Dishwasher

***we will accept applications on an ongoing basis

About The Opportunity

Practice Hospitality is seeking an experienced and hospitable Dishwasher  to join the team at Mining Exchange Hotel. 

About The Hotel

Originally established in 1902 as a stock exchange for precious metals, The Mining Exchange, a Registry Collection Hotel is newly renovated and ready to welcome you with a unique blend of historic charm and modern comfort in the heart of Colorado Springs. From the stunning living room–style lobby featuring original vault door accents to guest rooms with plush bedding, custom artwork by local artist Emma Kelly, and vintage stereographs, every detail has been crafted to ensure an unforgettable stay. Whether you’re here for business or leisure, you’ll appreciate the state-of-the-art fitness center, luxurious MX Spa, and versatile event spaces that cater to meetings, weddings, and special occasions.

Start your day with freshly brewed Hold Fast coffee and pastries from BLK MGK coffee bar and end your evenings with signature craft cocktails and dinner at Golden Hour. The hotel’s on-site gallery, The Vault, features rotating exhibits that showcase the local art scene while the helpful concierge is happy to assist with reservations, directions, and more. Ideally situated in the mountains, the hotel offers easy access to iconic Colorado Springs attractions like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.

Job Role

The Dishwasher is key to overall restaurant operations and helps ensure guests have an unforgettable dining experience. The dishwasher helps maintain the overall cleanliness and atmosphere of our restaurant.

Responsibilities

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure product quality
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks.
• Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks suing standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control. Check guests for proper identification. Detect and act upon guest inebriation as trained. Demonstrate knowledge of liquor laws.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest and personnel guests, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and insures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all moneys.
• Locks up and stores all beverage, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains stock by assisting the chefs in keeping the kitchens in full working order; retrieving stock, and keeping all cooking and serving utensils and plates clean & sanitary at all times
• Organizes, rinses, and runs dishes and utensils through dishwasher; unloads and organizes per set guidelines
• Ensures safe and clean work area by following sanitation standards and procedures complying with legal regulations
• Provides foodstuff and utensils for chef by carrying pans, kettles, and trays of food to and from workstations, stoves, and refrigerators
• Maintains food quality by storing foods in designated areas, minimizing spoilage
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshoots breakdowns, maintains supplies, and performs preventative maintenance
• Maintains appropriate levels of needed dishes and utensils
• Segregating and removing waste in accordance to company standards

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• Some High School education or equivalent
• Must be flexible regarding scheduling based on business demands, including nights, weekends and Holidays as needed
• Successful completion of criminal background check and drug screen

Desired Qualifications & Traits

• Experience and/or training in hands-on equipment maintenance
• Understanding of sanitation-related issues and knowledge of precautions necessary to ensure a clean food preparation environment
• Proven teamwork
• Projects professional image that inspires trust and confidence
• Enthusiastic and positive energy

Physical Requirements

• Able to lift, push, pull up to 50 lbs.
• Able to bend, stretch, and twist
• Able to stand for long periods of time
• Able to withstand hot and humid environments for long periods of time

Job Type: FLSA Designation: Part-Time-Non-Exempt

About The Company

Practice Hospitality manages hotels differently. A growing company with opportunities for advancement, we infuse hotels with style, spirit, and soul. We inspire, innovate and advocate. We deliver results and do well by our owners because we respect the individuality that we all bring to the table, the connectedness of our world and the impact we have on our community.

We are looking for someone who thinks big because, at Practice Hospitality, we value creativity, emotional intelligence, problem solving and innovation. This is an opportunity to be an integral part of a team that supports one another, is empowered, and holds themselves accountable. If you bring your A game every day and pursue excellence with tenacity, we want to invest in your professional and personal growth. But, more than anything, we are looking for good humans who care; about our guests, each other and making every moment together enriching, fulfilling and fun.