Über diese Dishwasher Stelle bei Saks
WHO WE ARE:
Saks Fifth Avenue is a leading destination for luxury fashion, blending bold curation with a visionary, modern point of view. Since its inception in 1924, the company has delivered one-of-a-kind shopping experiences, featuring an expertly curated assortment of fashion and highly personalized customer service. Through an integrated retail model, we deliver a seamless customer journey across our portfolio of stores in leading luxury markets, complemented by a strong digital presence and remote selling offerings. Saks Fifth Avenue is part of Exemplar Luxury Group, the luxury collective uniting coveted brands with unrivaled customer experiences.
Job Description:
Steward/Dishwasher
WHO WE ARE:
Saks Global is the largest multi-brand luxury retailer in the world, comprising Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks OFF 5TH. Powered by our talented colleagues, we are redefining luxury shopping by offering each customer a personalized experience across our store network and e-commerce platforms. Through strong partnerships with the world’s most esteemed brands, cutting-edge technology and the industry’s most comprehensive luxury customer data, Saks Global is shaping the future of retail.
YOU WILL BE:
The Restaurant Dishwasher / Steward is the foundation of the kitchen's operational integrity and food safety. In this role, you are responsible for maintaining a pristine, organized, and sanitary environment across all dishwashing, trash, and floor areas. By ensuring that every plate, glass, utensil, and culinary tool is impeccably sanitized and ready for service, you directly enable the culinary and service teams to deliver the high-standard luxury experience expected by Saks Global guests.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Stewarding & Dish Operations- Sanitization Pacing: Maintains a swift, steady pace for washing, sanitizing, and restocking all pots, pans, culinary dishes, flatware, and premium glassware to support active service lines.
- Careful Handling: Exercises extreme caution and care when handling delicate breakables (such as fine china and crystal glassware) to minimize breakage and ensure safety.
- Machine Maintenance: Systematically operates and maintains the commercial dish machine by checking chemical levels daily, ensuring optimal temperature standards, keeping testing strips on hand, and immediately reporting mechanical malfunctions to the Chef or Restaurant Manager.
- Station Organization: Sets up and organizes the stewarding area with designated solutions, proper sanitation buckets, and separate soaking stations for pots, pans, sinks, and silver.
- Floor Maintenance: Proactively monitors and cleans kitchen floors, keeping them completely free from spills, water, grease, and debris to ensure a slip-free work environment.
- Waste Management: Periodically monitors all kitchen trash and recycling receptacles, removing and replacing liners promptly when full to maintain optimal hygiene.
- Chemical Literacy: Possesses a thorough understanding of all sanitizing materials, safety data sheets (SDS), and chemical solutions used for deep cleaning.
- Culinary Support: Assists the back-of-house culinary team with basic food preparation tasks and additional heavy-duty cleaning projects throughout the kitchen as requested.
- Professional Rapport: Fosters and maintains respectful, collaborative, and professional working relationships with line cooks, stewarding teammates, chefs, and front-of-house staff.
- Luxury Grooming Standards: Maintains the highest level of personal hygiene and luxury presentation, including a clean, pressed uniform and professionally groomed hair and nails to eliminate any risks of food contamination.
- Arrives at the workstation on time, fully dressed in proper uniform, and equipped with any necessary personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Exercises absolute integrity with scheduling by punching in/out accurately for all shifts and coordinating timed meal breaks seamlessly with the culinary team.
- Follows established corporate procedures for any schedule or shift modifications, and coordinates all time-off requests proactively with management.
- Upholds all Health and Sanitation standards as directed by Saks Global, the local Health Department, and third-party sanitation auditor
WHAT YOU WILL BRING:
- Previous stewarding, dishwashing, or utility experience in a high-volume restaurant or upscale hospitality environment is preferred but not required.
- Drive: Proven ability to work autonomously and maintain high operational standards with minimal direct supervision.
- Speed & Efficiency: Highly motivated, results-driven, and able to work quickly and safely under high-pressure, fast-paced kitchen conditions.
- Team Mindset: Fosters a positive, collaborative spirit with a dedicated "win together" attitude.
- Physical Demands: Role requires significant physical stamina for extended periods of standing, walking on wet surfaces, bending, climbing stairs, working in high-humidity/high-temperature environments, and the ability to lift and carry up to 35 pounds.
- Flexibility: Must be willing to work a flexible schedule tailored to premium hospitality business needs, which will include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
YOUR LIFE AND CAREER AT SAKS GLOBAL:
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation
- Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution, to digital or corporate
- Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental)
- An amazing employee discount
SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS:
Benefits: We offer the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance).
Thank you for your interest with Saks Global. We look forward to reviewing your application.
Saks Global is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
YOUR LIFE AND CAREER AT EXEMPLAR LUXURY GROUP:
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation
- Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution, to digital or corporate
- Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental)
- An amazing employee discount
Benefits: We offer the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance).
Thank you for your interest with Exemplar Luxury Group. We look forward to reviewing your application.
Exemplar Luxury Group is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Exemplar Luxury Group and would like to request special assistance or an accommodation, please contact [email protected].
Salary Range $19.61 - $24.51*
Compensation for this role varies by geographic location. The listed range reflects multiple markets, including higher-cost areas. Actual starting pay will be determined based on work location, experience, and other job-related factors.
