Kitchen Utility & Prep Specialist

Thrive Restaurant Group; Rapid City (SD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Restaurant Group is seeking a General Utility / Dishwasher to join our kitchen team. You will help maintain clean, sanitary work areas, assist in food preparation, and cross-train across kitchen duties in a fast-paced family atmosphere.

This role emphasizes reliability, teamwork, and a positive attitude as you handle dishwashing, prep support, and equipment care while ensuring safe, efficient service in our restaurants.

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%).
• Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.
• 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%).

Skills

Care for others

Positive attitude

Lift up to 25 lbs

Team collaboration

Job description

Thrive Restaurant Group is seeking a General Utility / Dishwasher to join our kitchen team. You will help maintain clean, sanitary work areas, assist in food preparation, and cross-train across kitchen duties in a fast-paced family atmosphere.

This role emphasizes reliability, teamwork, and a positive attitude as you handle dishwashing, prep support, and equipment care while ensuring safe, efficient service in our restaurants.