Senior Kitchen Stewarding manager

Super Scholar; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Super Scholar is seeking an experienced Kitchen Stewarding Manager to lead hygiene, sanitation, and stewarding operations across all food and beverage areas. You will manage dishwashing, waste handling, and equipment maintenance while ensuring compliance with HACCP standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong team leadership, safety training, and a track record of maintaining high cleanliness standards in a busy kitchen environment. You will train staff, schedule shifts, and monitor costs.

Qualifications

• Experience in stewarding and kitchen hygiene required.
• Knowledge of HACCP and food safety standards essential.
• Ability to manage a stewarding team and maintain equipment.

Responsibilities

• Manage complete day-to-day stewarding operations across kitchens and FB outlets.
• Ensure cleaning, sanitization, and hygiene standards for all areas.
• Oversee dishwashing, waste handling, and equipment maintenance.
• Train staff, schedule shifts, and monitor performance.
• Monitor costs and maintain inventory of cleaning supplies.

Skills

Hospitality hygiene standards

Kitchen sanitation

HACCP practices

Chemical handling

Equipment maintenance

Team management

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced and disciplined Kitchen Stewarding Manager to manage the complete stewarding operations of the kitchen and food beverage areas. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining high standards of hygiene, cleanliness, sanitation, equipment handling, dishwashing, waste management, and stewarding team performance.

The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of hospitality hygiene standards, kitchen sanitation, HACCP practices, chemical handling, equipment maintenance, and team management .

Key ResponsibilitiesStewarding Operations

• Manage the complete day-to-day stewarding operations across kitchens, restaurants, banquet areas, and other FB outlets.
• Ensure timely cleaning and sanitization of crockery, cutlery, glassware, kitchen utensils, equipment, and work areas.
• Ensure availability of clean and sanitized kitchen equipment and utensils at all times.
• Monitor dishwashing and pot-washing operations to maintain required hygiene standards.
• Ensure proper cleaning of kitchen floors, walls, drains, workstations, storage areas, and garbage areas.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene of back-of-house areas.
• Ensure proper segregation, handling, and disposal of food and general waste.

Hygiene Safety

• Implement and maintain high standards of kitchen hygiene and sanitation.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, food safety, health, safety, and hygiene standards .
• Conduct regular inspections of kitchen and stewarding areas.
• Ensure proper storage, labeling, dilution, and usage of cleaning chemicals.
• Train employees on safe handling of chemicals, cleaning equipment, and machinery.
• Ensure proper use of PPE and adherence to workplace safety procedures.
• Identify hygiene and safety risks and take immediate corrective action.

Team Management

• Supervise, train, and manage the stewarding team.
• Prepare staff schedules, duty rosters, and shift allocations.
• Allocate daily duties and monitor employee performance.
• Conduct regular training on cleaning procedures, hygiene, safety, and equipment handling.
• Maintain discipline and professional standards within the team.
• Ensure adequate manpower coverage during peak operations and events.
• Evaluate team performance and provide feedback and coaching.

Inventory Cost Control

• Maintain adequate stock of cleaning chemicals, consumables, garbage bags, PPE, and other stewarding supplies.
• Monitor consumption and minimize unnecessary wastage.
• Coordinate with Purchase and Stores for timely replenishment of supplies.
• Maintain proper inventory records and conduct periodic stock checks.
• Monitor operating costs and identify opportunities for cost optimization.
• Ensure proper care and handling of crockery, cutlery, glassware, and kitchen equipment to minimize breakage.

Equipment Maintenance

• Ensure proper operation and cleanliness of dishwashing machines, garbage disposal systems, cleaning equipment, and other stewarding machinery.
• Coordinate with Engineering/Maintenance for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Maintain equipment cleaning and maintenance schedules.
• Report damaged or malfunctioning equipment promptly.

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