JOB CATEGORY: Non Tipped Employee
JOB TITLE: Dishwasher
LOCATION: 1551 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32204
REPORTS TO: Executive Chef
PAY TYPE: Hourly, overtime eligible, full-time or part-time
Prep Cook / Dishwasher Job Scope
Perform duties to maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards for china, glassware, tableware, cooking utensils, etc., using machine and manual cleaning methods, working within the limits of standard or accepted practice.
Prep Cook / Dishwasher General Responsibilities
- Demonstrate and promote our Core Values: (1) Safety: Be safe in your own work, contribute safety moments and safety suggestions. (2) Integrity: Always be honest, fair, and compliant to rules and regulations. (3) Guest Focus: Exceed guest expectations and contribute ideas to improve processes. (4) Teamwork: Support others in need. Help everyone win.
- Comply with all food storage, handling, and rotation regulations and standards.
- Follow all safety protocols to avoid hazardous conditions and to prevent cross-contamination
- Prepare food by properly thawing, cutting, pre-cooking, par-cooking, portioning, etc.
- Receive, inspect, and stock deliveries of food stuffs and restaurant supplies.
- Sort and rinse dirty dishes, glass, tableware and other cooking utensils and place them in racks to send through dish machine. Wash pots, pans and trays by hand.
- Sort and stack clean dishes. Carry clean dishes to cook’s line and other proper storage areas.
- Remove trash and garbage to dumpster.
- Change dishwater in dish machine as required by established practice.
- Initiate replenishment of supplies both at work stations and in the store room by following our Inventory Management Policy.
- Execute all side-job duties as assigned by management.
- Fill/empty soak tubs with cleaning/sanitizing solutions.
- Sweep/mop floors, wiping up any spills to ensure kitchen floors remain dry.
- Perform routine preventative maintenance on kitchen equipment in compliance with established procedures.
- Demonstrate teamwork by supporting coworkers without regard to job titles or rank.
- Attend all scheduled employee meetings and bring suggestions for improvement.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
Prep Cook / Dishwasher Qualifications
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Experience and Skills
- Some commercial kitchen experience preferred
- Positive interpersonal skills required
- Able to work at a fast pace, delivering consistent, high quality results
- Must speak and read English well enough to understand instructions and ask questions
Prep Cook / Dishwasher License/Certifications
Prep Cook / Dishwasher ADA Information
Physical requirements:
- Must be able to speak, see, and hear
- Requires close and distance vision
- Walks and stands frequently
- Walks for long periods of time, possibly extended distances
- Frequently lifts/carries up to 20 pounds
- Occasionally lifts/carries up to 40 pounds
- Continually uses manual dexterity and gross motor skills
- Reaches hands and arms in any direction, keeling and stooping repeatedly
Prep Cook / Dishwasher Work Conditions:
- Indoor or outdoor
- Varied weather conditions
- With or near moving or mechanical parts
- With or near high temperature surfaces and liquids
- With or near toxic/caustic cleaning agents with fumes or airborne particles