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Café Exchange is a new gathering place coming to The Park in Berkeley Heights, blending culture, coffee, and community in a space designed for connection, conversation, and a little time to unwind. With artisan drinks, fresh pastries, thoughtfully prepared food, live events, and a cozy library-inspired atmosphere, Café Exchange is being built as a place people will want to return to throughout the day. We're looking for a dependable Dishwasher who understands that a great hospitality experience depends just as much on what happens behind the scenes as what guests see out front. You'll help keep our kitchen and service operation clean, organized, stocked, and ready throughout the day. From keeping dishes and serviceware moving to maintaining clean work areas and supporting the team during busy periods, you'll play an important role in keeping Café Exchange running smoothly from open to close. How You'll Make an Impact Support the café floor as needed by clearing and resetting tables, removing used glassware and dishes, and helping keep guest spaces clean, polished, and welcoming. Move through guest-facing spaces with awareness and professionalism, recognizing that even behind-the-scenes support contributes to the elevated hospitality experience we want to create. Wash, sanitize, and properly organize dishes, glassware, flatware, utensils, cookware, and kitchen equipment, ensuring everything returned to service is clean, polished, and ready for our guests. Keep the dish area clean, organized, and moving efficiently throughout service. Maintain clean and sanitary kitchen, storage, service, and back-of-house areas throughout the day. Keep clean dishes, glassware, utensils, and serviceware stocked and ready so the culinary and café teams can deliver seamless service. Stay ahead of the needs of the team by recognizing when dishes, supplies, or serviceware need to be replenished before they run out. Assist with setup and breakdown for daily service, special events, and other Café Exchange experiences. Jump in with light food preparation and other kitchen or service support when needed. Assist with receiving, organizing, and properly storing supplies. Empty trash and recycling and maintain waste areas according to sanitation and safety standards. Sweep, mop, and maintain floors and other kitchen areas to provide a clean and safe environment. Follow best practices for cleaning chemicals, sanitation, food safety, and workplace safety. Work closely with the culinary and café teams during busy periods, stepping in where needed to help service run smoothly. What You'll Bring Previous dishwasher, kitchen, restaurant, café, or food-service experience is welcome, but we're open to training someone with the right work ethic and reliability. A strong sense of cleanliness, organization, and attention to detail. Dependability and the ability to consistently arrive ready to work. Ability to work efficiently and stay organized in a busy kitchen environment. A team-first mindset and willingness to help wherever needed. Understanding of basic sanitation and workplace safety practices, or willingness to learn. Ability to safely use commercial dishwashing equipment and cleaning products. Ability to stand and remain active for extended periods. Ability to bend, reach, push, pull, and lift up to 50 pounds as needed. Availability to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed. Supporting Your Success Choice of Company-subsidized medical plan options Generous employer pension contribution Robust paid time off program and paid holidays Meal discounts and additional lifestyle and entertainment perks Career growth opportunities within a dynamic and evolving organization Café Exchange is a chance to build something special from the very beginning, and every member of the team will play a part in bringing it to life. We're looking for someone who takes pride in their work, notices the details, and understands that a clean, organized, well-supported space is essential to great hospitality. If you're ready to work hard, support your team, and help us create an experience our guests will want to return to, we'd love to hear from you. While we leverage technology to support our recruiting process, every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Human Resources team because we recognize that behind every resume is a person, a career journey, and a genuine interest in joining our organization. Table & Banter Hospitality is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and respected. We make all employment decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex, pregnancy or breastfeeding, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We believe exceptional hospitality begins with exceptional people and are committed to creating a workplace where every team member can thrive. We participate in the federal E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility for newly hired employees.

Pay:

$17.50 per hour Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

Health insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Application Question(s): Are you comfortable working in a role that includes dishwashing, cleaning and sanitation, trash removal, restocking, light food preparation, and supporting guest-facing areas as needed? Are you able to stand for extended periods and safely lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds as needed? Are you available to work a flexible schedule that may include mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays? Please note that we conduct comprehensive pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process. Are you comfortable proceeding with this requirement? Ability to

Commute:

Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (Required)

Work Location:

In person