Job Description: Kitchen Attendant

Summary/Objective

The dish and general utility position are 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 Functions

• Sort and rinse dirty dishes, glass, tableware and other cooking utensils and place them in racks to send through dish machine
• Sort and stack clean dishes, carry clean dishes to cook's line and other proper storage area, rewash soiled dishes before delivering
• Change dishwater in dish machine every hour
• Wash pots, pans and trays by hand
• Remove trash and garbage to dumpster
• Set up or break down dishwashing area
• Clean and roll/unroll mats
• Fill/empty soak tubs with cleaning/sanitizing solutions
• Sweep/mop floors
• Assemble/disassemble dish machine
• Sweep up trash around exterior of restaurant and garbage dumpster
• Conduct general restaurant and restroom cleaning as directed
• Wipe up any spills to ensure kitchen floors remain dry
• Notify manager any time dish machine wash or rinse cycle falls below safety standard temperatures
• Do not touch dirty dishes before touching clean dishes without washing hands first
• Other duties as directed

Required Education and Experience

• Ability to read and comprehend labels on chemicals
• High school diploma or equivalent

Preferred Education and Experience

• One year in similar position

Competencies

• Collaboration Skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Flexibility
• Stress Management/Composure
• Communication Proficiency
• Thoroughness
• Time Management

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Travel

No travel is required for this position.

Work Environment

The work environment can be loud and busy. There are many kitchen hazards such as hot surfaces and liquids, sharp knives, and slippery floors. This job operates in a kitchen environment. This role routinely uses sinks and dishwashers and tools to clean kitchen appliances. Employees in this role are frequently exposed to hot water, potentially slippery floors, garbage disposals and cleaning chemicals.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop or kneel. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This position is full-time and regularly requires long hours, weekend work and holidays.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement

Spectrum Restaurant Management Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, 

Competencies 

• Customer Focus.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Organizational Skills.
• Stress Management/Composure.
• Multi-task oriented.
• Microsoft proficiency

Required Education and Experience 

• High school diploma or equivalent

Supervisory Responsibility 

This position has not supervisory responsibility 

Work Environment

A restaurant and bar environment. The work station may be drafty due to its location by the door, and the work environment noise level can be loud. Hazards may include, but are not limited to, slipping and tripping. 

Physical Demands 

Estimated percentage of daily physical requirements and/or number of pounds that may need to be lifted on the job: 

• 100% Stands during entire shift.
• 75% Reaches, bends and stoops frequently.
• This position requires frequent washing of hands.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work 

This position may requires long hours, weekend work and holidays. 

Travel

No travel required 

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

EEO Statement 

Spectrum Restaurant Management Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.