Dishwasher/Stewarding Attendant at The Warbler Hotel

The Warbler Hotel - Dishwasher / Stewarding Attendant

Role Details

• Department: Stewarding / Food & Beverage
• Reports To: Chef de Cuisine/ Sous Chef
• FLSA/Status: Hourly non-exempt
• Outlets: All Food & Beverage outlets, including Spanish restaurant, café, pool bar, in-room dining, and banquet/event support

Position Summary

The Dishwasher / Stewarding Attendant maintains the sanitation, polish, and operational readiness behind every Warbler meal and drink. This essential role operates the dish machine and pot wash with rigor, protects glassware and silver, supports banquet and event turns, and keeps waste and chemical systems safe. At a luxury property, stewarding is not invisible work: spotless equipment and dependable support make refined service possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate commercial dishwashing equipment according to manufacturer guidance, safety procedures, wash/rinse temperature standards, and sanitation requirements.
• Sort, rack, wash, air-dry, inspect, and store china, glassware, flatware, bar tools, kitchen utensils, and service equipment without chipping, contaminating, or mixing items improperly.
• Perform pot wash for cookware, paella pans, grill tools, sheet pans, hotel pans, and heavy equipment using correct soak, wash, rinse, and sanitation procedures.
• Polish silver, flatware, glassware, and designated service pieces to restaurant standards; remove items with chips, cracks, stains, or damage and report losses.
• Maintain a safe dish area with clear floors, organized racks, correct drainage, designated chemical storage, clean floors, and proper waste separation.
• Monitor and replenish dish-machine chemicals, rinse aids, sanitizer, detergent, racks, towels, gloves, and cleaning tools; report machine faults or chemical concerns immediately.
• Receive, move, and store clean equipment for the café, restaurant, pool bar, in-room dining, and events according to pars and storage maps.
• Support banquet and event setup/breakdown with clean serviceware, racks, glassware, chafers, coffee equipment, and timely collection of dirty wares.
• Remove trash, cardboard, compost, recycling, and glass according to hotel sustainability and safety protocols; never overload compactors or leave waste in guest-visible areas.
• Assist with deep cleaning of floors, drains, mats, shelving, walk-ins, dish areas, and stewarding equipment on scheduled rotations.
• Follow procedures for broken glass, sharps, bloodborne-pathogen exposure, chemical spills, and injury reporting; never place hands into opaque containers or sink water without checking.
• Maintain accurate sanitation logs, chemical test records, cleaning checklists, and shift handoff notes.

Guest Experience & Service Standards

• Understand that immaculate, unchipped serviceware and quick replenishment directly shape the guest's perception of the hotel.
• Keep noise, carts, trash movement, and operational materials away from guest routes whenever possible.
• Maintain clean uniform and personal hygiene throughout the shift; stewarding team members represent the hotel whenever crossing public or service-adjacent spaces.
• Respond to urgent outlet needs calmly and communicate realistic timing rather than disappearing from the work area.
• Treat colleagues with the same respect extended to guests; stewarding sets the standard for shared accountability.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to follow safety instructions, use cleaning chemicals properly, and perform physically demanding work.
• Reliable attendance and willingness to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Ability to communicate basic operational needs in English [and/or other language requirements as applicable].

Preferred

• Commercial dishwashing, hotel stewarding, banquet, restaurant, or institutional-kitchen experience.
• Familiarity with chemical dispensing systems, high-temperature dish machines, silver polishing, and waste-diversion programs.
• Food-handler or OSHA-related safety training.

Knowledge & Skills

• Dish-machine operation, pot-wash sequencing, sanitation, chemical safety, PPE, silver/glass polishing, and safe rack handling.
• Understanding of cross-contamination controls, clean/dirty separation, drain and floor safety, and proper waste segregation.
• Ability to identify restaurant glassware, delicate sherry copitas, wine stems, café ceramics, pool serviceware, and banquet equipment.
• Basic equipment-care awareness and prompt escalation of leaks, heat problems, breakage, or sanitation failures.

Physical Requirements

• Stand and walk for up to 10 hours; bend, reach, squat, climb, and perform repetitive washing and lifting.
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds; push/pull dish racks, bus carts, and equipment up to [weight per policy].
• Work in heat, humidity, steam, wet and slippery floors, cold storage, noise, cleaning chemicals, and around sharp or breakable items.

Schedule & Availability

Availability for mornings, evenings, late nights, weekends, holidays, banquets, and high-occupancy periods is required. Shifts may begin before service or end after outlet close and event breakdown.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation: $15.00 to $18.00 per hour. Team Members are eligible to receive benefits based on average hours worked and advancement opportunities], subject to plan eligibility.

Certifications

• [State/local food-handler certification, if required]
• [Chemical-safety/Hazard Communication training]
• [Slip, trip, fall, safe-lifting, and broken-glass handling training]

Equal Opportunity Employment & Accommodations

The Warbler Hotel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment and to making employment decisions based on legitimate business needs, job-related qualifications, and individual merit. The Warbler Hotel considers qualified applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status as permitted by law, age, disability, genetic information, marital or familial status, veteran or military status, lawful off-duty conduct, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The Warbler Hotel provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices, unless doing so would create an undue hardship or direct threat as defined by applicable law. The essential functions and physical requirements listed in each description are provided to inform candidates of the role's core duties and are not intended to exclude individuals who can perform those functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants who need an accommodation during the application or interview process may contact HR at hr@curenola.com

Salary : $15 - $18