consider their understanding of and relationship to the beliefs and values outlined in it. The Statement of Faith is an important part of Ridgecrest’s employment process, and specific positions may have additional requirements related to affirmation or alignment with these beliefs.

Hiring Guidelines:

An offer of employment is conditional upon the result of a background check, reference checks, and a drug screen, —for certain positions— a physical examination, credit report, and/or driving record report prior to the commencement of employment.