Kitchen Assistant

Brightwater Senior Living of Highland, an Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care senior living community, is seeking a dependable and team-oriented Kitchen Assistant to support our Dining Services team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to cleanliness, food safety, and customer service while helping create an exceptional dining experience for residents and guests.

This role is responsible for dishwashing and sanitation, kitchen cleanliness, meal service support, table bussing, and assisting with the efficient daily operation of the kitchen and dining room.

We are proud to offer the highest quality engagement, dining, and health support services, and a team that truly cares for our residents.

We are always looking for compassionate, teamwork-oriented professionals to join our team.

Every team member in a Brightwater community embodies the mission of our company: to inspire hope and enhance the lives of our residents through the creation of an unparalleled experience.

Position Summary: Brightwater's Kitchen Assistants are expected to prepare, wash, and store dishes; assist with serving meals and bussing tables; and work as a team member with other employees to assure efficient, safe operation of the kitchen and the dining room.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Maintain resident, employee, and community information in strict confidence (with community management or other employees as necessary).Provide employees, residents and guests with clean and sanitized utensils, plate ware, glassware and equipment.Ensure dishes are sanitized and available as necessary.Always keeps sanitation solution up to health department code standards.Sets up the dish machine in the AM and close down the dish machine in the PM according to procedures.Maintains daily cleanliness and maintenance of dish machine.Complete Dishwasher Temperature Log at required times.Washes plate ware, glassware, silverware, pots/pans and kitchen utensils according to sanitation and cleaning procedures.Places clean plate ware, glassware, silverware, and pots/pans in specified shelves according to sanitation and cleaning procedures.Keeps kitchen clean by sweeping, mopping floors, lining and emptying trash.Cleans and sanitizes throughout shift.Completes assigned prep work and cleaning duties.Trouble-shoots dishwasher machine malfunction.Attend scheduled training seminars and staff meetings.Assist with setting tables, serving meals and bussing tables.Keeps immediate supervisor promptly and fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and takes prompt corrective action where necessary or suggests alternative courses of action which may be taken.