
Porter
- Peterborough, ON
- $18.40 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
Status: Full time
Schedule: Days, evenings, weekends - 40hrs/week
Wage: $18.40/hr
Location: Trent University, Peterborough ON
Important Information: Previous food service experience and Food Safety Training Certificate an asset. Valid drivers license and clean driving abstract required.Job SummaryMaintains kitchen work areas and equipment and utensils in clean and orderly condition by performing the following duties. Assists cook staff in the preparation and serving of meals as required.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Maintain a clean and neat appearance, complies with Annual Uniform policy.
- Undergo job specific and company safety training.
- Maintain confidentiality of all company policies and procedures.
- Maintains an awareness of Chartwells contractual obligations for the project relating to the department.
- Continually review duties with the object of reducing cost and increasing profitability without loss of standard.
- Advise management of purchasing requirements with a focus on minimizing dollars invested in physical inventories, operating at budgeted product costs, and avoiding product shortages.
- Clean tables in eating areas as needed to maintain a clean and orderly eating area.
- Assist anywhere else in the kitchen during production as needed.
- Follows principles of sanitation and safety in handling food and equipment.
- Ensure good order and maintenance of all equipment by immediately reporting any deficiencies to management/supervisors.
- Receives and put away the supply orders accurately and in a timely manner.
- Rotates the stock using FIFO method and all HACCP regulations.
- Scrapes food from dirty dishes and washes them by hand or places them in racks or on conveyor to dishwashing machine.
- Washes pots, pans, and trays, sweeps and mops kitchen floors, washes worktables, walls, refrigerators, and meat blocks.
- Segregates and removes trash and garbage and places it in designated containers, cleans out garage cans, take compost and all recycling out to appropriate bins.
- Washes and peels vegetables and other food as directed by cook or designate.
- May be required to clean staff washrooms.
- Complete daily pot sink sanitizing log and report any issues to Management.
- Complete receiving temp log as required and report any issues to Management.
- May be required to perform fridge temp checks and record in appropriate log, report any issues to Management.
- Fill out all HACCP logs bringing any discrepancies to your Manager immediately.
- Follow opening, closing and cleaning checklists.
- Preference will be given to individuals who have previous experience in the food services industry.
- Exceptional communications skills and ability to get along well with others.
- Must be physically able to lift and transfer heavy, hot items and stand/walk for majority of shift.