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Dishwasher

1/16/2026

The Dishwasher is responsible for washing, rinsing, and sorting dishes, glasses, and silverware, while maintaining sanitation standards. Additional duties include cleaning working areas, lavatories, and removing trash throughout the operation.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

1,001-5,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Southern Foodservice Management provides onsite dining, catering and vending services to business & industry, education and government clients. Founded in 1951, the Birmingham, Alabama-headquartered company provides quality food, great service, exceptional value and a pleasant experience to dining customers at client sites nationwide. Southern’s long history of success is attributed to the high level of care, attention and flexibility—that “something extra”—in its dealings with clients, customers, employees and suppliers.
About the Role

Description

  • Shift:  Nights & Weekends

Key responsibilities and accountabilities: 

  • Manually or mechanically wash, rinse, and sort dishes, glasses and silverware. 
  • Maintain proper temperature for sterilization and add soap when needed.
  • Adhere to all health and safety regulations, ensuring dishes, utensils, and kitchen tools meet sanitation standards
  • Use and maintain dishwashing machines and other cleaning equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
  • Clean and keeps in an orderly condition working areas.
  • Sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing floors/ walls/ trimmings.
  • Clean lavatories and restrooms
  • Trash removal throughout the operation.
  • All staff members are also responsible for other duties or tasks that are assigned by the Assistant Managers or Supervisors, as a part of any “Job” or “Position” assigned during a normal work schedule. Team members may be assigned to support the meal production, service and cleaning after the meal or at the dining facility.


Southern Foodservice Management standards:

  • Be friendly, courteous & smile at all times. Remember nothing is more important than waiting on our guests. Be pleasant with customers, speak, say thank you 
  • Notify manager immediately with customer complaints
  • Use safe food handling procedures at all times. Following the Serv-Safe requirements and SFM personal appearance policy. Such as: Wash hands when starting shift and as needed. Personal hygiene, clean and proper uniform, fingernails short, clean and no polish. No wearing loose hanging jewelry. Change gloves often and when switching tasks.
  • Maintain and appear In Clean uniform: Top, pants, hat or hairnet, apron and nametag
  • Read, understand and follow SFM’s Employee Handbook. Ask for clarification on any item you do not understand

Requirements

Physical Requirements:   

  • Strength: Standing 50%, walking 50%
  • Movement of Objects: Medium Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, and Pulling  
  • Climbing or Balancing: Occasional 
  • Stooping: Occasional
  • Reaching: Frequent
  • Handling: Frequent 
  • Talking/Hearing: Frequent 
  • Seeing: Frequent
  • Temperature Variation: Frequent
Key Skills
DishwashingSanitation StandardsHealth RegulationsCleaning EquipmentTeamworkCustomer ServiceFood HandlingPersonal HygieneTime ManagementAttention to Detail
Categories
Food & BeverageHospitalityCustomer Service & Support
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