Kitchen Utility & Prep Aide - Fast-Paced Mexican Kitchen

Thrive Restaurant Group; Cedar Falls (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Restaurant Group in Cedar Falls, IA is seeking a General Utility to support our kitchen team and maintain clean, sanitary work areas. You’ll learn food preparation and be cross-trained across kitchen roles while upholding safety and hospitality standards.

Responsibilities include dishwashing, basic prep, waste removal, and keeping equipment and floors clean. We value a positive attitude, teamwork, and a willingness to help wherever needed in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• A desire to care for others, grow, and learn.
• A positive attitude.
• Transports cases up to 50 pounds up to 20 times per day.
• Ability to place plates, utensils, pans and cases on both high and low shelves.
• Works indoors (90%), outdoors (10%).
• Able to respond in emergency situations to avoid imminent danger to self and others.

Responsibilities

• Scrapes and pre-rinses food from dirty dishes and places them in dishwashing machine (50%).
• Washes pots, pans, and trays by hand and/or machine (15%).
• Completes all assigned prep work (10%).
• Removes trash and garbage to dumpster area (10%).
• Washes work area tables, walls, refrigerator equipment, cooking equipment and floors (5%).
• Cleans garbage cans and trash receptacles (5%).
• Assembles, maintains and breaks down the dish machine (5%).

Job description

Thrive Restaurant Group in Cedar Falls, IA is seeking a General Utility to support our kitchen team and maintain clean, sanitary work areas. You’ll learn food preparation and be cross-trained across kitchen roles while upholding safety and hospitality standards.

Responsibilities include dishwashing, basic prep, waste removal, and keeping equipment and floors clean. We value a positive attitude, teamwork, and a willingness to help wherever needed in a fast-paced environment.