Food Service Truck Driver Food service truck driver delivers meals and food to schools and sites as needed. This position is responsible to drive safely on school grounds and on city streets in accordance with state and local law and district protocol. This position is responsible to represent the department in schools in a friendly and positive manner, and to work in a courteous and timely fashion. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed while in other cases related duties may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Load and deliver food transport units to schools or support sites on established time schedule Operate truck lift gate and dock lift Deliver and pick up any additional food, special meals, supplies or equipment as requested, including non-departmental supplies as requested Verify school counts and ensure orders are complete Comply with recording periodic time and temperature reports Pick up carts and other items from the school kitchen and office to return with the food transport units to the Central Kitchen Pick up supplies from warehouse or other locations, as required Fuel and inspect food service truck daily/as needed. Maintain internal and external cleanliness of vehicle. Follow safety precautions on securing food-transporting units in truck to avoid accidents Promptly prepare work orders on the mechanical needs or problems of the food service vehicle or its operating systems. Promptly notify needs to Transportation and to Nutrition Services Office Manager Practice effective safety and security within individual work routines Assist with warehouse functions, receiving food and supplies, offloading vendor delivery trucks, moving product into freezers, refrigerators or dry storage as needed Chain up truck in inclement weather Other responsibilities include developing and maintaining positive customer relations with staff and service providers, communicating with staff and students as needed, for example: safety directions and order details, and maintaining personal attire per department protocol.
Required qualifications:
Education and experience high school diploma or equivalent. Additional requirements include possessing a Washington State Driver's License with Class B CDL with air brake endorsement, clean 5-year complete driving abstract, consistent attendance and positive evaluations. Preferred qualifications include five (5) years' experience truck driving, one (1) year of experience in food service operations, food handler's license, forklift certification. Condition of employment includes criminal background clearance, maintaining a valid Washington State Driver's License with Class B CDL with air brake endorsement, maintaining an excellent driving record, and forklift certification within 6 weeks of hire. Knowledge of school board policies and procedures, rules and laws of the road, state of Washington and King County Department of Health Food Code, and basic computer applications. Ability to operate truck lift gate and dock lift over 3,000lbs, maintain clean truck, and personal attire per department protocol, practice ethical and professional standards of conduct including the requirements of confidentiality, relate effectively with parents, staff, students and the public in a multicultural and multiracial community, use a two-way radio, organize and establish priorities to complete job responsibilities to meet deadlines, organize and perform job responsibilities efficiently and independently without close supervision and able to pay strict attention to detail, maintain consistent attendance and positive evaluations, speak, read and follow written or verbal communications, practice effective safety and security within individual work routines, work collaboratively with District staff and promote teamwork with co-workers, meet job responsibilities and be willing to continue professional growth. Required knowledge, skills and abilities related to cultural competence and equity include knowledge/awareness of own cultural identity and how this influences behavior, and desire to learn about the cultural identity of others, ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District, ability to understand and hold self and others accountable for promoting the Federal Way Public Schools' commitment to "Each Scholar: A Voice. A Dream. A Bright Future.", ability to recognize that each person is a unique individual even as we celebrate their group cultural heritage. Physical demands include sitting; standing; walking; bending, stooping, squatting, driving; carrying; lifting; hearing; speaking; writing; and keyboarding. Lift and handle up to 40 lbs. frequently and up to 50 lbs. occasionally. Push and pull carts weighing up to 400lbs frequently and up to 600lbs occasionally. Work environment includes working in low temperature environments such as large warehouse freezer and refrigerators, reach-in or roll-in freezer and refrigerator. Work with food and/or liquids that are frozen or very hot. Drivers are exposed to inclement weather, extreme heat and cold, traffic noise and possible exposure to gasoline and diesel fumes. The employee is required to maneuver self, carts and food/supplies within constrained kitchen environment with heavy equipment, tables and carts. Drivers must concentrate on safely operating vehicle under all weather and road conditions. Work is done on an elevated work station such as lift gate. Expect to deal with the occasional exposure to angry, frustrated, or aggressive individuals. Work schedule is an at-will, on-call, substitute position. Assignments vary from day to day. Work schedules typically involve daytime activities surrounding meal operations, on all days that school is in session. May work several days prior to and after school year, or in summer on occasional days when single schools are in session or offering summer programs. Reporting relationship is to the Director of Nutrition Services or designee.
