PORTER (FULL TIME AND PART TIME)

Compass Group•La Cañada Flintridge, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Porter position is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and sanitation of the front of the house, including all tables, counters, floors, windows, and beverage stations. Key duties involve bussing, clearing, and cleaning tables, and sweeping floors during peak service times, as well as prepping prior to service. The role also includes following safety procedures for transporting dishes and utensils from the front of the house to the kitchen using trays, bus tubs, or carts. Porters wash dishes, glasses, and pots, clean cooking stations and equipment to ensure a smooth flow of service while upholding sanitation standards. This involves scraping and rinsing food from dishes and washing them either by hand or using a dishwashing machine. The position requires keeping display equipment clean, free of debris, and compliant with safety and sanitation standards during meal service. Porters also assist with receiving heavy deliveries from the dock, transporting them to storage areas while observing safe lifting standards, and performing other assigned duties. They ensure proper presentation, portion control, and maintenance of serving temperatures, adhering to HACCP standards. A personal commitment to safety and adherence to company policies, including the use of specific safety equipment like cut gloves, oven mitts, fryer gloves, steamer gloves, and slip-resistant shoes, along with proper lifting techniques, are essential.

Nice To Haves

Previous back of house experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensures tables are bussed, cleared and cleaned and floors are cleared and swept during peak service times and are prepped prior to service.
Follows safety procedures when transporting dishes and utensils from the front of the house to the kitchen area using trays, bus tubs or carts.
Washes dishes, glasses and pots; cleans cooking stations and equipment to expedite a smooth flow of service while maintaining sanitation standards.
Scrapes and rinses food from dishes and washes them by hand or places them in racks or on conveyor to dishwashing machine depending on assigned equipment.
Ensures complete cleanliness and sanitation.
Keeps display equipment clean, free of debris and in compliance with all safety and sanitation standards during meal service.
Helps receive heavy deliveries from dock and transports them to assigned storage areas while observing all safe lifting standards.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Ensures proper presentation, portion control and maintenance of serving temperatures; follows HACCP standards.
Personal commitment to your own safety and that of others.
Abides by all Company policies and procedures including but not limited to: The use of a medium weight cut gloves when handling or using knives, peelers, choppers, mandolins or cleaning a slicer.
Abides by all Company policies and procedures including but not limited to: The use of oven mitts, fryer gloves or steamer gloves when handling hot pans from ovens, warmers or steamtables.
Abides by all Company policies and procedures including but not limited to: The use of slip-resistant shoes and proper lifting techniques.

Benefits

Retirement Plan
Associate Shopping Program
Health and Wellness Programs
Discount Marketplace
Identity Theft Protection
Pet Insurance
Voluntary Benefits, including Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Services, and Choice Auto and Home Program
Medical (for full-time positions)
Dental (for full-time positions)
Vision (for full-time positions)
Life Insurance/AD (for full-time positions)
Disability Insurance (for full-time positions)
Commuter Benefits (for full-time positions)
Employee Assistance Program (for full-time positions)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) (for full-time positions)
Paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws