Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity for advancement
Why Join Us?
Incredible Work Culture & Benefits:
- Competitive compensation package
- Paid Vacation time
- Life insurance
- AD&D policy, Long-term disability
- Medical, dental, and vision care
- Extended healthcare (drug coverage, hospital care, professional services, and medical emergency assistance)
- Opportunities for Growth
Let’s connect and talk if you feel like we just described you.
Who are we?
Kitchen Guard, an EverSmith Brand, is a leading kitchen exhaust cleaning company dedicated to ensuring the safety and cleanliness of commercial industrial kitchens. Kitchen Guard Services started in 2009 as a cold water, kitchen, and bar cleaning service. With a strong commitment to quality service and fire safety, we’ve built a reputation for excellence in our industry. Kitchen Guard Services is one of the largest kitchen exhaust and deep cleaning providers in California.
Schedule
- 40 - 45 hours a week. (This is a full time job, do not apply if you plan on working this job as a second job)
- Standard Hours: Split shift 7:00 p.m. - midnight and 7 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Sunday evening - Friday morning
- Serves as backup night technician when a night shift cleaning tech cannot report to work at night or there is a big job that needs an extra hand.. If this happens, a full night shift will be worked.
- Overtime is paid as time and a half.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage and monitor activities of all employees in the overnight department making sure they adhere to the standards of excellence and to the guidelines outlined in the employee handbook, as well as enforcing policies and procedures, coaching, training, and correcting where needed.
- Prepare inventory needs for routes before night technicians arrive to have an efficient check in and route deployment process i.e. prepare cleaning solution bottles, ensure van and pressure washers have fuel
- Check in cleaning crews returning from night work and perform quality control of work performed.
- Prepare Post Job Service reports for customers based on pictures taken by the night technicians
- Be on call during the night (company iphone provided) to handle any calls from field techs that are experiencing issus
- Direct and oversee all operations during the night shift to ensure customer satisfaction and safety.
- Assist in Conducting Briefings for all staff before Night Shift.
- Maintain a professional and high-quality service-oriented environment at all times.
- Schedule and manage the night shift route, ensuring all employees perform the tasks assigned to them and coordinate with other departments as needed.
- Assist overnight crew with exhaust cleaning (power washing, scraping, wiping down equipment, vacuuming, climbing ladders, hinging fans, covering kitchen equipment in plastic, etc. as needed
- Must actively participate in decision-making processes when issues arise to ensure seamless service.
- Monitor and develop team member performance to include, but not limited to, providing supervision, scheduling, assigning nightly work, conducting training, conducting counseling and evaluations, and delivering recognition and reward.
- Should show initiative, problem-solving ability, staff training, and team-leading skills
- Be aware and able to enforce all safety policies and procedures.
- Remain current in all updates about new procedures and training.
- Any other duties as assigned or required
Qualifications
- Minimum 1 years of management
- Hood Cleaning experience (not required but you must be willing to learn and perform hood cleaning as part of this job)
- Proven experience with power tools to perform minor repairs of equipment
- Computer skills- word, excel, internet, other computer applications
- Organization skills and time management skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication
- Previous experience working nights a plus
Physical Requirements:
- Be physically able to climb ladders to gain rooftop access to commercial establishments.
- Ability to squat, lift, and carry 50 lbs., a minimum of 100 feet.
- Able to stand for 10 hours at a time.
- Have excellent attention to detail and work fast and efficiently.
Join us in paving the way for excellence in commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning services. We await your passion and expertise!
Kitchen Guard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal or state law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity.
Compensation: $28.65 per hour
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Flexible Scheduling
Competitive Compensation Package
Paid Annual Vacation Policy
Life Insurance
AD&D Policy, Long-Term Disability
Medical, Dental and Vision Care