Steward

FAIRMONT; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 50,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the hospitality industry as a kitchen steward. As a Heartist, you will ensure cleanliness and hygiene across all kitchen areas, performing duties that contribute to a welcoming dining experience. This role provides an opportunity to grow in a supportive and dynamic team environment, with flexible working conditions and exciting career paths.

Qualifications

• Practical experience in kitchen operations and cleaning procedures.
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness of kitchens, restaurants, and banquet areas.
• Perform sanitation duties and maintain equipment and utensils.
• Restock supplies and clean associated work areas.

Skills

Kitchen operations

Cleaning procedures

Flexibility

Teamwork

Job description

Company Description

Join us at Accor, where life pulses with passion!

As a pioneering in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, where you will be able to truly find yourself, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status quo.

By joining us, you will become a Heartist, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart.

You will join a caring environment and a team where you can be all you are. You will be in a supportive place to grow, to fulfill yourself, to discover other professions and to pursue career opportunities, in your hotel or in other hospitality environments, in your country or anywhere in the world!

You will enjoy exclusive benefits, specific to the sector and beyond, as well as strong recognition for your daily commitment.

Everything you will do with us, regardless of your profession, will offer a deep sense of meaning, to create lasting, memorable, and impactful experiences for your customers, for your colleagues, and for the planet.

Hospitality is a work of heart,

Join us and become a Heartist.

Job Description

Scope of Position:

Reporting to the Chief Steward, the incumbent is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of all kitchens, restaurants, and banquet areas.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. To perform sanitation and cleanliness duties to maintain kitchen, restaurants, staff canteen, and other work areas.
2. To keep equipment and utensils in clean and orderly condition.
3. Perform all general cleaning duties of kitchen facilities.
4. Perform all duties in accordance with departmental and brand policies.
5. Maintain the cleanliness and sanitation of the garbage area.
6. Monitor chemicals and water temperature during shift and report any faults to senior kitchen management.
7. Clean and organize associated work area and kitchen equipment according to procedures to maximize efficiency.
8. Re-stock all supplies in the assigned areas.
9. Operate and maintain dishwashing equipment.
10. Maintain cleanliness in assigned station and/or stations.
11. Store cleaned items in the proper location.
12. Keep kitchen floors and stewarding areas clean and free of dirt/germs.
13. Perform tasks of a reasonable nature as and when requested by kitchen senior management.
14. Other duties as assigned.

Your experience and skills include:

• Having practical experience in kitchen operations and cleaning procedures.
• Thriving working within a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible availability to accommodate various shifts, including mornings, late evenings, weekends, and public holidays as required.
• Ability to work a 5-day rotating roster, including weekends and public holidays.

During the course of duty, you will have access to certain information, which demands the utmost confidentiality. Discretion must be exercised at all times.

Your responsibilities are included but not limited to this job description as this has been drafted as a guide to the purpose and main duties of the role as it currently exists. The hotel relies on the flexibility of its staff to ensure the continuity of the high standards currently being achieved. It is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule of duties and it does not form part of the contract of employment. The Company reserves the right to amend this job description from time to time to accommodate the requirements of the business and the evolving nature of the role.