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Café Team Member – Part Time

Fallingwater (Mill Run, PA)

Fallingwater, a property entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and designated as a National Historic Landmark and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is seeking a Café Team Member to provide excellent customer service by waiting on customers, help in the preparation and presentation of food and maintain a clean and stocked facility.

Job Duties

• Ensures proper set up and follows open procedures of the café.  
• Sets up pastry display. 
• Preps, cooks and plates items for Café service to specification; may occasionally assist in other culinary functions as needed. 
• Takes customer orders, assists in preparation, and serves their food/beverage items, while providing an exceptional visitor experience. 
• Operates the sales register paying careful attention to accurate cash handling responsibilities and procedures. 
• Assists in maintaining inventory and monitoring shortages. 
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and sanitized work area, follows proper food handling procedures, takes measures to avoid contamination, and supports the highest quality of health and safety standards. 
• Assists the Sous Chef or Executive Chef as needed. 
• Supports the Conservancy’s cost containment and fundraising efforts and needs, as applicable. 
• Performs additional duties and responsibilities as needed. 

Physical Requirements

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to stand for up to eight hours.
• Must be able to bend, move and lift up to 40lbs.
• Ability to work with dangerous equipment, including knives, slicers and ovens.
• Frequent bending and stooping.
• Work in a hot environment, sometimes with or near open flame.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with food preparation and cooking. 
• Exceptional customer service and organizational skills. 
• Some experience handling cash and performing sales transactions preferred. 
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure. 
• Must be able to work evenings, weekends, holidays and be flexible with schedule and hours. 
• To be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. 

Location

This position's primary location(s): Fallingwater (Mill Run, PA)

Position Duration

This is a part-time hourly, seasonal position.

Pay

Pay range: $17.26-$19.28 per hour

Application Process

Please send a letter, résumé and salary requirements to wpcjobs@paconserve.org and list Café Team Member – Part-Time in the subject line.

Application Deadline

Until filled