Steward - Senior Living / Omaha, NE

Description:
Steward

Status: Full Time

Schedule: Wednesday - Saturday 11:30 AM - 7:30 PM & Sunday 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: Ovation Heartwood Preserve - 470 Maxwell Plz, Omaha, NE 68154

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Job Summary

A steward in a senior living community (incorporating independent living, assisted living, and memory care) manages the back-of-house culinary operations, ensuring kitchen sanitation, equipment maintenance, and inventory control.

They maintain a safe, highly regulated dining environment tailored to varying resident dietary needs.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities


* Operate and maintain commercial dishwashers, ensuring all dishware, silverware, and cookware are sanitized to health code standards.


* Clean and sanitize kitchen surfaces, floors, food storage areas, and trash receptacles.


* Follow strict hazardous communication guidelines and ensure proper chemical storage, especially in communities with memory care residents where safety is a heightened priority.


* Receive, unpack, and verify food and supply deliveries against purchase orders.


* Organize walk-in coolers, freezers, and dry storage using the FIFO (First-In, First-Out) method to minimize food waste.


* Monitor and manage inventory for cleaning supplies, chemicals, paper products, and kitchen smallwares.


* Assist the culinary team in portioning and plating meals tailored to specific resident needs (e.g., low-sodium, diabetic, thickened liquids, or pureed diets common in memory care).


* Assist with transporting food carts to dining rooms or directly to resident apartments across all levels of care.


* Clean and perform basic preventative maintenance on kitchen equipment (e.g., ovens, slicers, mixers, and dish machines).


* Identify and report malfunctioning equipment to the Director of Dining Services for repair.


* Dispose of food and waste in accordance with established policies.


* Other duties assigned are appropriate to the position.

Requirements:
Requirements and Qualifications


* 2-3 years of experience in dishwashing, serving, wait staff and or kitchen management.


* Requires a current Food Handlers card issued by local Health Department


* Must possess an active CPR/BLS Certification and always maintain certification during employment.


* Demonstrated knowledge of high standards of food preparation, sanitation, hygienic methods of food preparation and storage, and safety with formal on-the-job training, and approximately one year of experience in quantity food preparation in order to have the necessary technical skills to maintain high standards of food preparation.


* Previous experience preparing food in an institutional setting is preferred.


* Demonstrates initiative and sound judgment in setting up meals and utilizing leftovers.


* Demonstrates competency in operating kitchen equipment.


* Interpersonal skills are necessary to establish effective...