Culinary Assistant; Part-time

Company Overview

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 provides a less expensive path to a four‑year degree. MATC is transforming lives, industry and the community by preparing students today for the careers of tomorrow. MATC’s diverse team members—42% of whom are employees of color—serve students and work toward eliminating equity gaps in higher education for both students and employees.

We are seeking passionate individuals to join our team.

• Assists and/or prepares customer orders, including but not limited to eggs made to order, items on the grill or fryer, and kitchen preparation.
• Follows recipes and retrieves recipe(s) from an electronic database.
• Performs food preparation—including cleaning, peeling, cutting vegetables, mixing ingredients, sandwich preparation, and food display—under directions.
• Prepares food for distribution, plating, servings, and setting up and maintaining the serving line selections.
• Provides customer‑service excellence, addressing student, faculty, and staff concerns, resolving problems, and maintaining safe and sanitary working conditions.
• Replaces stock regularly on a daily basis.
• Assists in the set‑up and/or clean‑up of catering requests, maintaining carts, buffets, and tabling catering functions for all areas throughout the district as needed.
• Delivers catering orders to designated rooms at various district locations on time.
• Relays orders and messages as required.
• Establishes, maintains, and enhances positive work relationships with staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Enters product deliveries into the register inventory tracking system and assists in inventory counts.
• Cleans dishes, trays, pots, pans, and other relevant tools; performs routine cleaning.
• Cleans tables and food‑service areas.
• Demonstrates honesty and 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 to support effective operation of the division and institutional objectives.

• Compliance with all state, federal, and accreditation standards and all MATC policies and procedures.
• High‑school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of experience in a related area.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Demonstrated competencies in innovation, work‑process optimization, accountability, collaboration, interpersonal savvy, communication, trust, customer focus, action orientation, valuing differences, prioritizing self‑development, and compassion.

• Knowledge of using a variety of commercial kitchen equipment, including basic knife skills.
• Knowledge of personal hygiene and sanitation standards and the ability to maintain these standards.
• Skill in 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 lbs, and push or pull up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to walk long distances and stand during the entire shift.
• Ability to utilize excellent customer‑service skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with MATC staff, faculty, students, external agencies, the 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 relationships with other employees, students, and school personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively through both oral and written means.
• Self‑starter able to work independently, collaborate as a team member, and make consistent decisions within established rules.
• Ability to access and disseminate information using computers and proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite; ability to complete online mandatory in‑services.

The position requires a physical ability to lift up to…