Dishwasher

Position Overview:

The Utility Preparation/Dishwasher is responsible for keeping the kitchen clean, safe, and stocked with various kitchen/catering items.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Utility/Dishwasher: Able to wash dishes, cups and silverware. Restock dishes, cups and silverware. Load event equipment onto carts and vehicles. Maintain, clean and organize kitchen equipment to ensure proper working condition. Load/unload dishwashers. Clean, sweep, mop floors, dishwashing and organized cooking materials. Complete product inventories, stock new inventory, and merchandise food products.

Teamwork: Contribute to a positive team environment. Recognize and reinforce individual and team accomplishments. Identify alarms or changes in morale and performance. Communicate areas of concern to the manager. Maintain calm demeanor during periods of high volume or unusual events to set a positive example for the team. Anticipate customer and team needs by evaluating the environment, customers and co-workers for shifts or changes in behavior. Communicate observations to manager as necessary.

Safety & Sanitation: Follow operational policies and procedures. Follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines. Clean, sanitize and organize work areas, utensils, and equipment. Clean service and seating areas. Organize and stock supplies, service stations and products. Check temperatures of freezers, refrigerators, and heating equipment to ensure proper functioning. Scrub and polish counters, tables, and other equipment. Clean glasses, dishes, and fountain equipment. Perform other duties such as sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, to keep equipment and facilities sanitary.

Additional projects and assignments as needed.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• Ability to learn new things and demonstrate the ability to apply new skills.
• Ability to work with little guidance, following previously provided instructions once trained.
• Ability to maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma.
• One year of food service, inventory, or maintenance required.
• Willingness to maintain personal hygiene and follow hand washing requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated willingness and ability to meet operating policies and standards.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with and understand others, including discovering and responding to customer needs through clear and pleasant communication.

KSAs:

• Results oriented and flexible; takes action as soon as need arises and can demonstrate positive results; steadily follows through on tasks; able to find a balance between the business requirements and meeting client requests; absorbs new information quickly and translates key points into positive outcomes.
• Passion for events and is skilled in needed areas; good at visualizing how to develop events, scale them appropriately to achieve a remarkable client experience. Demonstrated ability to engage and sell proactively, gaining buy-in, respect, trust, and accountability to achieve goals.
• High energy level; has demonstrated resilience, endurance and persistence throughout career.
• Can-do attitude; stays positive, even in the face of adversity; sets right tone for others. Collaborative in work style with others both inside and outside organization; respectful of what others can contribute.
• Places high importance on building and maintaining trust; has a long-range perspective with relationship development; believes in and routinely practices direct and honest communication; actively shares information openly with those who need to know; seeks collaborative resolution of issues; seeks others’ points of view and encourages independent thought; listens well.
• Personal values align with the company’s values and culture; treats people with respect and consistency; trustworthy; highly ethical; appreciates and engages in creativity and forward thinking; takes long-range view.

Physical Demands

• Work in a fast paced kitchen environment including various facilities and outside property.
• Standing and Continuous Movement - The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
• Lifting and Strength - Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. May include copping, cutting, stocking, labeling, etc.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

The duties of this position may change from time to time. Continental reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of Continental or its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It’s not intended to be all inclusive.

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