Kitchen Utility & Prep Team Member (Dishwasher)

Thrive Restaurant Group; Cedar Falls (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Restaurant Group in Cedar Falls, IA is seeking a General Utility to join our Kitchen Team. You’ll maintain kitchen work areas, assist in food prep, and keep dishware and equipment clean and sanitary.

This entry-level role offers cross-training across kitchen departments and opportunities to learn hospitality operations in a family-friendly environment. The job emphasizes safety, teamwork, and dependable physical effort, including lifting up to 25 pounds and working in hot, damp conditions.

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%*).

Job description

Thrive Restaurant Group in Cedar Falls, IA is seeking a General Utility to join our Kitchen Team. You’ll maintain kitchen work areas, assist in food prep, and keep dishware and equipment clean and sanitary.

This entry-level role offers cross-training across kitchen departments and opportunities to learn hospitality operations in a family-friendly environment. The job emphasizes safety, teamwork, and dependable physical effort, including lifting up to 25 pounds and working in hot, damp conditions.