Kitchen Utility & Prep Team Member

Parkhurst Dining; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO up to 160 hours

401k plan with match

EAP

Free meal while working

Access to national discounts

Job summary

A family-owned culinary service company in Baltimore is seeking a part-time Utility Team Member. Responsibilities include food preparation, maintaining cleanliness, and adhering to food safety standards. Ideal candidates should have experience in food prep and a commitment to workplace hygiene. This entry-level position offers a pay rate of $15.25 per hour and various benefits including PTO and health insurance eligibility after 60 days.

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation and safety standards.
• Ability to lift heavy items and stand for long periods.
• Strong sense of teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform various duties including cooking and storing food items.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in kitchen areas.
• Check and manage cleaning supplies and equipment.

Skills

Food Preparation

Sanitation Knowledge

Teamwork

Job description

Utility Team Member - Parkhurst Dining

Are you looking for a values-driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow? Do you want to join a fun, supportive team where you can build lifelong relationships? At Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, we’ve been creating smiles since 1949—one guest, one meal, and one team member at a time. Now we’re searching for an utility team member to join our Parkhurst Dining team.

Utility Team Member - Parkhurst Dining

Are you looking for a values-driven environment with opportunities to learn and grow? Do you want to join a fun, supportive team where you can build lifelong relationships? At Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, we’ve been creating smiles since 1949—one guest, one meal, and one team member at a time. Now we’re searching for an utility team member to join our Parkhurst Dining team.

Eat'n Park Hospitality Group represents a diverse family of brands that span more than a dozen states across more than 150 locations and with nearly 10,000 team members. We are a family-owned and operated company with deep roots that inspire our future. Our enduring commitment to our Core Values and our shared purpose, “to Create a Smile,” guide and fuel our growth as a group and as individuals.

Job Summary

Responsible for performing a variety of duties including properly preparing, cooking, and storing food items to establish consistent yields and food quality, cleaning dishes, busing tables, maintaining restrooms and other general maintenance duties as outlined in the department training guide. Team members are also required to perform other tasks as directed by a supervisor.

Essential Functions

• Utility
• Check for proper detergent, rinse agent levels, and water temperatures at the beginning and through out the shift, and follow proper procedures on running items through the dish machine.
• Keep service area, kitchen, and line stocked with clean dishes.
• Keep all kitchen floors, coolers, and service area floors swept and mopped.
• Clean all equipment in kitchen, coolers, and service areas
• Food Preparation
• Properly prepare all items according to Parkhurst Culinary Gold Standards from washing and cutting vegetables, weighing, mixing, and measuring ingredients to pre-cooking batches of meat, poultry, and seafood before the start of each shift.
• Stock work station(s) with all necessary ingredients and food supplies.
• Follow company food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• General
• Follow the uniform dress code and maintain proper personal hygiene.
• Follow all Parkhurst Dining guest satisfaction procedures including Hospitality Imperatives.
• Works well with others and assists fellow team members as needed
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Standing and/or walking - 100% of time.
• Occasionally lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Frequently lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Working in temperatures that may exceed 90 degrees.
  
  

The pay rate for this position is $15.25 / hour with a one dollar increase after 90 days.

• Full-time benefits include up to 160 hours of PTO (Sick & Safe Leave included), up to 4 days of Rest & Relaxation time, 3 paid holidays, health/dental/vision/disability/life/FSA insurance eligibility after 60 days, 401k plan with match, EAP, free meal while working, access to national discounts/perks platform. Part-time benefits include up to 160 hours of PTO, 401k plan with match, EAP, free meal while working, access to national discounts/perks platform. Benefits package may differ if covered under a collective bargaining agreement.
  
  

Eat’n Park Hospitality Group provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.