Dining Utility Worker

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

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Job Title:Dining Utility Worker

Department:Student Life | Dining Services

Job Description

The Utility Worker maintains a clean, sanitary, and safe environment in a food service operation serving students, staff, and guests of the university; operates and sets up dishwashing equipment: cleans dish return systems and area; disposes of all trash and food waste; stocks and/or supplies dispenser equipment and food items; cleans and sets up beverage, soft serve and other service equipment; cleans kitchen equipment; ensures the refrigerators are clean and in accordance with prescribed standards; cleans and maintains kitchen and serving equipment; washes windows and light fixtures; maintains floor cleanliness by sweeping and mopping. Work hours 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., with rotating weekends.

Minimum Education Required

8th grade education or equivalent combination of education and experience; Per Classified Civil Svc Specs

Required Qualifications

Required: Per CCS Specs; 8th grade education; ability to count and read warning signs/labels; ability to lift and carry 50lbs; upon completion of the probationary period, must successfully pass specialized, title specific training administered by department; successful completion of a background check.

Desired Qualifications

Desired: High school diploma or equivalent; kitchen custodial work experience; Serve-Safe or equivalent sanitation training /certification.

Additional Information

The Ohio State University’s Student Life Dining Services is a premier campus dining department dedicated to serving students, staff, faculty, and guests. Critical to the Residential Experience, Dining Services administers the student meal plan to approximately 15,000 residential students on the Columbus, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster campuses.

This position is located at Union Market and will support our Marketplace operations, serving a range of items, including paninis, wraps, burgers, quesadillas, tacos, build your own pasta bowls and hot bar, sushi station, grain bowls, salad, and fruit bars and build your own parfait bar.

Ohio State offers competitive benefits to all regular full-time staff, including medical, dental, and vision, beginning on the first day of employment, paid time off, holiday pay, OPERS retirement, tuition assistance for employees and dependents, and public service loan forgiveness.

The successful candidate for this position will be eligible for premium pay in addition to base pay. Premium pay is available to employees who work a minimum of four consecutive hours after 3:00 pm.

The target hiring range for this position is $15.00/hr - $18.75/hr

Student Life Mission: The Office of Student Life fosters students’ development, learning, well-being and sense of belonging; empowers students to achieve their academic, personal and professional goals; and prepares students to be engaged in a global society.

Location:Ohio Union (0161)

Position Type:Regular

Scheduled Hours:40

Shift: Second Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

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The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Posted 2026-02-14

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