Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

Reporting to the Restaurants and Concessions Manager, the Restaruant Steward is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the overall “back of house” operations of the Food and Beverage locations. Overall responsibilities include the thorough cleaning of equipment and facilities to ensure proper sanitation standards are adhered to.

This PT role pays an hourly wage of $25.27 to $25.47.

McCormick Place located in downtown Chicago is the largest and most flexible convention center in North America., With over 2.6 million square feet of exhibition space, the campus proudly hosts some of the world’s largest and most prestigious conventions, meetings, and trade shows, welcoming approximately 3 million visitors to Chicago every year.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Washes pots, pans and traps; maintains neat appearance of working areas and cleaning equipment storage areas.
• Scrapes food off of, rinse, and hand wash dishes or use a dishwasher.
• Sweeps and mops kitchen floors, restaurant locations including Pods, Branded Locations, etc.
• Empty the garbage from all the restaurant locations in the Back of House
• Cleans the floor mats and the floor in the restaurant locations at the end of the night as requested.
• Cleans garbage cans and waste receptacles
• Clean and sanitize entire restaurant areas including storage areas, hallways and elevators.
• Clean and sanitize restaurant coolers and discard outdated items.
• Clean and sanitize restaurant restrooms and locker rooms as directed.
• Adheres to cleaning schedules.
• Store all equipment in proper storage areas.
• Fill out dish machine logs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by Supervisor

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Educational Requirements:

• Must have a High School Diploma/GED.
• Must have sufficient math ability to accurately add, subtract, divide, multiply and perform other basic business math calculations and pass basic math skills test.
• Must speak, be able to read and understand English well enough to converse with customers, supervisors and employees.
• Understand written and oral direction and communicate effectively with others.

Skills and Abilities:

• Must possess good organizational skills
• Must have ability to follow directions and effectively perform the work
• Ability to work closely with others.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment; sense of urgency.
• Must have a pleasant personality and adhere to Uniform Standards policy.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work various shifts and hours to include holidays and weekends.
• Ability to take tasks that are not clearly defined and appropriately define problem, propose and implement solutions.

Computer Skills                                          

This position does not require computer skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Valid Food Handler Certification is required.

Physical Demands:

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

Physical Requirement:

• Must be able to Stand for minimum of: __8 hours___
• Must be able to Lift ___25___pounds
• Must be able to Sit for minimum of: _   0 hours_____
• Must be able to Push __25___pounds
• Ability to move heavy (200+ pounds) wheeled carts.

While performing the duties of this job, one must have the physical ability to maneuver around McCormick Place at times. The employee may be regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move a minimum of 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus.

NOTE: The essential responsibilities of this position are described under the headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.