Interim Food Service & Delivery Associate

Description

$23-$25 per hour | Sonoma County, CA | Full-Time

Schedule: Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 5:30PM

About the Role

Help keep our residential kitchens stocked, organized, and running smoothly so our teams can focus on caring for teens and families. As an interim Food Service & Delivery Associate, you'll receive and stock food and supplies, help prepare meals, monitor inventory and food costs, and deliver food and supplies between Muir Wood locations. This is a hands-on role for someone who's organized, dependable, and comfortable moving between kitchen work and local deliveries.

Why Join Us

- Make a meaningful contribution to the care of teens and families, even when your work happens behind the scenes.
- Work with a collaborative team that values reliability, compassion, and doing the right thing.
- Enjoy a varied role that combines food service, organization, and local deliveries.

What You'll Do

- Receive and inspect food and culinary deliveries for accuracy, quality, and safe handling.
- Organize, store, rotate, and stock food and supplies according to food safety standards.
- Keep kitchens and residential locations stocked; anticipate and communicate replenishment needs.
- Review production schedules, gather ingredients and equipment, and assist with daily meal preparation.
- Maintain clean, sanitary, and safe kitchen, storage, and food preparation areas.
- Identify spoiled food, damaged supplies, equipment problems, or other concerns and report or address them promptly.
- Track inventory and monitor food and supply expenses against budgets that reflect resident census.
- Communicate purchasing needs and potential budget issues to your supervisor.
- Deliver prepared meals, groceries, and culinary supplies to Muir Wood locations as needed.
- Transport food safely, including maintaining appropriate temperatures and following safe driving practices.
- Respond to day-to-day kitchen and delivery needs and work respectfully with teammates and residents.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

Must Have

- Current ServSafe certification.
- Valid driver's license and access to a reliable, working vehicle for local deliveries.
- Ability to safely handle, store, and transport food and culinary supplies.
- Strong organization, follow-through, and attention to cleanliness and food safety.
- Ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and collaborate with colleagues.

Preferred

- Experience in food service, meal preparation, receiving, inventory, stocking, or local deliveries.
- Familiarity with food inventory and basic expense or budget tracking.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

- Regular standing, walking, moving supplies, and lifting or handling items up to 25 pounds; some days may require more than four hours of standing or walking.
- Work in kitchens and storage areas with varying temperatures, odors, noise, dust, and other routine food service conditions.
- Follow established safety precautions around kitchen equipment, food handling, and deliveries.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.

About Muir Wood Teen Treatment

Muir Wood provides trauma-informed, relationship-centered residential treatment for teens ages 12–17 navigating mental health and substance use challenges. Our teams work together to help young people and families heal.

Muir Wood Teen Treatment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is subject to applicable background screening requirements.

Salary Description
$23-$25 per hour

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