Culinary Assistant Food Services

Salary: $15.43 – $19.28 Hourly
Job Type:
Part-Time
Job Number: 2025-05296
Closing: 3/29/2026
Location: West Allis, WI
Division: Retention &
Completion

Description

Under the direction of Food Services Leadership, performs food service duties throughout
unit including but not limited to: set-up and preparation of food and beverages. Performs cashiering duties; dish washing; kitchen equipment
cleaning and maintenance.

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) is Wisconsin’s largest and most diverse technical college,
offering 170+ high-quality programs that connect students to a career in as little as one to two years. The college also offers a less
expensive path to a four-year degree. MATC is transforming lives, industry and our community by preparing students today for the careers of
tomorrow.MATC’s diverse team members – 42% of whom are employees of color–work with a purpose to serve the students who make us one of the
most diverse two-year institutions in the Midwest. Together, we are meeting the needs of the community we shared and committed to
eliminating equity gaps in higher education for both students and employees. We are seeking passionate individuals to join our team who
shares the same passion in serving this purpose. Learn more about MATC at www.matc.edu.

Characteristic Duties and
Responsibilities

• Assists and/or prepares customer orders: including but not limited to: eggs made to orders, items on the
  grill or fryer, and kitchen preparation.
• Ability to follow recipes and retrieve recipe(s) from electronic data
  base.
• Assists, follows directions, and performs food prep including but not limited to: cleaning, peeling, cutting vegetables,
  mixing ingredients, sandwich preparation and food display.
• Prepares food for distribution including but not limited to plating,
  servings, setting up and maintaining serving line selections.
• Provides customer service excellence while addressing students,
  faculty and staff concerns and complaints and performs problem resolution; maintains safe and sanitary working conditions.
• Replaces
  stock regularly on a daily basis.
• Assist in the setup and/or clean-up of catering requests including but not limited to maintaining
  carts, buffets, and tabling catering functions for all areas throughout the District as needed.
• Delivers catering orders to
  respected rooms at designated times to various district locations.
• Relays orders and messages as required.
• Establishes,
  maintains, and enhances positive work relationships with staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Enters product deliveries into register
  inventory tracking system and assists in inventory counts
• Cleans dishes, trays, pots, pans and other relevant tools and eating
  equipment and performs routine cleaning.
• Cleans tables and food service areas.
• Practices honesty by demonstrating a
  consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles, values, truthfulness and accuracy in all
  actions.
• Collaborates in the instruction of culinary students and student workers.
• Performs other related duties within the
  scope of the position as required for the efficient operation of the division and to support institutional
  objectives.

Qualifications

Compliance with all state, federal, and accreditation standards/requirements,
as well as all MATC policies and procedures.

Required Education & Experience: High
School Diploma or G.E.D equivalency required and (1) year of experience in related area

Competencies The ideal candidate cultivates innovation, optimizes work processes, ensures accountability, collaborates
effectively, demonstrates interpersonal savvy, communicates effectively, instills trust, maintains a customer focus, is action-oriented,
values differences, prioritizes self-development, and shows compassion.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND
ABILITIES

• Knowledge of the use of a variety of commercial kitchen equipment including basic and safe knife
  skills.
• Knowledge of personal hygiene and sanitation standards and the ability to maintain these standards.
• Skilled at basic
  mathematical functions and applications.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand and follow oral
  and written instructions.
• Physical ability sufficient to lift and move supplies up to 50 pounds and push or pull up to 50
  pounds.
• Ability to lift, push, pull or carry objects.
• Ability to walk long distances and stand during entire
  shift.
• Ability to utilize excellent customer services skills in order to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
  MATC staff, faculty, students, representatives from outside agencies, business community and the general public.
• Demonstrated
  ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and promote a positive working environment.
• Ability to establish and
  maintain effective working relationships with other employees, students and school personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively
  through both oral and written means.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, collaborate as a team member and some
  decisions consistent with established rules.
• Ability to access and disseminate information using computers and proficient knowledge
  of Microsoft Office Suite, ability to complete online mandatory in-services.

Supplemental
Information

Details & Hours: This is a part-time position (up to 19 hours per week) located at the West
Allis campus. Hours of operation are 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Specific work hours will be determined by the supervisor and may include some
nights and weekends as needed. Work schedules are subject to change based on departmental needs.

Compensation:
Hourly pay rates are listed up to the midpoint of the range and placement is determined based on years of experience, internal
equity, and a review of the applicant’s employment and educational background as listed on the job application.

Application
Materials & Requirements: To be considered for this position, all applicants (both internal and external) must submit a thoroughly
complete application.

Complete the Employment Application in its Entirety You must provide thorough and detailed
information for all sections of the application form. An incomplete application will not be considered or reviewed.

EEO:
Milwaukee Area Technical College will not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for
admission on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, creed, religion, political affiliation, marital
status, parental status, pregnancy, disability, age, membership in any reserve component of the armed forces, union affiliation, arrest and
conviction record, or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law.
Reasonable accommodations will be
provided for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need special accommodation for the application process,
please contact our office at 414-297-6529 (Wisconsin Relay System: 711) or email jobs@matc.edu.

To apply, visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/matc/jobs/5264998/culinary-assistant-food-services
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