About Us

The Fessenden School is an all boys independent day and boarding school serving 540 students in Pre-Kindergarten through 9th Grade in West Newton, MA.  The Fessenden School’s mission is to cultivate each boy’s talents and develop in balance his character, mind, and body in an inclusive and joyful community.  For more than 100 years, The Fessenden School has offered state-of-the-art facilities, curriculum, and programs specifically designed to meet the educational needs of boys.

Position Summary

The Kitchen Utility position is responsible for maintaining cleanliness and sanitation standards for pots, pans, glassware, tableware, cooking utensils, etc., using machine and manual cleaning methods. This position also ensures the dishwashing area is maintained as a clean, safe, and sanitary facility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Sorting and rinsing dirty dishes, glass, tableware and other cooking utensils and place them in racks to send through dish machine

• Sorting and stacking clean dishes; carrying clean dishes to cook’s line and other proper storage areas; rewashing soiled dishes before delivering

• Changing dishwater in dish machine every 2 hours

• Washing pots, pans, and trays by hand

• Removing garbage, recycling, and compost from kitchen to designated areas.

• Setting-up and breaking-down dishwashing area

• Cleaning and rolling/unrolling floor mats

• Filling/emptying soak tubs with cleaning and sanitizing solutions

• Sweeping/mopping floors daily

• Assembling/disassembling dish machine

• Sweeping up trash around exterior of facility and dumpster

• Performing general facility cleaning as directed

• Wiping up any spills to ensure kitchen floors remain dry

• Notifying Manager anytime dish machine wash or rinse cycle falls below safety standard temperatures

• Performing other duties as assigned

Schedule

• Monday through Friday 11:00 am -  7:00 pm 

• School-year schedule and some summer hours

Minimum Qualifications 

• Must be able to read labels on chemicals

• Knowledge of workplace safety procedures

• Ability to maintain professional demeanor in high-stress situations

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. 

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to walk and stand during the entire shift. 

• The employee frequently must lift and carry racks or stacks of dishes, glassware, and other utensils, weighing up to 30 pounds, up to 50 times per shift.

• The employee occasionally lifts and empties trash cans weighing up to 100 lbs., with assistance, up to three times per shift. 

• The employee frequently bends, stoops, reaches, pushes and lifts. 

• The employee works primarily indoors in a hot, damp environment with some work done outside. 

• This position required the occasional exposure to sharp machinery, broken glass, metal cans, and heat sources with some potential for injury. 

• The employee is frequently required to wash hands. 

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

About The Fessenden School

The Fessenden School250 Waltham Street, West Newton, Massachusetts 02465www.fessenden.org The Fessenden School (525 students, Pre-K through 9th Grade) located ten miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest all boys, junior boarding school in the country. The Fessenden School’s mission is to cultivate each boy's talents and develop in balance his character, mind, and body in an inclusive and joyful community.For more than 100 years we have been committed to the education of boys and our facilities, curriculum, and programs are designed with the necessities of boys in mind. Faculty programs include ongoing professional development relating to the education of boys, cultural competency, project-based learning, academic technology, and differentiated learning.

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