Culinary Storeroom Attendant

Culinary Storeroom Attendant

Levy at American Airlines Center is seeking a dependable, hardworking, and detail-oriented event-based, part-time Culinary Storeroom Attendant to join our Culinary team. The Culinary Storeroom Attendant supports efficient food and beverage operations by receiving, inspecting, storing, organizing, rotating, and distributing food products, beverages, supplies, and equipment throughout designated culinary areas.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Receive, unload, inspect, and verify incoming food products, beverages, supplies, and equipment for accuracy, quantity, quality, condition, and appropriate temperatures.
• Assist with maintaining accurate inventory levels of food, beverages, culinary supplies, chemicals, equipment, and other departmental products to support efficient event-day and daily operations.
• Properly store food and supplies in designated dry storage, refrigerated, frozen, chemical, and equipment storage areas according to established food safety and departmental standards.
• Monitor and document required storage temperatures for refrigerators, freezers, and other temperature-controlled areas in accordance with food safety standards.
• Maintain a clean, organized, sanitary, and secure storeroom, including shelving, refrigerators, freezers, receiving areas, carts, equipment, and surrounding workspaces.
• Safeguard inventory and restricted storage areas by following established security, access-control, and loss-prevention procedures.
• Identify damaged, expired, spoiled, improperly stored, or otherwise unusable products and immediately report concerns to management.
• Assist with cleaning and sanitation duties, including sweeping, mopping, removing trash and recycling, cleaning shelving and storage areas, and maintaining receiving and inventory spaces.
• Properly use cleaning chemicals and sanitation products according to manufacturer instructions, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and departmental safety procedures.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned based on operational needs.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous experience in food service, culinary operations, warehousing, receiving, inventory, hospitality, stadium/arena operations, hotels, restaurants, or commercial kitchens preferred.
• Previous experience with inventory management, receiving, stocking, or storeroom operations preferred.
• Knowledge of proper food storage, sanitation, FIFO inventory rotation, and basic food safety practices preferred.
• Valid ServSafe Food Handler Certification or ability to obtain certification within the required timeframe.
• Ability to accurately count, organize, label, rotate, and track products and supplies.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions and communicate effectively with culinary, warehouse, purchasing, and management teams.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively within a team environment.
• Ability to work a flexible event-based schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, games, concerts, and special events.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout scheduled shifts.
• Ability to frequently bend, stoop, squat, reach, twist, grasp, and perform repetitive movements.
• Ability to safely move products using carts, dollies, hand trucks, pallet jacks, or other approved equipment.
• Ability to work in refrigerated, freezer, dry-storage, loading/receiving, and commercial kitchen environments, including areas with varying temperatures.
• Ability to work safely and efficiently in a high-volume, fast-paced arena environment while maintaining attention to inventory accuracy, sanitation, and food safety.