Lead Steward

Marriott•Vancouver, BC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves organizing cleaning chemicals and supplies, maintaining the supply rack with items like pots, pans, and utensils, and rotating stock by moving wares from storage to the kitchen. The Lead Steward will complete cleaning checklists to ensure proper cleaning and sanitizing timelines, collect dirty pans from the cooking line, and transport them for cleaning. Responsibilities also include cleaning and maintaining sanitation areas, organizing cleaning supplies, cleaning the dish room (ceiling, walls, vents), and ensuring clean wares are stored appropriately. The position requires operating and maintaining cleaning equipment such as the dishwashing machine, hand wash stations, pot-scrubbing station, and trash compactor. Additionally, the Lead Steward will assist management with hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, motivating, and coaching employees, serving as a role model. This includes following all company and safety policies, reporting maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe conditions, and completing safety training. The role requires maintaining a clean and professional appearance, protecting company assets, communicating clearly and professionally, developing positive working relationships, supporting team goals, and ensuring adherence to quality standards. Physical requirements include moving, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling objects weighing up to 25 pounds without assistance, standing, sitting, or walking for extended periods, and reaching overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping. Other reasonable duties may be requested by supervisors.

Requirements

High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
At least 1 year of related work experience.

Nice To Haves

No supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Organize cleaning chemicals and supplies.
Organize supply rack, including pots, pans, serving spoons, utensils, etc.
Rotate stock, bringing wares from storage bin or areas into kitchen.
Complete cleaning checklists to determine appropriate timelines for cleaning and sanitizing.
Collect dirty pans from the cooking line and transport to pot station for cleaning.
Clean and maintain sanitation areas and organize cleaning supplies including hanging up mops and brooms.
Clean and maintain loading dock areas.
Clean ceiling, walls, and vents in dish room.
Ensure clean wares are stored appropriately.
Operate and maintain cleaning equipment and tools, including the dish washing machine, hand wash stations pot-scrubbing station, and trash compactor.
Assist management in hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, and motivating and coaching employees; serve as a role model.
Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager; complete safety training and certifications.
Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
Speak with others using clear and professional language.
Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others; support team to reach common goals.
Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.
Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 25 pounds without assistance.
Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time.
Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping.
Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.