Dishwasher

About the Role

• General Utility / Dishwasher role at Thrive Restaurant Group (Applebee’s Legacy Apple).
• Opportunity to work in a fun family atmosphere, learning business, leadership, and hospitality.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining kitchen work areas, equipment, plate ware, and utensils, ensuring cleanliness, sanitation, and orderliness.
• Assisting in food preparation activities.
• Working as a member of the Kitchen Team and being cross-trained in all kitchen department roles.
• Scraping and pre-rinsing food from dirty dishes and placing them in the dishwashing machine.
• Washing pots, pans, and trays by hand and/or machine.
• Completing all assigned prep work.
• Removing trash and garbage to the dumpster area.
• Washing work area tables, walls, refrigerator equipment, cooking equipment, and floors.
• Cleaning garbage cans and trash receptacles.
• Assembling, maintaining, and breaking down the dish machine.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Dishwashing machine operation and maintenance.
• Basic food preparation understanding.
• Trash and garbage removal.
• Cleaning of kitchen equipment and work areas.

Qualifications

• A desire to care for others, grow, and learn.
• A positive attitude.
• Ability to transport 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.
• Ability to work indoors (90%) and outdoors (10%).
• Ability to work frequently in a hot and damp environment.
• Ability to respond in emergency situations to avoid imminent danger to self and others.
• Regularly required to navigate throughout the restaurant and communicate with guests.
• Ability to move and grasp items up to five pounds.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to bend and stoop.
• Adequate vision to discern cleanliness and operate a touchscreen.