Wegmans Blue Dalia - Dish Steward

Blue Dalia is a vibrant Mexican restaurant and tequila bar featuring authentic, contemporary Mexican food and craft cocktails prepared with market-fresh ingredients that will be located on the second floor of Wegmans at the Natick Mall.

The job of the Steward is to ensure the kitchen staff, servers, and bartenders have clean dishes and supplies needed to prepare and serve our unique menu and beverage offerings.  This position provides an opportunity to work as a team player where your work will contribute to the bigger picture while gaining an introduction to food preparation skill. 

How do I make a difference?

Ensuring High Quality Deliverables

• Provide incredible service to employees by ensuring dishes, containers, utensils and other supplies are properly cleaned and sanitized on a timely basis
• Manually wash dishes before loading into the dishwasher to ensure the cleanest and most sanitary wash possible
• Maintain the overall appearance and cleanliness of the kitchen and dishwashing area to ensure work gets completed in the most effective and safest way possible; disposing of trash, recycling oil in an efficient manner
• Keep the kitchen floors clear of debris and ensure garbage and recyclables are disposed of throughout the day
• Properly handle all products and equipment in accordance with food safety and safety guidelines, as well as complying with all applicable State Restaurant Health Codes and Regulations
• Set up and operate dishwasher equipment; fill and empty dishwasher throughout the day to maintain a constant flow of clean dishware and supplies for the kitchen
• Monitor proper temperatures and chemical usage of dishwasher equipment

Continuously Improving Results

• Support restaurant operations by putting dish loads away and performing other kitchen duties as necessary, including some food prep work
• Assist with receiving of products, stock rotation and general kitchen organization and cleanliness

Living Who We Are

• Support, encourage, and respect co-workers
• Work with supervisor to set and achieve goals for professional development
• Comply with Wegmans Policies and Work Rules, as well as, federal and state laws
• Maintain open lines of communication with supervisors and coworkers to ensure the most efficient operations in the department

What skills, learnings, and experiences are required?

• Living Who We Are values by caring about the well-being of every person, having high standards as a way of life, making a difference in the communities we serve, respecting and listening to others and making decisions that benefit our customers and company
• Possess teamwork & diversity awareness by listening to others' points of view and recognizing and appreciating differences
• Recognize and seek opportunities for continuous learning to gain new understandings, skills and knowledge
• Provide incredible customer service, acknowledging customers, listening to their needs, proactively offering assistance and thanking each customer for shopping with us
• Properly handle, prepare, transport and store products; ensuring food & human safety practices are strictly adhered to
• Possess organizational skills, prioritizing requests and department activities while managing interruptions and attending to details to complete tasks within deadlines
• Has knowledge of products used throughout the store and works across departments to provide knowledge based service to assist customers in finding complete meal solutions
• Utilize resources to educate self and others about product uses and characteristics, being sure to share acquired product knowledge
• Learn, use and be able to explain Wegmans sanctioned cooking techniques to assist customers for their success at home
• Possess culinary knife skills which include safely using knives; sharpening and honing the edges of knives; and using them to chop, dice, julienne and mince

What skills, learnings, and experiences are preferred and will set me apart?

• Experience in a food service, grocery, or restaurant setting
• Dishwashing experience
• Able to problem solve, anticipating, analyzing, and identifying problems, responding quickly when situations arise and preventing problems when possible

Work environment:

• Work includes standing, walking for prolonged periods of time without a break, repetitive hand and arm movements, bending, reaching, pivoting and trunk twisting, frequent lifting, and occasional heavy lifting, along with continuous interaction with guests and co-workers in a fast-paced environment.
• Work involves exposure to various work environments, including temperature changes.
• The average weight range of items lifted is 5–10 pounds with a maximum weight lifted of 50 pounds occasionally.
• May be exposed to various allergens (things that may cause an allergic reaction).

Other:

• Employment at Wegmans may be contingent upon your completion and our evaluation of a drug screen and/or criminal background check
• All Applicants will be screened; only those closely matching the job posting will be interviewed