Chief Steward - Six Senses Fort Barwara

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Chauth ka Barwara; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Six Senses Fort Barwara seeks a Chief Steward to lead stewarding operations, ensuring cleanliness, safety, and high service standards across all kitchen areas.

You will manage stock levels, coordinate with purchasing, and supervise daily stewarding activities while upholding Six Senses’ values and policies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; two years’ stewarding/kitchen ops experience preferred.
• Knowledge of food and beverage service operations is a plus.
• Alcohol awareness certification or health/food handler card as required by local authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage stewarding across kitchen areas to ensure cleanliness and compliance with health regulations.
• Determine minimum/maximum stocks and control par levels for materials and equipment.
• Liaise with Purchasing and suppliers for stewarding needs.
• Set up workstations, maintain dish storage, and ensure proper chemical levels.
• Control storeroom orders and ensure outlets have adequate equipment.
• Supervise stewarding staff, assign shifts, and enforce policies.
• Monitor cost, breakage, and quality of support to outlets and banquets.
• Maintain budget adherence and inventory security.
• Ensure operations comply with legal, financial, and safety requirements.

Skills

Supervisory experience

F&B knowledge

English fluency

Reading & writing

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Description:

As Chief Steward, I will fully comprehend the vision of Six Senses to help people reconnect with themselves, others and the world around them and our values of local sensitivity and global sensibility, crafted experiences, emotional hospitality, responsible and caring, fun and quirky and pioneering wellness.

Sustainability, Wellness and Out of the Ordinary experiences are at the core of everything we do at Six Senses. I will safeguard these pillars and its strategic planning and development and ensure all directives, practices and initiatives are implemented, embraced, adopted within the resort.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the stewarding function in all kitchen areas to promote overall cleanliness, sanitation and compliance with state and local health regulations.

• Determine the minimum and maximum stocks and control the par stocks of all materials and equipment.

• Liaise with the Purchasing Department and suppliers regarding purchasing needs for the stewarding operation.

• Setting up workstations, cleanliness and storage of dishes, filling dish machines, ensuring correct chemical levels, maintaining efficient traffic patterns in kitchen, etc.

• Control storeroom orders and issue all china, silver and glass. Ensure all food and beverage outlets have sufficient equipment to perform adequately.

• Supervise day-to-day operations and assignments of the stewarding staff, communicate objectives and expectations, and assign/schedule work. Communicate and enforce policies and procedures.

• Control and analyze cost, breakage and quality of support provided to outlets, banquets and other areas.

• Control expenses in accordance with established budget. Maintain procedures for security of inventory.

• Operate the department consistent with all legal, statutory and financial requirements and documentation, reporting systems, contractual obligations, security and safety protocols, communications, product and service standards, host management practices and budgetary controls are implemented, reviewed and maintained to ensure the successful operation of the hotel.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and two years’ experience in stewarding, kitchen maintenance, kitchen operations or similar, with at least one year in a supervisory capacity.
• Knowledge of food and beverage service operation preferred.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• Reading and writing abilities

• Fluent in English.

The above is intended to provide an overview of the role and responsibilities for a Chief Steward at Six Senses Fort Barwara.It is not and does not infer that the above is an inclusive and/or exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities inherent in the position.

Six SensesFort Barwarais an equal opportunity employer. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.