Utility Team Member

Parkhurst Dining Services, Inc.; City of Newburgh (NY); On-site; USD 19,699; Full time

Job summary

A dining services provider in Newburgh seeks a team member responsible for food preparation and kitchen maintenance. Duties include cooking, cleaning, and maintaining service areas. Candidates should have knowledge of food safety practices and a willingness to work as part of a team. The role demands physical stamina, standing for long periods and lifting as required. The pay is $14.30/hour, with opportunities for growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to properly prepare and cook food items.
• Experience in a kitchen environment is preferred.
• Ability to follow food safety and sanitation procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and store food items following standards.
• Maintain cleanliness of the kitchen and dining area.
• Assist team members and follow supervisor instructions.

Skills

Food safety and sanitation knowledge

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Job description

Parkhurst Dining, part of the Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, is a family owned, family run company that provides culinary, dining and catering services to over 65 organizations and universities east of the Mississippi. We believe that food is best when made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients, prepared with heart, & served with a smile. This culinary experience is uniquely and authentically Parkhurst. If you’ve been searching for a place where you can do what you love, love what you do and have room to grow, consider Parkhurst!

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 $14.30 / hour.

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.