Food Services Worker

Anderson Center for Autism is seeking a reliable and detail‑oriented Food Service Worker to support our kitchen and meal service operations. In this role, you will assist with food transport, maintain high sanitation and safety standards, and ensure dishware, equipment, and food transport containers are properly cleaned and sanitized. You will also load and deliver meals, verify and document food temperatures, and complete all required compliance documentation to ensure food safety. Your work helps ensure meals are delivered safely, accurately, and on schedule.

Why Join Us

At Anderson Center for Autism, our mission is to optimize the quality of life (QofL) for individuals with autism. As a Food Service Worker, you play a key part in supporting this mission by contributing to a consistent, safe, and supportive mealtime experience. You’ll join a mission‑driven team that values reliability, teamwork, and compassion while providing essential services that directly benefit those in our care.

Pay Range: $16.50 - $18.42 Hourly; Based on experience


RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Transport food to residences according to daily menus, ensuring all lunch items are properly placed in Cambros before delivery.
• Load and deliver Cambros on schedule, ensuring meals maintain proper temperature, and verify and document food temperatures on production sheets.
• Deliver groceries to residences as needed.
• Keep the kitchen clean at all times, including sweeping and mopping after meals, removing garbage and cleaning containers regularly, and completing weekly cleaning assignments.
• Clean and set dishware for each meal, and wash and sanitize all pots, dishware, and equipment used in meal preparation and service.
• Clean the delivery truck daily to maintain sanitary conditions for food transport.

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to perform physical tasks such as lifting, transporting food items, and standing for extended periods.
• Strong attention to cleanliness, timeliness, and safety standards.

BENEFITS:

• Up to 6 weeks of paid time off in the first year (vacation, sick, holiday, etc.)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with matching
• Flexible spending accounts
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Tuition partnerships and scholarship availability
• And much more, see links below

Anderson Center for Autism offers our Employees a generous benefits package: https://www.andersoncenterforautism.org/benefits

About Anderson Center for Autism

Anderson Center for Autism employs nearly 900 compassionate staff committed to supporting individuals with autism through education, clinical services, residential programs, and daily living supports. Our Career Tracks provide opportunities for growth and advancement across all departments.

Keywords: Food transport, Meal delivery, Food temperature monitoring, Sanitation standards, Dishwashing, Kitchen care, Food safety compliance, ASD, Education, Residential

 

This position description in no way states or implies that the responsibilities listed are the only duties to be performed by the person filling this position. The person in the position may be required to perform other duties as necessitated by the situation or requested by his/her supervisor.

Anderson Center for Autism is committed to providing a diverse workforce by ensuring that discrimination barriers to equal employment opportunity and upward mobility do not exist here. Equal opportunity means employment, development, and promotion of individuals without consideration of race, color, disability, religion, age, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, unless there is a bona fide occupational requirement which excludes a person in one of these protected groups. Anderson Center for Autism is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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