Utility Worker - FT Shift Varies

Role Overview

This position sits within the Food Services & Dietetics function and is scheduled on a variable shift basis in Gainesville, GA. The utility team member supports kitchen cleanliness, dining room upkeep, and meal-service flow while helping with other kitchen tasks during slower periods.

About the Organization

Northeast Georgia Health System is focused on strengthening community health and delivering meaningful support to the people it serves.

What You’ll Do

• Keep kitchen spaces, equipment, dishes, and dining areas clean and sanitary.
• Help serve food during meal periods and assist with organizing the dining area.
• Take care of sanitation tasks such as recycling, trash removal, box handling, sweeping, and mopping.
• Support food stocking and follow first-in, first-out rotation practices.
• Clean and sanitize utensils and food preparation areas after use and follow established cleaning schedules.
• Help receive and store food and supply deliveries when needed.
• Follow sanitation, safety, infection-control, emergency, and dietary department procedures.
• Maintain professional appearance, hygiene, punctuality, and dependable attendance.
• Communicate respectfully with guests, teammates, clinical support staff, and client personnel.
• Use required safety equipment and understand where MSDS information is kept.

Qualifications

• No specific license or certification is required.
• No formal education is required for the minimum qualifications.
• Prior experience is not mandatory for the base role.
• Preferred education includes a high school diploma or GED.
• Preferred background includes 1 year of related sanitation experience and/or training.
• Applicants should be able to move food items, dietary supplies, and equipment throughout the facility.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills are important.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs, occasionally.
• Standing and walking are required constantly.
• Kneeling, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling are required frequently.
• Work intensity is constant.
• The role requires reading, writing, reasoning, talking, and keyboard use.
• Physical demand levels noted: lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs occur 0-30% of the time; vision demands are moderate and constant; kneeling/stooping/bending and pushing/pulling are frequent at 31-65%; standing/walking are constant at 66-100%.

Additional Information

Northeast Georgia Health System is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Working here means joining a team that values employees as people and supports their growth and goals.