Job Number 23031987
Job Category Food and Beverage & Culinary
Location Al Maha a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa Dubai, Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? N
Relocation? N
Position Type Non-Management

POSITION SUMMARY

Our Heart of House Specialists play an important role in support of a number of vital hotel functions. At our hotels these associates may work across departments (e.g., kitchen, food and beverage) to support cleaning needs. Operating and maintaining cleaning equipment and tools (e.g., dish washing machines, Manual pot washing, hand wash stations), or transporting dishware across the hotel, these associates do whatever it takes to get the job done.

No matter what position you are in, there are a few things that are critical to success \xe2\x80\x93 creating a safe workplace, following company policies and procedures, upholding quality standards, and ensuring your uniform, personal appearance, and communications are professional. Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards, develop and maintain positive working relationships with other employees and departments, support team to reach common goals, and listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees. Report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager. Move, lift, carry, push, pull and place objects weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds. Stand, sit or walk for an extended period of time. Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling and stooping.

CRITICAL TASKS

General Kitchen

• Follow appropriate personal hygiene procedures to ensure food served to guests is safe for consumption, including disinfecting hands prior to handling crockery or any kitchen equipment\xe2\x80\x99s and wearing a hat/hairnet and proper footwear.
• Report maintenance issues immediately to appropriate personnel (i.e., supervisor or maintenance).
• Clean and disinfect high risk area appropriately.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of company Food Safety Programs within assigned area of responsibility, as well as Dubai Municipality standards.
• Store perishables properly, and rotate stock of the chemicals and other cleaning tools.
• Able to check chemicals concentrations.

Dishwashing Activities

• Ensure clean wares are stored in appropriate areas.
• Clean the dishwashing machine, including removing trash and spraying the inside of the machine, cleaning and unclogging the spray arms and jets, cleaning the outer surfaces of the machine and troubleshoot dishwasher malfunctions as required.

• Use detergent, rinsing, and sanitizing chemicals in the 2-compartment sink at the appropriate levels to clean dishes, ensuring the sanitizer levels are between 200 and 400 parts per million and that the water temperature is sufficiently hot.
• Ensure water temperature, and chemical levels are appropriate to run the dishwashing machine, and complete proper documentation.
• Rack dirty items (silverware, plate ware, etc.).
• Sort silverware with eating surfaces facing up into separate cylinders and wash/re-wash.
• Inspect, pull, and stack cleaned items, send soiled items back for re-scrubbing and re-washing.
• Spray all racked items with hot water to loosen and remove food residue.
• Breakdown dirty bus tubs.

Maintenance, Sanitation, and Cleaning Activities

• Follow and ensure compliance with sanitation and cleaning procedures and pest control guidelines, reporting pest control issues to appropriate personnel.
• Empty trashcans, ensuring each can is clean, relined, and covered, and maintain dumpster area.
• Wash and disinfect kitchen and linen store room areas, tools, utensils and equipment.
• Clean and mop all areas in assigned departments (e.g., sink area, shelves and counters, tops of chemical bottles, outside of the dish machine, dish room door and walls, bus carts).
• Clean and maintain sanitation areas and organize cleaning supplies including hanging up mops and brooms.
• Organize cleaning chemicals and supplies and ensure they are stored appropriately and kept separate from food products.
• Keep hand wash stations maintained (for example, supplied with soap, towels, step-on trashcan, gloves, and proper signage) and fully functional.

Ensure proper and safe handling and storage of equipment, returning equipment to appropriate location.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

The Luxury Collection is a glittering ensemble of locally authentic hotels and resorts from around the world. Our hotel teams curate the world\xe2\x80\x99s most enriching and desirable destination experiences. Our mission is to guide our guests, these seasoned travelers on transformative journeys that touch their spirits, enrich their lives and create lasting memories. If you are someone with an appreciation for evocative storytelling and a desire to provide genuine, personalized, and anticipatory service, then we invite you to join us on our journey and explore a career with The Luxury Collection.

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