Culinary Worker
San Diego, CAFull-time$18.33/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
MTC operates the San Diego Job Corps Center in Imperial Beach, where staff provide services to local youth. The Culinary Worker replenishes cafeteria supplies, prepares beverages, sets up serving lines, assists with food storage and inventory, and cleans food-service areas and equipment. The role includes food preparation and cooking as needed. Six months of food-services experience or culinary training is preferred, and ServSafe certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment.
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Wage - $18.33 per hour
Schedule – Full Time, 8hr shifts, 10:00 am-7:00 pm, Friday to Tuesday
Our staff also enjoy these benefits:
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Health, dental, vision, prescription drug and life insurance
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Short & long-term disability
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401(k) retirement plan
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Paid time off and paid holidays
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Professional development assistance
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Career advancement opportunities
MTC is proud to operate the San Diego Job Corps Center in Imperial Beach, CA where our staff provide quality services to our local youth. We value our professional and caring employees who are dedicated to improving people’s lives and we want YOU to join our team!
What you will be doing: You’ll be responsible for replenishing napkin dispensers, plate racks, silverware racks, salt and pepper shakers and condiments. Make coffee, tea and other beverages and set up cafeteria lines and serve meals on the line. Assist in the storage and inventory of supplies; transfer food ingredients from storage area to cooking area. Clean food service area, tables and kitchen equipment and appliances.
Essential functions:
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Prepare vegetables, salads, meat, bread, and desserts as instructed or routinely set forth in an appetizing manner.
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Perform clean-up and sanitation duties by washing dishes/utensils, store in orderly fashion.
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Perform cooking duties as needed. Assist with food preparation and service area daily which includes keeping refrigerators, floors, and food carts clean.
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Promote and support positive customer service through the facility.
Education and Experience Requirements:
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Preferred six (6) months food services experience or completion of culinary training program.
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Must obtain ServSafe certification within 30 days of employment
Management & Training Corporation (MTC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, disabled status, veteran status, genetic information, national origin, or any other category protected by federal law. MTC participates in E-Verify. We strive to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans, in our job application and hiring process. If you are interested in employment opportunities with Management & Training Corporation and need assistance, please contact our staffing department through [email protected] or 801-693-2888.
Learn more about MTC WyoTech here (https://www.wyotech.edu/) .
How this job compares
Set against the 3,072 open Food Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$18.33/hr
- California median$20–23/hr152 hourly ranges
- US median$17–19/hr1,311 hourly ranges
This rate, $18.33/hr, is 16% below the California median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Food Service hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 194 open Food Service jobs in California and 3,072 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Red Robin40 open
- Compass Group, North America20 open
- ASM Global12 open
- Experience
- Food Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (412 postings).
- Education
- 14 of the 3,072 open Food Service jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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