Kitchen Worker
Owensboro Convention Center & Sportscenter
Owensboro, KY
$12 an hour - Part-time
Job details
Salary
$12 an hour
Job Type
Part-time
Qualifications
• High school or equivalent (Required)
• Restaurant or Catering: 1 year (Required)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Day Shift (Preferred)
Full Job Description JOB TITLE: Kitchen Worker
Reports To: Executive Chef
FLSA Status: Part Time Hourly; Non-Exempt
Summary:
The Kitchen Worker's primary objective is to prepare food based on recipes and guidelines while providing a clean and safe kitchen area. Work events as a buffet attendant or station attendant. Wash and clean tableware, pots, pans and cooking equipment. Keep the dish room and equipment clean and organized.
Qualifications:
· Must be 18 years of age or older (may vary depending on state laws)
· High school diploma / GED
· Ability to effectively communicate with customers in a friendly manner
· Must be energetic and self-motivated
· Must be available to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and select holidays as required
Essential Job Functions:
• Maintains a Guest focus while performing duties
• Assumes 100% responsibility for the cleanliness of dishware
• Load, run and unload dish machine.
• Keep the dish machine clean and report any functional or mechanical problems to supervisor immediately.
• Monitor dish machine water temperature and chemical levels to ensure sanitary wash cycle.
• Wash and store all tableware and kitchenware.
• Keep dish room clean and organized.
• Complete opening and closing checklists.
• Maintain adequate levels of clean tableware for dining room and kitchen
• Bag and haul kitchen trash to appropriate area.
• Handle tableware carefully to prevent breakage and loss.
• Maintain adequate levels of dish detergents and cleaning supplies.
• Clean food preparation and production areas as required.
• Closes the kitchen properly and follows the closing checklist for kitchen stations.
• Assists others in closing the kitchen.
• Attends all scheduled employee meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor or manager-on-duty.
Qualifications:
• Must possess a positive attitude and work well with other team members
• Must be able to work unsupervised
• Must be able to communicate clearly with managers, kitchen and dining room personnel.
• Ability to follow direction and ask questions for clarification if needed.
• Ability to keep up in a fast-paced kitchen environment
• Clean non-slip shoes, must say non-slip on shoe
Intellectual/Social demands:
While performing essential functions of this job, the employee is continuously asked to multi-task under time constraints and with moderate to high pressure situations. Position requires constant attention to precise details and accuracy of specified standards including: following simple to complex (more than 3 steps) instructions, and concentration which frequently extends beyond 30 minutes at a time. Employees in this role will constantly be in leadership role; this requires directing others either verbally or in writing to complete tasks in prescribed time frame. This position also requires frequent use of interpersonal skills including: ability to direct/motivate/inform staff and foster collaboration, being able to recognize and resolve conflicts, being able to openly communicate in writing and verbally with clients.
Physical demands:
While performing the essential functions of this job, the employee will frequently operate a computer and other office devices such as calculators, telephones, copy machines, faxes and printers. Employee will constantly move about inside and outside various areas of the facility before/during/after events to interact with internal/external clients and supervise the work of employees during events. Employee must constantly communicate via telephone, email and in-person with others and exchange accurate information. Employee may occasionally be required due to business demands and event operations to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Work environment:
The duties of this position are performed primarily in doors in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal to moderate during non-event days and moderate to loud during event days.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $12.00 per hour
Schedule:
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
• Owensboro, KY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
• High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
• Restaurant or Catering: 1 year (Required)
Shift availability:
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Day Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: Multiple Locations
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