FSW/Driver in Lombard, Illinois at Quest Food Mangement TL

Our Promise

Balance - Quest fosters a fun, supportive environment that puts people first and strives for both culinary excellence and enduring relationships. Our flexible work opportunities encourage a healthy life balance for all of our valued team members.

Meaning - Quest believes that every aspect of what we do has significance, and therefore, our food is fresh and made from scratch, using high quality and responsibly sourced ingredients. We nourish our communities with wholesome meals and through our genuine and personal connections.

Recognition - Quest provides competitive compensation and benefits, and celebrates the fulfillment of our collective values at all levels of the organization. We support professional growth through training, development and access to highly visible leadership.

Position Summary

Works with Kitchen Supervisor, Head Cook and Managers in production kitchen, then in schools being served, to ensure efficient production, transport and serving of food at satellite locations. Keeps Hot Food Hot/ Cold Food Cold during entire process. Follows all food safety guidelines and processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Safely transport, deploy, and retrieve food, specialized promotional equipment, pop-up carts, and program machinery to and from satellite locations according to established rotation schedules
• Coordinate directly with unit managers to align on exact pickup and drop-off schedules
• Maintain absolute punctuality and professionalism to ensure seamless transitions between production, delivery, and service times.
• Maintain and adhere to dynamic delivery calendars, coordinating closely with management and site leaders to execute precise, timely route schedules.
• Verify that transported quantities meet daily account demands.
• Maintain truck mileage logs, coordinate vehicle maintenance needs, and ensure the overall cleanliness of transport equipment and vehicles.
• Collaborate with the supervisor and culinary team to assist in preparing all foods, fresh fruits, and ingredients.
• Accurately expand or divide standardized recipes to achieve proper yields.
• Follow all company policies, local, state, federal, and HACCP guidelines for proper food handling, temperature control, and safety throughout preparation and transit.
• Maintain the overall sanitation of the production kitchen, service lines, and equipment, serving as a role model for cleanliness and safety standards.
• Provide hands-on assistance to field operations during peak periods—including serving at foodservice accounts during meal services to master day-to-day food service workflows and account protocols.
• Maintain open, effective communication with management and staff across production and service teams
• Follow all Quest policies and food safety guidelines.
• Report to scheduled shift on time and in complete uniform.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements/Specifications

Education and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Required:

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the food service industry
• Valid Driver’s License with a clean driving record for the past 3 years as well as ability to meet company insurance requirements
• Ability to perform simple arithmetic as well as to understand measurements and conversion
• Responsible for meeting and maintaining state and local certification requirements (Food Handler certification)

Essential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Outgoing, friendly and customer focused
• Ability to work effectively on a team
• Works with speed, consistency and organization
• Comfortable and pleasant demeanor in very busy environments
• Follow all policies in the team member handbook and all food safety guidelines
• Strong knife skills
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Detail orientation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write and speak English

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, kneel, bend, use hands to feel, and reach with hands and arms
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
• Exposure to odors, noise, heat, steam, in/out walk-in freezer, cleaning chemicals and detergent
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding, knife skills)

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Kitchen environments
• Noise level is low to moderate

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The team member must provide medical evidence for reasonable accommodation.