Steward

Omni Viking Lakes Hotel is seeking aSteward. This team memberis responsible formaintaining a high standard of cleanliness and sanitation within our food and beverage division.In addition to thoroughly washing and neatly storing all the serving ware, cookware and utensils utilized in food preparation and service, the steward assists the kitchen department in the detail deep cleanliness of all kitchens, food prep areas, cooking equipment, as well as other food and beverage areas daily.

Omni Hotels has been named one of the "Best-Led Companies of 2024" by Glassdoor 

If you love hospitality, creating amazing customer experiences, and the structure and benefits that come from working with a hotelcompany then you will love working with Omni!

Salary for this position starts at (based on experience):$18.00/hour.Full Time Associates at Omni Viking Lakes are entitled toelect the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and other healthcare benefits, PaidMaternity Leave,401k and Paid Time Off Accrual. Omni Viking Lakes reserves the right to pay more or less than listed compensation scale based on factors not related to sex or race.

Additional associate benefits offered include discounts at the spa and restaurants, discounted rates at other Omni properties, corporate discounts, continued educationopportunities and more.

Essential Job Functions:

• Promptly and carefully sort soiledware so that it can be put through the dish or pot machine properly. Quickly wash allware and replace in storage areas as designated. Keep dish machineproperly cleaned and filled with water per hotel standards. 
• De-tarnish/polish silver for proper appearance.
• Clean kettles, tilt skillets, pots and pans promptly and completely so cooks can carry out their work.
• Transport and clean cooking utensils andservice wareto provide cooks, banquetservers and food servers withappropriate equipment for guests' dining experience.
• Performs duties tomaintain kitchen work areas and restaurant equipment and utensils in clean and orderlycondition. 
• Sweep and mops floors.
• Washes worktable, walls, refrigerators, and meat blocks.
• Separates and removes trash and garbage and places it in designated containers. 
• Steam-cleans or hoses-out garbage cans.
• Washes pots, pans, and trays by hand.
• Scrapes food from dirty dishes and washes them by hand or places them in racks or on conveyor to dishwashing machine. 
• Runs glasses throughdish machine twice. 
• Puts away and rotates stock.
• Put away all clean utensils and stock in designated areas. 
• Cleaning and sanitizing all kitchen equipment, stoves, grills, prep tables, etc. 
• Cleaning and sanitizing all kitchenarea,floors, and walls. 
• Heavy duty cleaning of ovens, hoods, grills, sinks,walls,floors, and other heavy equipment. 
• Wash tile floors in all food and beverage areas. 
• Report inventory to supervisor for supplies and cleaning chemicals.
• Maintaining a high degree of deep cleaning of all kitchen areas (floors, mats,walls, and all kitchen rollingstock, which will include cleaning, inside & outside, the top, underneath andbehindall cooking equipment).
• Following safety guidelines and proper usage of all cleaning chemicals before, during and afterusage which includes proper storage of all chemicals when not in use.
• Reportat all times when kitchen equipmentis not in working order to a supervisor/manager assigned.
• Assist kitchen staff whenneeded.
• Complete cleanliness of all food and beverage areas at alltimes.
• Assist StewardingSupervisorin organizing andmaintaining all inventories ofchina, glass & silver.
• Attend department meetings and othercompany requiredtrainings.
• Complete otherduties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• 2 years ofprevious kitchen experiencerequired, experience ina fine dining or luxury hotel setting preferred.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area at all times. 
• Strong customer service orientation and skills.
• Ability to work cohesively as part of ateam.
• Excellent safety and sanitation skills.
• Createa courteous, friendly, professional work environment.
• Ability and willingness towork a varied schedule which includes working on weekends andholidays.

Physical Requirements:

• Physical strength and stamina are essential to this position due to the high activity level. 
• Ability to stand forlong periods of time, walk.
• Ability to push, pull, stoop,bend, and lift items of moderate to heavy weight.
• Good eye/hand coordinationis needed to use all stewarding equipment. 
• Sufficient manual dexterityis needed inhands to operate machinery and equipment as needed.

Working Environment:

• Interior of hotel, in all Food and Beverage areas, with exposure to humidity and extreme temperatures.
• Exposure to Food and Beverage hazardous cleaning chemicals.

Tools & Equipment:

• Utility cart, glassracks dollies, gloves, aprons, glass racks, flatware racks, bus tub, mopbucket, mop, broom,dustpan, and inventory scale.
• Ware washer machine and chemicals.
• China,flatware, and glassware