Food Service Associate
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LIVING DESERT DBA THE LIVING DESERT
Palm Desert, CA, US
Summary
The Food Service Associate is responsible for providing excellent customer service and supporting daily restaurant operations, including food preparation and maintenance. They must ensure compliance with safety, sanitation, and quality standards while effectively communicating with supervisors regarding service issues.
Job Description
Description
Position Title: Food Service Associate
Reports to: Food Service Lead (if applicable) and/or Food Service Supervisor(s)
Responsibilities
- Customer Service to ensure a memorable experience for every guest and client.
- Supports restaurant prep (FOH and line) for daily operation.
- Meets daily quick service, food service, safety and quality, availability, merchandising and guest service standards.
- Participates in safety logs including food temperatures, rotation and waste as necessary.
- Ensures proper uniform, hygiene, hand-washing and glove use with self.
- Maintains a safe work environment by abiding to all safety rules.
- Follows through daily prep and items lists, as assigned.
- Actively helps to support operation in assigned role, supporting holes as necessary.
- Actively and efficiently responds to guest and client feedback, with report to the supervisor to ensure that any potential complaints are mitigate against further occurrence.
- Communicates up to the Restaurant Supervisor and/or Food Operations Manager in regard to any issues seen with daily service or quality.
- Remains knowledgeable of all menu items, prices and specials for sharing with guests.
- Perform other tasks as deemed necessary.
- Maintains a clean, safe and organized work environment.
- Uphold and demonstrate a complete understanding of company policies and procedures.
- Responsibly geared towards presenting a clean and welcome experience for guests through upholding sanitation requirements.
Requirements
Job Requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Exceptional problem solving/decision making skills combined with the ability to be organized.
- Demonstrates the ability to remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.
- Ideal candidate is a team player, personable, professional, upbeat and energetic, and takes initiative.
- Physical ability to stand for extended periods and to move and handle boxes (10-35lbs) as necessary to operation, which entails lifting, and perform all functions as set forth above.
- Ability to work varied hours/days, including nights, weekends and holidays, as needed.
Previous Experience
- None Required
This is by no means an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with this job description. The General Manager reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks are performed when circumstances change (i.e. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technological developments)
For more than 50 years, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has been a beloved community gem and leading conservation organization. Millions of guests have come to the park to explore and learn about the desert’s wildlife and wild places through the Zoo’s interactive and immersive habitats, engaging activities, hiking trails, and botanic gardens.
Ready to work on the wild side? The Living Desert is a fun, engaging, and impactful place to work and is looking for highly skilled, motivated, and dedicated individuals to join our team. Career opportunities include roles in animal care, conservation, education, fundraising, facilities, food service, guest services, business administration, retail, security, and more.
Our team members make a difference in our local community and around the world each day. Together, they further the Zoo’s mission of desert conservation and inspire quests to discover a passion for the desert’s wildlife and wild places.
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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is a nonprofit, accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, ensuring the highest standards of all aspects of animal care, education, conservation, public service, and operations.
Founded
1970
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Palm Desert, California
For more than 50 years, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has been a beloved community gem and leading conservation organization. Millions of guests have come to the park to explore and learn about the desert’s wildlife and wild places through the Zoo’s interactive and immersive habitats, engaging activities, hiking trails, and botanic gardens.
Ready to work on the wild side? The Living Desert is a fun, engaging, and impactful place to work and is looking for highly skilled, motivated, and dedicated individuals to join our team. Career opportunities include roles in animal care, conservation, education, fundraising, facilities, food service, guest services, business administration, retail, security, and more.
Our team members make a difference in our local community and around the world each day. Together, they further the Zoo’s mission of desert conservation and inspire quests to discover a passion for the desert’s wildlife and wild places.
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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is a nonprofit, accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, ensuring the highest standards of all aspects of animal care, education, conservation, public service, and operations.
Founded
1970
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Palm Desert, California