Dishwasher jobs in Melbourne VIC

The Kitchen Hand is the MVP of the kitchen. It's the role everything else depends on and the one people notice most when it isn't done - a fast, physical, hands-on job in a high-volume daytime kitchen. It is not a cooking role, but it's the way into one.

Responsibilities

• Own the dish area - clean, tidy, safe, and never the reason service slows down
• Maintain dishwashing flow through service, prioritising between dishes and prep as the kitchen needs
• Know where everything is stored - equipment, prep items and stock
• Handle and store deliveries; fetch and restock as required
• Assist with prep: scaling, basic food items, decanting, portioning
• Label and date everything to HACCP standard
• Remove rubbish and sort recycling at close
• Work with the kitchen team on close-down, deep cleaning and reset - sweeping, mopping, sanitising

Interpersonal

• A great communicator - speaks up early, asks when unsure, tells people what they need to know before they need to ask
• Kind and courteous, to the team and to customers
• Able to pivot and re-prioritise the moment the kitchen demands it
• Team-oriented - this is not a role for a lone operator; the whole job is making everyone else's shift work
• Ready to help out wherever needed, including outside your own section
• Genuinely focused on what's best for the customer

Success in this role

• Service never waits on you
• The kitchen starts each morning clean, reset and ready
• You can find anything, immediately - no one else stops work to look
• You move before you're asked: the pile, the empty container, the delivery
• You handle problems as they arise rather than leaving them
• You stick with it and absorb the role - that's what makes a kitchen hand valuable, and it's the path into cooking

What we offer

• Staff meals on us
• Genuinely positive work environment - a small team that looks after each other
• No nights, no split shifts - you're finished by 3pm
• Real opportunity to upskill and take on new responsibilities, including cross-training onto the toastie and sandwich station

Pay: $26.44 – $42.16 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free food

Work Location: In person