Food Service Driver – Part-Time

Job Title: Temporary Food Service Driver

Reports To: Food Service Director

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Assignment Category – Temporary, Part-Time

Department: Nutrition

Hours per day: 5 hours daily +/- 1 hour

Rate: $20.00 per hour

Who We Are

Established in 1970, Serving Seniors helps San Diego County’s low-income seniors overcome poverty through whole-person, wraparound support including meals, housing, health and social services, and enrichment activities. We work at numerous sites across the county and in the homes of hundreds of homebound seniors. Our Oceanside location is unlike any other senior center in the nation. Bringing together a range of supportive services . Last fiscal year, we provided over 1.1 million meals and coordinated services to over 10,700 older adults.

Our Mission: Helping seniors in poverty live healthy and fulfilling lives.

Our Vision: All seniors, regardless of income, are able to thrive, engage in their communities, lead purposeful lives, and have a place they call home.

Our Core Values:

Advocacy - Acknowledging and supporting the needs of older adults at the individual, community, and policy-level.

Person-Centered - Seeing the whole person, providing coordinated support, and treating all with dignity and respect.

Integrity – Representing the values of honesty, trust, and transparency within our community.

Compassion & Empathy – Approaching our work with a heartfelt desire to better understand and serve.

Impact – Measuring and evaluating programs to ensure that for every dollar invested, there is a positive impact in the lives of those we serve.

Intentional Involvement – Promoting an environment that nurtures differences and allows individuals to be their entire, authentic selves.

Top Workplace Award Recipient

Serving Seniors has received the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Top Workplaces Award nine out of the ten years the awards program has taken place, and most recently for five years in a row from 2019-2025.

Job Purpose

The Home Delivered Meal (HDM) Driver picks up prepared meals from the kitchen and delivers the meals to homebound elderly and eligible persons with disabilities, in defined geographic areas. The driver also delivers bulk and pre-trayed meals to congregate and to-go dining sites. Meal delivery service includes a brief wellness check and distribution of program or nutrition information. Drivers must ensure driving safety while out on delivery routes and be observant of all relevant posted signs and rules. The HDM service helps program recipients to maintain their independence and avoid premature institutionalization.

 Job Summary:

Under general supervision, drives a company van or other light vehicle in the pickup and delivery of meals and food service materials and supplies and performs related work as required.

Responsibilities:

• Perform a variety of routine duties related to the preparation and serving of food for home delivered and congregate feeding sites
• Delivers food to the assigned routes
• Cleans assigned areas following established practices and procedures
• As a mandated reporter for Elder Abuse, report any suspicious circumstances or suspected abuse to Adult Protective Services
• Maintain routine records related to delivery and food service duties
• Performs daily safety inspection of vehicles and operates vehicle to and from central kitchen, obeying traffic laws and observing defensive driving practices, wash, fuel and perform minor preventive maintenance of assigned vehicles.

Education/Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred Valid California Driver's License is required Skills
• Operation of light vehicles and basic vehicle maintenance procedures• Basic record-keeping methods applicable to delivery functions
• Sanitation and safety practices in the transport, handling and preparation of food• Cleaning and sanitation methods used in a food service environment
• Food storage methods
• Basic arithmetic (i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
• Customer Service experience

Skills

• Operation of light vehicles and basic vehicle maintenance procedures

• Basic record-keeping methods applicable to delivery functions

• Sanitation and safety practices in the transport, handling and preparation of food

• Cleaning and sanitation methods used in a food service environment

• Food storage methods

• Basic arithmetic (i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

• Customer Service experience 

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. 
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. 
• The employee is occasionally required to climb stairs or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. 
• The employee must frequently lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to normal risks associated with driving and working in a kitchen/dining room.

Why our current employees enjoy working for us:

• We offer paid holidays and paid time off to all employees
• We offer a floating holiday to all employees
• We’ve been voted a best place to work for over five years in San Diego
• We are a stable company with over 50 years of experience
• We have served thousands of older adults throughout San Diego County making a positive impact and providing a higher quality of life to these individuals

Pay: $20 per hr

 This employer is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and E-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law