Company Information
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Company Name: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Website: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/712769900

Job Information
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Job Title: Food Service Worker
Address:
Round Hill, Virginia
United States

Job Description:
The ideal candidate possesses experience in basic food and beverage
preparation and service with excellent customer service and communication
skills. This position starts at a salary of $17.74 (WG-02) and at a salary
rate of $18.58 (WG-03), with promotion potential to $20.45 (WG-04). Apply for
this exciting opportunity to become a member of the Mount Weather Emergency
Operations Center (MWEOC) team within FEMA.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling on those who want to
help protect American interests and secure our Nation. DHS Components work
collectively to prevent terrorism; secure borders and our transportation
systems; protect the President and other dignitaries; enforce and administer
immigration laws; safeguard cyberspace; and ensure resilience to disasters.
We achieve these vital missions through a diverse workforce spanning hundreds
of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

When disaster strikes, America looks to the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to
support Americans in their times of greatest need. FEMA prepares the nation
for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following
any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and
creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled,
knowledgeable, high performance workforce. Please visit www.fema.gov [1] for
additional information.

In this position, you will serve as a Food Service Worker providing food and
beverage preparation and service. Typical assignments include:

Preparing simple foods and beverages following portioning guidelines.
Ensuring that proper holding temperatures are maintained on all
ready-to-serve hot and cold foods, adhering to all appropriate food safety
practices, rules and guidelines, including utilizing the temperature danger
zone to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.
Following established Standard Operating Procedures according to established
recipes, including maintaining time and temperature logs for their assigned
areas.
Ensuring proper storage of food and supplies including rotation of inventory
(FIFO Method); ensuring that food is covered, dated and stored properly using
industry standard and work unit practices, and is easily accessible;
determining appropriate storage areas, and ensures that food is promptly
carried to the appropriate storage location.

Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to
perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee
assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

All MWEOC staff have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in
place. Exercises and activations are planned and unplanned, and may require
long hours, nights, weekends and holidays.

All MWEOC employees are: (1) required to use a government-issued electronic
device (to include cellular phones); (2) subject to recall during emergency
situations; and (3) required to perform work in locations both above and
below ground.


[1] http://www.fema.gov


Requirements:
Conditions of Employment
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigation.
Selective Service registration required.
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Please review "Other Information" section for additional key requirements.
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to
be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants
must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for
a TOP Secret clearance as a condition of placement into this position. This
may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a
review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts,
child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses
and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal
Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on
background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.

Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below.

Qualifications
The qualification requirements listed below must be met within 30 days of the
closing date of the announcement.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System
Qualification Standard. Although a specific length of time and experience is
not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must meet any
screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you
possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the
duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification
requirements emphasis is on the quality of experience, not necessarily the
length of time.

Working Conditions: The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam
and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often causes uncomfortably
high temperatures and humidity. The work area is well lighted and vented, but
is usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of
slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped. The incumbent
is regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot surfaces, and
extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration and and/or
freezer units. Temperatures range from -10 to 80 degrees on a daily basis.
Also exposed to extreme weather during Food Cart Operations in the winter
months.

Physical Effort: Will be required to perform heavy lifting and moving and
hard work such as scouring and scrubbing large utensils, pots and pans.
Moving and unloading heavy carts and pallets. Frequently lifts or moves
objects weighing up to 40 pounds to load and unload Food Service Delivery
vehicles. Standing or walking for long periods of time.



Links to External Job Postings:
Title: Food Service Worker
URL: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/712769900


Resume Information
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Applicants should submit the following:: Resume, Transcript, Other
Other: See vacancy announcement
Majors Desired:: Business, Computing, Education, Engineering, Graphics/Art/Printing, Health Sciences, Interpreting, Liberal Arts, Science, Sustainability

Application Information
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Apply online at:: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/712769900
Additional Instructions:
No degree required was not a selection on the job board