PT Kitchen Stewards

Job Description

Job Description

Broadview at Purchase College

Position Title: Part- Time Kitchen Steward

Department: F&B

Exempt Status: Non - Exempt

Supervisor: Executive Chef, Sous Chefs

At A Glance:

Kitchen Steward is needed to work in our multiple dish rooms. We are looking for candidates with restaurant, hotel private club or institutional kitchen experience of at least two years. This job focuses on cleaning dinnerware, kitchen equipment, floors, walls, and all areas relating to sanitation. The right candidate will be positive, attentive, focused, and enjoy working in a team atmosphere. The ability to work, organized and structured is vital.

This is a part time position with hours from 3:30pm to 9:30 pm when scheduled Monday to Saturday. Sunday hours are 8am to 4pm. No late nights and we offer schedule flexibility to enhance your quality of life!

Starting Salary: $17.00 to $18.50 This is a part-time position that will average 25 hours per week.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

A unique opportunity exists to join a team in creating a vibrant senior learning community on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York. The residents of this university-based retirement community will be able to enjoy the many amenities of the college including the renowned Neuberger Museum of Art, the Performing Arts Center, the academic and athletic facilities, and the park-like campus. They will be able to enjoy all these benefits while living in a village designed specifically for their interests and needs. As part of the Purchase College community, Broadview residents will enjoy both formal and informal programming and collaborative opportunities designed to promote intergenerational engagement with members of the college community, ranging from classes and mentoring to providing employment opportunities for students. Broadview will offer the full continuum of services, inclusive of Independent Living, Assisted Living, Enhanced Assisted Living, and Memory Care. The community is slated to open to residents in the third quarter of 2023.

INCLUSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE CULTURE:

We are dedicated to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Diversity is the commitment to a community of equity and access through the acceptance of all aspects of human difference. This includes but is not limited to age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender expression and identity, language heritage, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, status as a veteran and worldview. Broadview at Purchase College is proud to be SAGE CARE certified, and all employees will be provided with SAGE CARE training. Broadview at Purchase College is committed to integrating various cultural and social perspectives to engender excellence and to creating a collaborative culture to provide an exceptional experience for every employee and resident.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The kitchen steward performs several kitchen-related activities including (but not limited to) Pot and Dish washing, general cleaning duties as well as storing both food and non-food supplies.

This is a full-time position with shifts to be determined; and requires evening, weekend and / or holiday availability.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Works under the supervision of a designated Culinary Management Team member

2. Utilizes a mechanical dish washing machine and other related equipment.

3. Set up and maintain the dish and pot washing area.

4. Distributes and stores clean pots, pans, dishes, and utensils.

5. Cleans and sanitizes production equipment, work surfaces and kitchen areas according to cleaning schedules and procedures.

6. Empties trash receptacles and transports waste to designated compacter and dumpster units.

7. Drains and fills all deep fryers on a scheduled basis and transports oil used to designated storage containers.

8. Complete daily and weekly cleaning duties assigned by kitchen management.

HOSPITALITY FOCUS:

Broadview Senior Living fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers, and guests:

1. The Community embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, all employes are expected as a condition of employment to practice the LCS Hospitality Promises™ in all interactions with residents, fellow employees, and guests:

· We greet you warmly, by name and with a smile.

· We treat everyone with courteous respect.

· We anticipate your needs and act accordingly.

· We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.

· We hold ourselves and one another accountable.

· We make you feel important.

· We embrace and value our differences.

· We ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”

· We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.

· We pay attention to detail.

2. GENERAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Duties include but are not limited to:

· Maintains standards for personal appearance and cleanliness.

· Maintains safe and sanitary conditions.

· Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.

· Performs specific work duties and assignments as directed.

· Use all chemical components per manufacturers recommendations.

· Wear all the required PPE when necessary.

· Assist with light food prep such as peeling carrots, onions, and potatoes.

Hourly Rate for this opportunity is $17-18.50 per hour.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

· The ability to understand and follow instructions in English.

· Ability to set up and operate commercial dish washing equipment as well as other related machinery.

PHSYICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Physical activities of the position:

· Lifts and carries up to 50 lbs.

· Pushes and pulls up to 100 lbs.

· Climbs, reaches, bends and twists occasionally.

· Reaches, bends and twists occasionally.

· Must be able to stand / walk for 100% of the day.

· May be exposed to quick variance of hot and cold temperatures from Ovens to Freezers.

· May be exposed to industrial cleaning chemicals and hot water temperatures regularly.

SENSORY/COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS:

This list is not to be inclusive, rather exemplary of times of sensory/cognitive activities involved in performance of job functions.

Recognition/vision and mental processing

· Routinely process written information as in policies and procedures, posted notices, instruction materials, regulations, etc.

· Routinely complete forms and other written documentation.

· Routinely observe resident actions, gestures, and facial expressions.

Hearing

· Routinely recognizes auditory call signals, emergency alarms, wander monitoring system signals, soft voices of the elderly and verbal communication within the workplace.

Smell

· Routinely observes odors relevant to resident medical and personal care conditions, and those undesirable in the environment.

Verbal communication

· Routinely interacts with individuals highly dependent on vocal communication – residents, family members, vendors, and co-workers – in circumstances requiring audible and intelligible vocalizations.

PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR REQUIREMENTS:

This list is not to be inclusive, rather exemplary of times of emotional and behavioral activities involved in performance of job functions.

· Routinely interact with individuals (residents, family members, staff, etc.) who may be discourteous, tactless, demanding, verbally and/or physically threatening or abusive, angry, or hostile, emotionally vulnerable, or mentally ill, vulgar, mean-natured.

· Routinely called upon to control own emotions and behaviors to protect residents’ rights and to respond professionally with respect and dignity.

ENVIRONMENTAL/OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES:

This list is not to be inclusive, rather exemplary of times of environmental/occupational exposures involved in performance of job functions.

· Individuals must be able to use protective equipment and take proper precautions and emergency measures.