Dishroom Lead

JobsRUs.com is seeking a skilled Dishroom Lead to join our team in Bridgewater, NJ. As a key member of our kitchen staff, you will be responsible for maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment for our employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain a customer-focused approach while performing duties.
• Assume 100% responsibility for the cleanliness of dishware.
• Load, run, and unload the dish machine.
• Keep the dish machine clean and report any functional or mechanical problems to the kitchen manager immediately.
• Monitor dish machine water temperature and chemical levels to ensure a sanitary wash cycle.
• Wash and store all tableware and kitchenware.
• Keep the dishroom clean and organized.
• Complete opening and closing checklists.
• Maintain adequate levels of clean tableware for the dining room and kitchen.
• Bag and haul kitchen trash to the dumpster.
• 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.
• Closely follow the closing checklist for kitchen stations.
• May assist others in closing the kitchen.
• Comply with all HACCP policies and procedures.
• Attend all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
• Attend training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.

Requirements:

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• 1 or more years of related experience.

Skills/Aptitude:

• Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
• Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
• Ability to use a computer.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Ability to work unsupervised.