Stewards Utility Cleaner - Full Time

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintain the cleanliness of kitchens.
• Sanitize stoves/ovens, grills, hoods, steam tables, dishwashing machines, walls floors, etc. in kitchen, dining and restroom areas.
• Use correct cleaning chemicals for designated items according to O.S.H.A. regulations.
• Change oil in deep fryer.
• Clean fryer and replace oil.
• Maintain inventory of supplies needed to perform duties assigned to the stewarding department.
• Keep all equipment and supplies well organized.
• Operate and maintain dish machines, glass machines, floor scrubbers and burnishing machines.
• Clean floors, mats and drains for sanitary reasons using mops, brooms, scrapers, scrubbers and chemicals.
• Remove dirty dishes from cooks’ line (or disassembly areas) and take to dish room for cleaning and re-stock cooks line with clean dishes.
• Report on all maintenance issues.
• Inform supervisors if equipment is found to be faulty or broken.
• Any other duties as assigned within the scope of this position.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledgeable and proficient in all Stewards equipment, chemicals, & techniques.
• Knowledge of OSHA and safety standards.
• Precision working, following instructions, influencing others, memorization, independent judgment, and decision making.
• Flexible working all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekend hours as business needs dictate.

Physical Demands

• Sitting and standing constantly.
• Walking, reaching overhead, bending over, crouching, kneeling, crawling, climbing, and balancing during the duration of their shift.
• Constantly lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling up to 50lbs or less.
• Constantly using both feet and both hands.
• Constantly having light and firm/strong grasping motions.
• Constantly using vision abilities including distance, depth perception, field of vision, and color vision.

Work Environment

• Indoors and outdoors, alone and frequently with and around others.
• Face-to-face verbal contact with others on extended shifts around mechanical and other electrical devices.
• May be around flame/heat generated devices.
• May have to work in confined areas, extreme heat, extreme cold, wet and/or humid conditions as well as around dirt/dust, moving objects, high places, and slippery surfaces.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may be loud at times and possible exposure to vibrations.
• Exposure to solvents/oils, fumes/odor, and/or secondhand smoke.