At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Redmond, WA
About the role
- The Food Services Specialist is an entry-level position responsible for supporting culinary, hospitality, porter, and dish teams in a fast-paced environment.
- This role involves flexible day-to-day duties such as food preparation, meal delivery, guest service, dining space maintenance, and inventory stocking.
- The position supports the mission by providing excellent customer service and quality food options to boost workplace morale and productivity.
Responsibilities
- Assist the organization by ensuring cleanliness in all on-site dining areas
- Support maintenance of all beverage stations, food sales locations, and break areas
- Assist with food preparation according to SpaceX quality and sanitation standards
- Support proper product rotation and storage according to food safety requirements
- Follow stocking routes, track inventory, and receive and distribute product around the site as instructed by leadership
- Help the team meet time and quality standards set by supervisor
- Setup, maintain, and breakdown a daily workstation within a kitchen or service environment
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 2+ years of experience in food preparation, customer service, or other food services support roles
- Ability to work all shifts and available for overtime and weekends, as needed
- Ability to carry large heavy items, such as dishes in tubs or trays unassisted (up to 25 lbs.)
- Ability to stand for long periods of time – up to 10 hours a day
- Ability to work all shifts and available for extended hours and weekends, as needed
- Ability to perform frequent bending, stooping, and lifting of objects
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, Asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to conform to U.S. Government export regulations
Preferred qualifications
- 1+ years of cooking experience
- Ability to take initiative in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Possession or willingness to obtain food handler's card
- Experience working in a high-volume output environment
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel, and Outlook primarily)
- Sound understanding of food safety and sanitation practices
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Benefits
- Company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Workplace
- Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Outlook
