Dishwasher
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar
Bluefield, Virginia, United States · Full Time
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Job description
About Thrive Restaurant Group and Applebee's
Thrive Restaurant Group is a family-owned company with over five decades of experience, dedicated to positively impacting the lives of its employees and communities. Applebee's, known locally as Legacy Apple, serves as a community cornerstone, actively contributing over $5 million to support local causes such as high school proms and children's cancer charities. The core value guiding this effort is "Be a Good Neighbor." Joining their team means entering a welcoming, family-oriented work environment with opportunities to learn business, leadership, and hospitality skills.
Role Overview
The Dishwasher/General Utility role involves maintaining cleanliness and order in kitchen areas, equipment, utensils, and plate ware. The position includes supporting food preparation and cross-training across various kitchen functions as part of the Kitchen Team.
Key Responsibilities
- Scrape and pre-rinse food debris from dishes before placing them in the dishwasher (approximately 50% of duties).
- Hand-wash and machine-wash pots, pans, and trays (about 15%).
- Complete assigned food preparation tasks (10%).
- Dispose of trash and garbage by transporting to dumpster area (10%).
- Clean work tables, walls, refrigerators, cooking equipment, and floors regularly (5%).
- Sanitize garbage cans and trash containers (5%).
- Set up, maintain, and dismantle dishwashing machines (5%).
Qualifications and Physical Requirements
- A genuine willingness to care for others, develop professionally, and learn new skills.
- Demonstration of a positive and upbeat attitude.
- Capability to transport cases weighing up to 50 pounds up to 20 times daily.
- Able to lift and place dishes, utensils, pans, and cases on various height shelves.
- Comfortable working predominantly indoors (90%) and occasionally outdoors (10%).
- Adept at working in hot and humid conditions frequently.
- Ability to react appropriately in emergencies to prevent danger to self and others.
- Physically able to navigate the restaurant, communicate with guests, handle items up to 25 pounds, bend, stoop, and maintain visual acuity sufficient for cleanliness inspection and touchscreen operation.
Equal Opportunity
Thrive Restaurant Group is an equal opportunity employer. For employees in Tennessee, E-Verify is used in compliance with state regulations.