Kitchen Porter, Summer 2026 (part time)

The Henry Ford is a nonprofit organization an internationally recognized cultural destination and a one-of-a-kind workplace. The Henry Ford provides unique educational experiences based on authentic objects stories and lives from Americas traditions of ingenuity resourcefulness and innovation. Our purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions to help shape a better future. Our team is inspired daily by one another as well as the authentic stories of innovation that we share across our four venues. We want you to be part of this legacy and take it forward and that aligns with our core values of being Welcoming Curious Authentic and Passionate.

The Food Services team is hiring Kitchen Porters for the 2026 season. These folks are responsible for the cleaning of all the kitchen equipment including but not limited to the following: pans trays and stock pots dishes glassware serving utensils. Additional responsibilities include the removal of all empty boxes and full trash containers putting down chairs in the outlets filling the ice machines and putting the stock delivery away plus any other requests from the supervisors cooks or chefs.

Essential Responsibilities

• Monitors and empties trash on a regular basis.
• Assists chefs in assigned kitchen projects.
• Cleans stores and maintains all kitchen pots and pans.
• Operation of dish machine; Set up maintain and break down the dish machine and dish machine area. Returning all equipment (plates glasses silverware) to their appropriate storage areas
• Weekly maintenance of fryers hood vents and sweeping and mopping the floors as needed for safety.
• Contributes to the effective team management of all problems issues and opportunities.
• Acts as a team player and provides expertise within the team and with other teams as appropriate.

Your Qualifications

• High School Diploma preferred
• 18 years of age or older

Special Skills

• Good communication skills
• Ability to follow instructions and lead by example

This is a physical position that requires frequent standing walking and lifting.

Please note that this job description is subject to modifications at any time to meet the evolving requirements of our institution.

Respect inclusion and opportunity for people of all backgrounds will attract the best ideas to THF and help us shape a more vibrant future. By honoring and celebrating peoples diversity THF can bring new creativity effectiveness and leadership to our work and community. Achieving diversity equity inclusion and accessibility is a continuous process which we believe will contribute to a sustainable and inclusive world. Therefore we strongly encourage applications from individuals who identify with or belong to marginalized communities.

It is the policy of The Henry Ford to prohibit discrimination in any employment donor or volunteering opportunity including but not limited to based on race color sex sexual orientation gender gender identity/expression genetic information pregnancy religious creed national origin ancestry age physical/mental disability or any other such characteristic protected by federal state or local law. This Policy applies to all of our employees donors and volunteers to ensure that they are treated without discrimination.