General Kitchen Utility Worker

Job Title General Kitchen Utility Worker Job Description

Elizabethtown College's Dining Services Department is currently seeking a full-time General Kitchen Utility Worker. This position will work full-time, 40 hours per week, 12 months per year.

The primary purpose of this position is to ensure proper cleaning, sanitation, and organization of all service ware, cooking utensils, and equipment for residential dining facilities, cash operations and catered functions.

Why work at Elizabethtown College? We've got great PERKS!

• FREE College undergraduate tuition for employee, spouse and dependent(s) after six months of full-time employment
• PAID time off between Christmas-New Years
• FREE access to Bowers Center exercise equipment & pool
• Generous paid time off for vacation & sick leave
• Beautiful campus setting with walking paths, library, cafeteria, Starbucks kiosk, college bookstore, mail services, pool, exercise classes
• Excellent benefits (medical, dental, vision, retirement match & more!)
• FREE Employee held events throughout the year on campus

Job Duties

Clean and sanitize all service ware, cooking utensils, and kitchen equipment

Clean, sanitize, and maintain all beverage, waffle, and cereal equipment

Perform duties in dish room and pot room including pre-rinsing dishes, flatware, and washing pots and pans

Responsible for the cleaning of dining room tables and chairs

Maintain adequate stock levels of dishes, flatware, beverage, cereal, waffle mix, and related supplies

Utilize all equipment and chemicals to fulfill duties

Maintain highest levels of safety and sanitation at all times

Maintain sanitation and equipment records as required

Maintain optimum station coverage at all times; cover for coworkers' breaks

Provide exceptional customer service at all times

Train student personnel

Attend department meetings

Other duties as assigned

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Assist in receiving and food production as necessary

Assist with kitchen prep as necessary

Conduct all responsibilities in a safe manner according to regulations (OSHA, EPA, etc.)

Required Qualifications

High school diploma/GED is required.

For full consideration, please apply on our website and include contact information for (3) references.

Preferred Qualifications

Other Skills, Abilities, and/or Training

Ability to work extended hours as needed

Ability to work weekends

Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Ability to work within strict deadlines

Physical Demands

Regularly required to remain standing for long periods of time

Regularly required to walk about

Regularly required to maintain balance while walking, standing, crouching, or running

Occasionally required to reach up and out with hands and arms

Regularly required to talk and hear; verbally express information or instructions

Regularly required to use hands to grasp objects, type, pick up objects, move objects, or hold objects

Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl

Regularly required to climb stairs and/or ladders

Occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds and carry a distance of 10 feet

Occasionally required to push and/or pull up to 50 pounds a distance of 10 feet

VISION REQUIREMENTS

To successfully perform this position, individuals must possess the following:

Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)

Depth perception and the ability to judge distances and spatial relationships

Adjustable focus

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number AS691P Open Date 07/29/2025 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants About Elizabethtown College

Located in southeastern Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown College offers its 1,800 students more than 75 academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies. Driven by its commitment to "Educate for Service," Elizabethtown centers learning in strong relationships, links classroom instruction with experiential learning, emphasizes international and cross-cultural perspectives, and nurtures the capacity for lives of purpose and leadership as global citizens. For more information, consult www.etown.edu.

Elizabethtown College is committed to valuing and fostering the diversity reflected in our life together and in the world beyond our campus. We strive to ensure that the members of the community-students, faculty, staff, and administrators-are diverse in race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, age, and national origin. We also seek to provide our community members, especially our students, with educational opportunities, programs, and services that are multicultural in content and expressive of a diverse life of experiences and worldviews that underrepresented groups bring to the learning environment.

Status

Hours Per Week Full Time - 40 hours Work Schedule 12:00PM - 8:30PM, includes weekends hours subject to change Salary per hour $17.50-$17.75 plus shift differential for night shift/weekend work Annual Salary