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Fulltime kitchen utility worker needed in a IL community. Benefits after 90 days. Starting pay is $17.00 an hour with experience.

Job Summary

In the role of Kitchen Utility Worker, you assist and work in all areas of the kitchen

and dining room.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The following essential functions are the fundamental job duties of the position to be

completed with or without appropriate reasonable accommodation.

 Provide a high level of customer service and promote a restaurant-style dining

atmosphere.

 Work closely with the Executive Chef to keep residents satisfied with food and

dining programs.

 Maintain kitchen in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition at all times.

 Adhere to cleaning schedules as assigned.

 Ensure that food is stored correctly.

 Assist in dining room cleaning, bussing tables, setting tables, and assisting wait

staff.

 Assist staff with setting up carts for meal service.

 Safely handle and store all chemicals and hazardous materials per company

policies and work instructions.

 Adhere to Company standards and standard food safety practices.

 Prepare, wash, and store dishes following Company standards, including

cleaning the dishwashing area, equipment, and completing logs as required.

 Assist with preparing and executing special events, banquets, and theme

meals.

 Attend pre-meal stand-up in the kitchen before meal service.

 May perform other duties as needed and/or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

 High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.

 Basic reading, writing, and mathematical skills.

 Communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing, with residents,

staff, and vendors.

 Able to follow standards and procedures and accept direction and training as

part of a team.

Required Competencies

 Customer Focus:

o Acts with customers in mind.

o Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in

products and services.

o Gains trust and respect of customers.

 Listening:

o Practices attentive and active listening.

o Can accurately restate the opinions of others even when they

disagree.

 Perseverance:

o Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish.

o Seldom gives up.

 Time Management:

o Uses their time effectively and efficiently.

o Concentrates efforts on the more important priorities.

o Can attend to a broader range of activities.

 Patience:

o Is tolerant of people and processes.

o Listens and checks before acting.

o Follows established process.

 Action Oriented:

o Enjoys working hard.

o Not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning.

o Seizes more opportunities than others.