Position Summary

The dish and general utility position is responsible for maintaining cleanliness and sanitation standards for china, glassware, tableware, cooking utensils, etc., using machine and manual cleaning methods. This position also ensures the dishwashing area is maintained as a clean, safe, and sanitary facility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Sorting and rinsing dirty dishes, glass, tableware and other cooking utensils and place them in racks to send through dish machine
• Sorting and stacking clean dishes; carrying clean dishes to cook’s line and other proper storage areas; rewashing soiled dishes before delivering
• Changing dishwater in dish machine every hour
• Washing pots, pans, and trays by hand
• Removing trash and garbage to dumpster
• Setting-up and breaking-down dishwashing area
• Cleaning and rolling/unrolling mats
• Filling/emptying soak tubs with cleaning and sanitizing solutions
• Sweeping/mopping floors
• Assembling/disassembling dish machine
• Sweeping up trash around exterior of restaurant and garbage dumpster
• Performing general restaurant and restroom cleaning as directed
• Wiping up any spills to ensure kitchen floors remain dry
• Notifying Manager anytime dish machine wash or rinse cycle falls below safety standard temperatures
• Performing other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Must be able to read labels on chemicals
• Knowledge of workplace safety procedures
• Ability to maintain professional demeanor in high-stress situations

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to walk and stand during entire shift. The employee frequently must lift and carry racks or stacks of dishes, glassware, and other utensils, weighing up to 30 pounds, up to 50 times per shift. The employee occasionally lifts and empties trashcans weighing up to 150 lbs., with assistance, up to two times per shift. The employee frequently bends, stoops, reaches, pushes and lifts. The employee works primarily indoors in a hot, damp environment with some work done outside. This position required the occasional exposure to sharp machinery, broken glass, metal cans, and heat sources with some potential for injury. The employee is frequently required to wash hands. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.