Dishwasher (Flex; $17.99/hour)

Job Description

Job Description

Shift: flex dishwasher from 3:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• All:
  • Complies with all state and local health codes for food handling.
  • Adheres to the personal hygiene policy.
  • Attends all required training, in services, and staff meetings.
  • Meets all department training standards through regulatory training and/or other necessary training modules as required.
  • Maintains a positive and professional demeanor toward all residents, visitors, and coworkers.
  • Follows safety precautions to prevent accidents in food preparation according to CJE SeniorLife’s accident prevention in food preparation and prevention of back injury policies.
  • Affects budgets by avoiding waste of products and time.
  • Strives to maintain a safe working environment through the prevention of accidents, the preservation of equipment, and the achievement of safe working practices.
• Utility worker or dishwasher:
  • o Maintains the sanitary condition of dishes, utensils, glasses, pots, pans, equipment, and kitchen in accordance with CJE SeniorLife Tamarisk NorthShore standards.
    o Safely and efficiently operates dish washing machine according to procedure manual.
    o Ensures proper soap and rinse chemicals are loaded for washing.
    o Removes from service any dishes, utensils, and glassware that are damaged or broken.
    o Stocks delivered food and non-food items.
    o Keeps stock rooms, coolers, and freezers clean and ensures that food supply stocks are rotated, all perishables are covered, labeled, dated, and stored properly.
    o Empties and clears garbage bins and breaks down boxes.
    o Washs all carts and garbage bins.
    o Deep cleaning of kitchen floors, walls, and equipment.
    o Maintains a clean and sanitary work environment.
    o Ensures equipment temperature maintenance.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• The employee frequently is required to stand on a tile floor for extended hours and maneuver independently and safely around the work area.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Sufficient manual dexterity to operate a fire extinguisher and to manipulate kitchen equipment, including slicer, chopper, processor, knives, etc.

Other Qualifications

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Customer Service

• Displays behavior that creates a customer service culture at CJE by understanding the needs of our clients and customers and demonstrating a strong bias toward service, quality, and customer satisfaction.

CJE SeniorLife is an equal opportunity employer.
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