Receiver/Cook

Oversee the functions that ensure that all inventoried items are properly ordered, handled, stored, distributed, tracked and inventoried. Also, responsible for the preparation, cooking, transport, and serving of scheduled menu items according to supervisor’s instructions and food production sheets.

This is a full-time, benefits eligible, hourly position with a hiring range of $19.92 - $23.60 per hour.

Core Responsibilities:

• Receive and check in deliveries of food and nonfood items. Ensure proper storage and spot check for packaging integrity, safe temperatures, and accurate weights. Complete invoice processing.
• Conduct daily inventories, stock and store food and supplies in appropriate areas, and rotate stock to maintain product integrity. Thaw food in a timely manner for meal prep.
• Maintain organized inventory areas using bin/shelf systems aligned with order/inventory sheets.
• Ensure accurate stock levels of all items within the dining operations and procure items from other units as needed. Delivers and acts as the Truck Driver as necessary.
• Follow and ensure proper sanitation procedures when thawing, storing, and handling food items.
• Clean, sweep, and mop work areas including but not limited to coolers, storerooms, loading docks, prep and other work areas,
• Prepare proteins, vegetables, fruits, and other ingredients for daily meal production, including salad bar items.
• Collaborate with kitchen staff to ensure timely and quality food production, assisting other cooks and kitchen workers as needed.

Requirements:
• High school diploma or equivalent experience and 1 year of previous food preparation experience required.
• Knowledge of food storage requirements and inventory tracking.
• Knowledge of quality volume food preparation and production using accurate measurement with standard recipes.
• Extensive knowledge of a variety of cooking methods and techniques, proper safe food handling practices, and skills. Including quality volume food preparation; accurate measurement with standard recipes; produce and seafood handling; and meat cut identification and handling.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to acquire and maintain a Middlebury College driver’s within three months of being hired.
• Ability to complete Serve Safe Managers Level training within 90 days of hire.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills to interact with drivers, farmers and sales representatives.
• Possess basic understanding of computers and data entry for ordering, receiving, inventorying and transferring products in and out of the unit.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

Must be able to lift 10-20 lbs., numerous times each day and up to 50 lbs., several times each day. Must be able to push and pull up to 150 lbs. frequently.. This job requires long periods of walking and standing. Also requires frequent bending, twisting, kneeling, and reaching overhead.

Other:

An offer for this position is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

Benefits:
As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.

Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events. Spouses or domestic partners are eligible to receive a card with the same privileges.
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website or click to see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Middlebury, VT or Monterey, CA!

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.