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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
On-site Battle Creek, MI $22 – $25.6/hr Apply by Aug 17, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ Hospitality
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The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Food Service Worker. The Food Service Worker will function under the Nutrition & Food Service.
What You'll Do
- →The duties of the position may include but, are not limited to: Set up cafeteria lines, steam tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items.
- →Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients' plates.
- →Break down and clean assigned area when the meal is finished and return food to the kitchen.
- →Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
- →Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room after meals.
- →Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides.
- →Brew coffee according to the number of servings required.
- →Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes.
- →Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.
- →Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches.
- →Work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line.
- →Work Schedule: 5:30am -2:00pm Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers perform work requiring light to moderate physical effort.
- →They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies.
- →They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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