Restaurant Dishwasher-FT

Fort Sill Apache Companies • Lawton, OK

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Restaurant Dishwasher is responsible for transporting, cleaning, and maintaining all cooking utensils, pots, pans, and service ware. This role ensures the dishwashing area is kept clean and organized to provide cooks, bussers, and food servers with the necessary equipment for guest dining. The position also involves maintaining and organizing all Food and Beverage operational facilities, including service equipment, coolers, freezers, dry pantry food storage areas, and storage facilities. Adherence to safety standards for food handling and proper rotation of food products is crucial. The role requires following protocols for chemical application in food handling areas and maintaining testing supplies for sanitary conditions. Additionally, the dishwasher will accept and inventory food and beverage deliveries, dispose of garbage, and clean trash receptacles. Promptly sorting and washing soiled service ware, operating the dishwashing machine, and cleaning kitchen equipment are key duties. General cleaning tasks, including unexpected spills and floor cleaning, are also part of the responsibilities. The position may involve food product preparation and reporting any safety hazards or suspicious activity to management. Regular attendance and flexibility in scheduling, including nights, graveyards, holidays, and weekends, are required due to the nature of the hospitality/casino industry.

Requirements

• A combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Ability to listen effectively.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English to comprehend and communicate job functions, comprehend job requests and to read Material Safety Data Sheets and similar written materials.
• Pass a background check and drug-screening test.
• Obtain a local food handler permit following hire.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior hospitality experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transport, clean, and maintain all cooking utensils, pots, pans, and service ware.
• Maintain the dishwashing area in conjunction with service staff and management.
• Maintain, clean, and keep organized all Food and Beverage operational facilities areas, including service equipment, coolers, freezer, dry pantry food storage areas, and storage facilities.
• Follow all safety standards about food handling and the policies and protocols for proper rotation of food products received and used.
• Ensure that proper chemicals are applied within all food handling areas to include the dishwasher and three-compartment sinks.
• Maintain all testing supplies to ensure sanitary conditions exist during normal operation.
• Accept and properly inventory all Food and Beverage deliveries, for example produce, meats, groceries, and paper products.
• Transport and properly dispose of all garbage to dumpsters or compactor.
• Clean and maintain trash receptacles and transportation carts and dollies.
• Promptly and carefully sort soiled service ware so that it can be put through the dish or pot machine properly; quickly wash all ware and replace in storage areas as designated.
• Operate dishwashing machine to ensure proper finish on silverware; clean kettles, tilt skillets, pots and pans promptly and completely so cooks can carry out their work; keep dish machine properly cleaned and filled with water per Apache Casino Hotel standards; de-tarnish/polish silver for proper appearance.
• Perform general cleaning tasks using standard Apache Casino Hotel cleaning products; clean up unexpected spills, clean and dry floors to prevent slip/fall accidents, separate linen from other debris.
• Move supplies and equipment.
• Perform daily tasks including preparation of food products as directed and assigned by Food and Beverage management and culinary management team members.
• Advise Food & Beverage Management of any safety hazards and/or violations to insure prompt remedy.
• Report any suspicious persons or activity to a supervisor immediately.
• Perform other duties as requested by your reporting supervisor, including cross-training.
• Understand and comply with the Eye, Hi, Goodbye program.
• Adhere to and act in accordance with all casino policies and procedures, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance.
• Competency to follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy in documentation and data; carefully monitor processes; concentrate on routine work details and organize and maintain a system of records.
• Ability to clearly present information verbally and in writing; read and interpret complex information; actively listen and talk with guests and team members.
• Demonstrate a high level of service delivery to ensure guest and team member satisfaction; handle service failures and prioritize guest and team member needs.
• Capability to remain open-minded and change opinion based on new information; perform a wide variety of tasks and change focus quickly as demands change; manage transitions effectively from task to task; adapt to varying team member and guest needs.
• Prepare for known problems and opportunities in advance; willingness to undertake additional responsibilities and respond to situations as they arise.
• Maintain high standards despite pressing deadlines; reinforce excellence as a fundamental priority.
• Capable of using tact, maintaining confidences, and fostering an ethical work environment and handling situations honestly.
• Ability to adapt behavior to others’ styles, interact with people who have different values, culture, or backgrounds, be of service to difficult people, optimize the benefits of having a diverse workforce.
• Follow standard procedures in crisis situations; communicate and enforce organizational policies and procedures.
• Share due credit with team members; display team spirit and enthusiasm, and promote a friendly group working environment; work closely with other departments as necessary; support group decisions and solicit opinions from fellow team members.
• Ability to operate various types of equipment used in your department, for example dish washing machines and equipment, ovens, broilers, grills and mixers, and knowledge of personal computers, printers, copy/scan/facsimile machines.

Benefits

• Team members may be required to work varying schedules to meet the business needs of Apache Casino Hotel- days, evenings, graveyards, holidays and/or weekends.
• There is a reasonable expectation you will be scheduled on duty and/or “on-call” during any of these times.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED