Kitchen Assistant

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: Kitchen Assistant Posting # 4126

• Macatawa Bay Middle School

Posting Dates: September 23, 2026 – Until Filled

Reports To: Food Director

Beginning: September, 2026

Hours: 21.25 hours per week
Monday to Friday
School Year/Part Time

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Qualifications:

• Experience working in a school kitchen or cafeteria preferred.
• ServSafe certified preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

• Load box truck for daily deliveries with food carts and product. Assist driver with product and inventory management. Assist driver with fulfilling daily elementary orders. Fill in for driving and delivery when needed. Assist with putting away GFS and other vendor orders.
• Other: Physically demanding job. Must be able to push, pull, lift, carry up to 40 lbs. Able to stand for extended periods and work in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Must be able to lift, carry, push and/or pull up to 40 pounds
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in person attendance.