approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA employs approximately 3,100 faculty and more than 7,700 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 41,000 students including over 31,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 19 schools and colleges, including our newly established School of Medicine.
College/Unit/Department website: dining.uga.edu
Posting Type: External
Retirement Plan: TRS
Employment Type: Employee
Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible
Full/Part time: Full Time
Additional Schedule Information: This position offers a 40 hour work week. Hours and schedule may vary and include nights as well as weekends.
Advertised Salary: $16.923077/ hr (as of 7/1/26)
Posting Date: 06/01/2026
Open until filled: Yes
Proposed Starting Date: 08/04/2026
Special Instructions to Applicants: Weekend work is required at this location. For application status updates/inquiries, call (706) 542-4386. This is a benefits eligible, partial year position (9-11 months of the year) August 1st thru mid-May of each year. The selected candidate will be asked to sign a partial year agreement. Employees returning to work from designated partial-year leave periods are continued in the same position with no break in service and no change in the original hire date.
Location of Vacancy: Athens Area
Classification Title: Service/Maintenance Worker
FLSA: Non-Exempt
FTE: 1.0
Minimum Qualifications: Requires are least a high school diploma or equivalent. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.
Position Summary: This is a benefits eligible, partial year position (9-11 months of the year) August 1st thru May 10th of each year. The selected candidate will need to sign a partial year agreement. Employees returning to work from designated partial-year leave periods are continued in the same position with no break in service and no change in the original hire date. This is manual and semi-skilled work involving a variety of food service duties in dining hall or cash operations kitchens. Work involves responsibility for serving foods, cleaning facilities, and in preparing serving line meals.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies: Knowledge of the methods and practices of safe food handling in a team environment. Knowledge of the methods of practice of food preparation.
Physical Demands: Move loads up to 50 lbs, unloading and stocking products; perform push/pull activity with products weighing up to 30 lbs; perform duties with repetitive motion of wrists, arm, and shoulder, possess hand and finger coordination; reach, climb, balance, crouch, twist, crawl, and kneel; and work in noisy, hot/cold environments with chemicals, cleaning equipment, dust, fumes, and odors. Work long hours standing.
Duties/Responsibilities
Assisting cooks and other kitchen personnel in such tasks as cleaning/preparing/serving foods, washing dishes, serving from a serving line, cleaning tables, and sweeping floors. (30%)
Responsible not only for neatness and cleanliness in preparing, handling and serving food, but for serving patrons in a pleasant and courteous manner. (30%)
Care and use of food service equipment including meat slicer, mixing machine, steam cookers and beverage machines. (30%)
Performs related work as assigned by management. (10%)
