Utility Aide

Riddle Village; Media (AL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Discounted meals

Tuition reimbursement

Attendance incentive

Paid time off

Job summary

Riddle Village in Media, Alabama, is seeking Full-time and Part-time Utility Aides to join our dining department. Under the cook's supervision, you will help clean dishes, transport tableware, and assist with meal service to support our residents.

We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement savings with employer match, seven holidays paid off, tuition reimbursement, and attendance incentives.

Qualifications

• Follow oral and written instructions in English.
• Operate the dishwashing machine and related equipment.
• Work in a fast-paced environment, both individually and as part of a team.
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Stand and walk for extended periods; stoop, reach, push and lift frequently.

Responsibilities

• Clean dishes, pots, pans, glassware, and silver by hand or machine.
• Maintain the dishwasher and water changes; ensure cleanliness of work areas.
• Transport tableware to proper dining and kitchen areas and set food on steam tables.
• Assist in cutting, peeling, and washing fruits and vegetables for Cooks.
• Handle garbage removal from kitchen areas and perform cleaning duties at end of shift.

Skills

Following English instructions

Dishwashing operation

Teamwork in fast-paced environment

Lifting up to 50 pounds

Stamina: standing/walking

Job description

Riddle Village, a lifecare retirement community, is seeking Full-time and Part-time Utility Aides to join our dining department team.

Riddle Village is considered retirement living at its finest. But none of this would be possible without our exceptional, dedicated associates. Riddle Village's culture has a simple philosophy, "Smile and say hello; everything else will follow."\

Our associates are also provided an excellent benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, numerous voluntary insurance plans, a retirement savings plan with employer match, a generous paid time off package that includes seven paid holidays, a tuition reimbursement program, and an attendance incentive program that rewards associates who do not call out. Regardless of employment status, all our associates enjoy free parking, and discounted meals in our café. If you are enthusiastic about working with the elderly and want to be part of an incredible team and pleasant work environment, then Riddle Village may be the place for you!

About the Utility Aide Position

Under the supervision of the cook's supervisor, the Utility worker cleans dishes, pots, pans, glassware, and silver by hand or machine. The Utility Aide is responsible for assuring the dishwasher is maintained, changing the water, and cleaning frequently. The Utility Worker will also fill out dish temperature logs, transports tableware to proper places in dining rooms and kitchen, and clean work areas. He or she may assist in cutting, peeling, and washing fruits and vegetables for Cooks, pushcarts into various dining areas, and set food on steam tables. The Utility Aide is responsible for garbage removal from the kitchen areas and sweeping, mopping, and hosing down floors thoroughly at the end of the evening shift.

Job Requirements

• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions in the English Language
• Must be able to operate the dishwashing machine and any other equipment required to do the job.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, both individually and as part of a team
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to stand and walk short distances for most of the shift. Stooping, reaching for, pushing, lifting/carrying, and stacking supplies frequently.
• Must be able to withstand temperature changes when going in and out of refrigeration/freezer walk-ins
• Strong customer service skills desired and an interest in working for the elderly.