Kitchen Steward
Job Description
The Kitchen Steward/Cleaner supports daily operations across Food and Beverage by completing sanitation-focused cleaning tasks and helping maintain guest-ready standards in line with applicable Environmental and Health Services requirements.
Location
Miami, FL (onsite)
E11EVEN Club Hotel & Residences
Overview
The Kitchen Steward/Cleaner is responsible for cleaning operations in all Food and Beverage areas and for maintaining acceptable sanitation and cleanliness levels throughout the department in accordance with the Department of Environmental & Health Services.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate dishwashing equipment to ensure china, glass, and silver are cleaned thoroughly and maintained to sanitation standards.
- Return clean items to proper storage locations with care to minimize breakage.
- Use knowledge of proper safe handling techniques for all chemicals used in the role.
- Sweep and mop to maintain organization throughout the kitchen area, including sinks, ice machine, soap, and sanitizers.
- Manually wash and scrub all pots and pans.
- Ensure dispensers are fully stocked with paper, soap, and sanitizer.
- Maintain cleanliness and orderliness across kitchens and utility work areas.
- Wash tile floors in all food and beverage areas.
- Empty trash and keep cans clean.
- Comply with Loss Prevention guidelines.
- Sweep and mop floors; keep floors clean and dry and clean up wet spills immediately.
- Follow safety rules and procedures to support compliance with all safety standards.
- Attend meetings and training as required by management.
Required Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent and/or experience in a hotel or related field (preferred).
- Ability to work flexible schedules and long hours when needed.
- Heavy work requirements, including exerting up to 100 pounds occasionally, 50 pounds frequently, and 20 pounds constantly to lift, push, pull, or move objects.
- Ability to stand during the entire shift.
- Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous, and service-oriented manner.
- Ability to listen to concerns, understand them, and clarify issues raised by employees and guests.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines.
- Attend all hotel-required meetings and trainings.
- Maintain regular attendance in compliance with Highgate Hotel Standards, as required by scheduling, which varies based on hotel needs.
- Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming, including wearing the proper uniform and nametag.
- Comply with Highgate Hotel Standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
- Maximize productivity, identify problem areas, and assist with implementation of solutions.
- Ability to anticipate, prevent, identify, and solve problems as necessary.
- Ability to understand and apply complex information and data from various sources to meet appropriate objectives.
- Ability to cross-train in other hotel-related areas.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
- Demonstrate initiative, including anticipating guest or operational needs.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching contributions
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave (provided in accordance with applicable law)
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Educational opportunities / Tuition reimbursement
- Paid jury duty leave, personal leave, medical leave, and military leave in accordance with applicable law
- Additional location-specific paid time off and sick leave terms may apply for employees in Washington, Colorado, and California
Note: Certain benefits described above may vary for associates covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The above-referenced benefits do not apply to part-time positions.
About the Property
- Inspired by the human condition in its many forms, E11EVEN Club Hotel & Residences promotes an exclusive, personal, and self-curated way of being.
- Located in the creative and thriving metropolis of Miami, reflecting the vibrancy of its surroundings, people, and culture.
Posting Date
Posted on 11/8/2026 and will remain open for at least 60 days.