Food Services Worker

Job Title: Food Services Worker

Job Description

The Food Services Worker supports daily food operations by preparing and serving food and beverages, maintaining clean and safe work areas, and providing friendly, efficient customer service. This role contributes directly to a positive dining experience by ensuring stations are well stocked, orders are prepared accurately, and back-of-house activities run smoothly.

Responsibilities

• Serve food and beverages to customers in a courteous and efficient manner.
• Restock service stations regularly to ensure all items are available throughout the shift.
• Prepare beverages and other customer orders according to established standards and recipes.
• Perform basic food preparation tasks, such as cutting fruit and assembling simple menu items.
• Assist with loading, unloading, and delivering supplies and products within the facility.
• Distribute supplies, utensils, and portable equipment to appropriate service and preparation areas as needed.
• Wash and sanitize worktables, walls, refrigerators, meat blocks, and other food preparation surfaces.
• Remove trash from work areas and place it into designated containers, following proper disposal procedures.
• Transfer supplies and equipment between storage areas and workstations to support continuous operations.
• Support dishwashing activities by cleaning and organizing dishes, utensils, and kitchen equipment as required.
• Operate as a barista when needed, preparing coffee and specialty beverages for customers.
• Provide attentive customer service at the cashier station, accurately processing payments and answering questions.
• Assist with pasta display cooking, preparing and presenting pasta dishes in a visible service area.
• Contribute to hospitality and facilities support by keeping customer areas clean, organized, and welcoming.

Essential Skills

• Previous food service experience, including working in a cafeteria, restaurant, or similar environment.
• Hands-on experience with food preparation tasks such as cutting fruit, basic cooking, and assembling food items.
• Customer service skills with the ability to interact professionally and courteously with guests.
• Cleaning experience in a foodservice or hospitality setting, including sanitizing surfaces and handling trash.
• Understanding of basic food safety practices and hygiene standards in a foodservice environment.
• Ability to perform dishwashing duties, including operating dishwashing equipment and organizing cleaned items.
• Experience in barista-style beverage preparation or willingness to learn coffee and specialty drink preparation.
• Experience in hospitality or facilities support, maintaining a clean and orderly service environment.
• Ability to work scheduled shifts, including daytime, evening, and weekend hours as assigned.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in cooking or assisting with cooking in a professional or institutional setting.
• Comfort working in multiple roles such as server, cashier, dishwasher, and display cook as needed.
• Flexibility to work different stations, including pasta display cook, server, dishwasher, and fruit and yogurt/cashier.
• Ability to work Sunday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for general food service duties.
• Ability to work pasta display cook shifts Sunday through Thursday as scheduled.
• Ability to work server shifts on Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday and Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• Ability to work dishwasher shifts on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
• Ability to work fruit and yogurt/cashier shifts on Thursday from 6:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and Sunday and Monday from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Why Work Here?

You join a large, nationally recognized organization that offers stability and long-term growth opportunities. Overtime may be available, providing the chance to increase earnings. Strong performance can open the door to union membership, adding additional protections and benefits. After one year of employment, you can explore transfer opportunities to locations across the country, giving you flexibility to build your career in different regions while staying within the same organization.

Work Environment

This role is based in a busy foodservice environment that includes front-of-house serving areas, display cooking stations, beverage stations, and back-of-house preparation and dishwashing areas. You work around standard kitchen equipment such as refrigerators, meat blocks, worktables, dishwashing machines, and food preparation tools. Shifts vary by position and may include early mornings, daytime hours, evenings, and late nights across weekdays and weekends. The environment is fast-paced and requires standing for extended periods, moving supplies between storage and work areas, and maintaining clean, sanitary surfaces throughout the day.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Hamilton, NY.

The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $17.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Hamilton,NY.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 28, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills, and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role in solving companies’ construction, manufacturing, and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are-everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.