PEAK - Dishwasher

University of Oklahoma•Oklahoma City, OK

8d•$13•Onsite

About The Position

Panera Bread in the Student Union is looking for a dishwasher. This role involves preparing food, serving customers, washing and sanitizing kitchenware, maintaining a clean work area, and assisting with special events and other food service staff as needed. The functions described are not all-encompassing of those an employee may encounter while on the job.

Requirements

Ability to understand and learn how to use industrial dish washing machines
Ability to understand health department regulations
Ability to organize and prioritize work
Able to handle varying workloads and meet deadlines as necessary
Understands and promotes safe and clean conditions
Ability to become skilled in the safe, sanitary, and effective handling of food, cooking utensils, food processing equipment, walk-in refrigeration, elevators, cash registers, food digester, dishwashers, time clock, etc.
Uses tools to include but not limited to knives, splicers, potato peelers, etc. and/or small kitchen equipment in a manner requiring reasonable proficiency, generally derived from previous training or during the introductory period.
Food Handlers License within 30 days of hire
Valid driver's license and on the OU Driving List prior to operating any university vehicle

Responsibilities

Prepare food following recipes and applying individual portion control standards
Properly and safely measures, weighs, and combines ingredients for quantity preparation of simple menu items
Utilizes various kitchen utensils, appliances, and heavy/industrial equipment in food preparation (ovens, knives, peelers, dicers, slicers, mixers, industrial dish machines, recycling, stoves, etc.)
Serves food in a courteous and respectful manner, with proper portion control and knowledge of menu items
Load, carry, and transport hot or cold food items or containers to customers, serving lines, or dining tables-safely, efficiently, and timely
Loads and transports food carts to and from designated floor units
Washes, sanitizes, and stores pots, pans, and kitchen utensils in designated areas
Scrapes dishes and cleans tables, serving areas, counters and floors
Follows proper kitchen standards when cleaning/sanitizing the work area (floors, food carts, cabinets, tables, kitchen utensils and equipment, dishes, and tableware, etc.)
Assists with special events that may include unique luncheons and dinners, catering needs, student organizational special requests, and day-to-day events
Assists other food services staff when necessary and voluntarily as much as possible