Utility Associate (Part-Time)

Recent Jobs : Human Resources : Swarthmore College; Swarthmore (Delaware County); On-site; USD 2,341,231 - 3,334,480; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Incredible benefits

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Swarthmore College is looking for a part-time utility worker to provide cleaning and maintenance support for our dining services during the academic year. This role involves maintaining the cleanliness of dishes and utensils as well as working effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Candidates should have a high school diploma and customer service experience, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. A collaborative workplace with excellent benefits awaits you at Swarthmore.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Customer service experience preferable.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment essential.

Responsibilities

• Provides timely cleaning and maintenance support for dining services.
• Scrubs, sanitizes, and rinses pots, pans, and utensils.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary supply of dishes and glassware.
• Cleans and sanitizes utensils and returns them to proper locations.
• Keeps work area wiped clean of garbage and excess water.

Skills

Customer service experience

Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Provides timely and reliable cleaning and maintenance support for Swarthmore’s dining services. Scrubs, sanitizes and rinses pots, pans and utensils throughout the day to ensure cooks have constant availability of cooking vessels. Ensures a clean and sanitary supply of dishes, glassware, trays throughout each meal period. Maintains and sanitizes the dish machine and pot area. Ensures a clean dining service facility. Must interact well with customers, co‑workers and supervisors. Must work effectively, both independently and as a team member. This is a part‑time, 9‑month position, working during the academic year, August through May.

Essential Responsibilities

• Scrapes foods from pots and pans
• Scrubs, rinses and sanitizes according to Serv‑Safe procedures
• Air dries all items and returns them to proper storage locations
• Continually monitors pot wash sinks for proper water temperatures, detergent and sanitizer levels
• Continually checks in with cooks to see they have needed vessels
• Cleans and sanitizes utensils and returns them to proper locations
• Scrapes food scraps from dishes and places them in designated racks for ware washing
• Empties liquids from cups/mugs and places them in racks for ware washing
• Transports silverware bins from front of house and transfers them to wash racks
• Places clean small wares in proper transport racks after they go through dish machine
• Places clean silverware on the sorting table
• Transports clean small wares to serving lines in a timely manner to ensure plates, bowls, glasses, mugs and silverware are available throughout the meal periods
• Sorts silverware
• Keeps work area wiped clean of garbage and excess water

Additional Responsibilities

• Sweeps & mops kitchen, walk‑in boxes, serving area and dining rooms according to daily cleaning lists
• Takes trash, recycling and compost to designated dumpsters/containers in loading dock area
• Keeps loading dock broom swept and organized
• Assists receivers during downtimes
• Cleans and sanitizes dish machine, transports dish dolly to serving lines and cleans silverware to sorting table
• Clean and sanitize silverware retrieval area in the servery
• Performs other assignments as directed by the utility supervisor and other managers

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Customer service experience
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of time standing on hard surface floor
• Good hand‑eye coordination
• Able to lift up to 30 pounds
• Frequent bending, pushing, pulling, reaching and lifting

Working Conditions / Environment

• Fast paced high volume environment
• Must be able to work with a diverse group of individuals from different cultures and different levels of ability
• Exposed to equipment with moving parts and a moderate level of noise; floors are often wet and it can be warm and humid
• Must be able to report to work during inclement weather as we are essential and Swarthmore College is a residential college
• We are a seven‑day a week operation so schedules will include nights and weekends

Preferred Qualifications

• 2–3 years prior experience in a dish room

What You Will Get

Incredible benefits and a collaborative work environment. Join a team of passionate, creative people who work hard and have fun supporting the College students, faculty, and staff.

Pay

$20.60 per hour

PA Criminal Clearance Required

Swarthmore College requires a PA Criminal background check for all staff positions prior to the start of employment.

Swarthmore College actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to a more inclusive society and world. Swarthmore College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.