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Housekeeper/Kitchen Helper - Niblack Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska 99925
Job Summary:
The Housekeeper/Kitchen Helper position supports the Niblack Mine on the Prince of Wales Island for POWTEC, LLC.
The Housekeeper/Kitchen helper is responsible for day-to-day cleaning of three-story live aboard barge and assisting Head Cook with meal preparations. Barge includes offices, common rooms, dining room, kitchen, bathrooms and living quarters. Individual must be team oriented with a no job too big or too small attitude.
- The position is seasonal working 12-hour shifts, Monday-Sunday, 84 hours weekly and scheduled approximately 3-8 weeks on and typically 3 weeks off.
- The position is seasonal starting approximately in August for approximately 8 weeks with the possibility to extend further.
- Transportation to and from site is provided.
- Room and board provided on a barge at the work site during the time-on period.
- This is position requires successfully passing both a background and drug screening to qualify and will be subject to any post-accident and/or reasonable suspicion testing throughout employment.
- Must have active driver’s license.
- Must be US Citizen.
Essential Duties and Tasks:
Housekeeping
- Clean common rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, corridors, elevators, stairways, and other work areas daily or as need ensuring health standards are met
- Thoroughly clean living quarters at shift change including washing linens, sanitizing all hard surfaces and shampooing carpets as necessary and as directed
- Thoroughly clean/sanitize multi-stall showers and toilets on a daily basis to ensure the highest sanitary conditions
- Responsible for ensuring laundry is washed dried and stored on daily basis
- Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and/or draperies, using vacuum cleaners and/or shampooers
- Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, transport trash and/or recycle and waste to disposal areas
- Sweep, scrub, wax, and/or polish floors using brooms, mops, and/or powered scrubbing and waxing machines
- Dust and polish furniture and equipment
- Responsible for stocking, maintaining and organization of storage areas
- Sort, count, and mark clean linens, and store them in linen closets
- Polish fixtures and fittings
- Replace light bulbs as needed
- Replenish supplies such as drinking glasses, linens, and bathroom items
- Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork; waxing and polishing as necessary
- Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers
- Hang draperies, and dust window blinds
- Move and arrange furniture
- Observe precautions required to protect property, and report damage, theft, and found articles to supervisors
- Wash dishes and clean kitchen, cooking utensils, and silverware
- Perform other duties as assigned
Assistant Cook
- Assists as required in food preparation, serving food and maintaining highest health standards
- Ensures the kitchen, pantry, pots and pans are cleaned after every meal
- Washes pots, pans, dishes and utensils
- Take out kitchen and dining area garbage as needed. Replace bags
- Launder kitchen linens
- Assists cook as directed.
- May be responsible for the cook’s duties if the cook is absent
- Sweep and wash kitchen floor daily
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Appropriate use of cleaning agents and equipment. In the absence of any of these skills, demonstrates the ability to be thoroughly trained to meet organizational standards.
- Ability to follow instructions and work in accordance with established procedures
- Knowledge of sanitation requirements in food preparation and storage
- Knowledge of methods of preparing, cooking and serving food
- Ability to work under direct supervision and cooperate with other staff personnel
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
- Demonstrate ability to utilize supplies, tools and equipment properly
- Must be responsible, organized, self-motivated, and friendly
- Must be flexible, cooperative and willing to work in a team environment with staff
Qualifications:
- Valid Safe Food Handlers Card or able to obtain one
- Valid Driver’s License, required and insurable to operate company owned vehicles
- MSHA certification required prior to beginning work
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Supports, cooperates with, and implements specific procedures and programs for: Safety, including universal precautions and safe work practices, established fire/safety/disaster plans, risk management, and security, report and/or correct unsafe working conditions, equipment repair and maintenance needs
- 2+ years prior experience in related housekeeping and/or food service positions required
- Possess basic computer skills
- Prior camp environment experience, preferred
- Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen, and will be subject to any post-accident and/or reasonable suspicion testing throughout employment
Physical Demands:
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- Understand speak English at a level which allows the safe and efficient performance of the job
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Duties may require the ability to discern sharp from dull and hot from cold
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds
- Employee will stand for several hours each day
- The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
- Assignments require frequent repetitive motion
- Performance of duties occasionally involves exposure to hazardous materials
Work conditions:
- Must be comfortable flying onto the island and back as this is the sole method of transportation to the job site
- Must be able to live communally where food and lodging are provided at no cost to the employee
- The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud
- Working conditions may include continuous exposure to elements such as odor, noise, dust, chemicals, temperature extremes or airborne pathogens and at greater risk of getting a minor injury such as a cut or burn while performing the duties of this position
- Work location is in a remote area with limited communication with the outside world where internet and cell phone communications are often limited
- Above ground surfaces may be icy, slippery, uneven, rocky, muddy and/or wet
- Various duties may be performed underground; underground work areas have limited lighting and wet, slippery surfaces
- The employee occasionally will be working in temperatures below 0° degrees during winter months
- Dry facility – no alcohol is permitted on the island
- No firearms are permitted on the island
POWTEC is passionate on having a diverse workforce and committed to our policy of equal employment opportunity and treating all employees and applicants equally and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, genetics, veteran or marital status, disability status, and all other groups protected by law and promotes diversity in its workforce. POWTEC takes affirmative action to implement programs and maintain practices and policies that eliminate barriers to equal employment opportunity.
POWTEC knows you have passions outside of work. You have family, friends, and extracurricular activities. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to not only take care of you but your family as well. Our benefit offerings include: health benefits, retirement plan, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, to name a few.
TO APPLY: https://powtec.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=27
Candidates provided employment offers must complete background screening, drug test screening, and professional reference check as contingency to being hired. No phone calls from recruiters. No candidate phone calls.
In compliance with the ADA Amendment Act, should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources department via phone at 360-377-8600 x209 or via e-mail at [email protected].
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