Overview

The Kitchen Utility Porter plays a key support role in the kitchen, assisting chefs with basic food preparation for concession stands and banquets while ensuring all kitchen areas are clean, organized, and operating efficiently. This position helps uphold Oak View Group Hospitality's quality standards by performing a variety of tasks including food prep, dishwashing, equipment cleaning, and general kitchen sanitation.

The ideal candidate will maintain excellent attendance and be available to work during scheduled events based on business needs. Responsibilities also include operating dishwashing equipment, polishing silverware, taking out garbage, and regularly sweeping and mopping floors to maintain a safe and hygienic kitchen environment.

This role pays an hourly rate of $19.00

Benefits for Part-Time roles: 401(k) Savings Plan and 401(k) matching

This position will remain open until December 12, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Go over daily BEO’s, concession menus, and prep sheets with the Chef, Kitchen Manager, and Sous Chef
• Assist with preparing food for the concession stands and banquets meeting Oak View Group’s specs and recipes and the chefs’ instructions.
• Must work meeting all sanitation standards
• Responsible for keeping the work area clean.
• Must wrap, label and date all prepared food
• Communicate daily with the Chef to discuss all necessary topics to ensure proper operational flow.
• Responsible for operating the dishwashing machine ensuring water temperature is correct and soap and drying agents are connected and working properly.
• Maintain organization of dishware, smallwares, pots and pans in storage room.
• Responsible for cleaning the food production areas in the kitchen and other areas as necessary.
• Responsible for removing garbage and recyclables from the kitchen and depositing them in the appropriate venue garbage and recycling area.
• Responsible for cleaning the kitchen equipment and ensuring items disassembled for cleaning are properly reassembled and operational.
• Maintains sanitation, health and safety standards in work areas.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate with employees, co-workers, management staff and guests in a clear, business-like and respectful manner which focuses on generating a positive, enthusiastic and cooperative work environment.
• Ability to speak, read and write in English
• A food a valid food handling certificate (Servsafe) is recommended
• Must have knowledge hot foods, stocks, soups, sauces and be prepare all foods using a recipe
• Must know how to roast all meats, poultry and fish items to proper temperatures
• Must have knowledge for cold food, salads, fruit trays, cheese trays and Garde Manger skills
• Must have good knife skills
• Must be able to use equipment like steamers, kettles, fryers, grille, ovens, slicer, and braiser.
• Must understand storing procedures for all food items as well as labeling and dating items
• Must meet Oak View Group Hospitality grooming standards
• Working knowledge of all applicable sanitation requirements.