Omni Pittsburgh Corporation DBA Omni William Penn Hotel, headquartered at 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; phone number: +1 (412) 553-5130, is seeking to fill three (3) Steward (Utility) positions from March 1st, 2026, to November 30th, 2026. This is for full-time, peak load, temporary employment.

Duties include: Stewards will prepare for their shifts by setting up breakdown stations and assisting with plateups. They will organize bus trays, dishware, silverware, and glassware on Queen Mary carts and ensure all necessary equipment and food items are available to waitstaff at the appropriate time. During plate-ups, they assist banquet and culinary staff by transporting trays, food, and hot boxes between the kitchen and service areas. After the function, Stewards will handle the breakdown process by returning full Queen Marys to the kitchen, scraping and rinsing soiled dishware, and loading items into dishwashing machines. They clean and sanitize china, glass, silver, pots, pans, and kitchen equipment; report any broken or damaged items for repair; and properly dispose of trash, maintaining the dumpster area and operating the trash compactor. Stewards are also responsible for maintaining a high standard of cleanliness in all back-of-the-house areas in accordance with Department of Health guidelines. Duties include mopping and sweeping floors, cleaning drains, walls, and stainless-steel surfaces, and ensuring sanitary food-handling conditions. They follow safe cleaning procedures using dishwashing and sanitation chemicals, wearing required protective gear such as gloves, back supports, and safety shoes. Work is performed indoors in hotel food and beverage areas, with exposure to humidity, heat, and cleaning agents. The position requires standing for most of the shift and lifting up to 50--70 pounds.

Special Requirements: Lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying dish racks -- 10-15 pounds; trash cans -- 50-70 pounds; bus pans -- 10-15 pounds; pushing Queen Marys -- 75% of the shift; picking up approximately 50 pounds. Conversational English required. Must pass a post-employment criminal background check, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B. Workers are subject to reasonable and/or post-injury/incident drug-testing, paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.

The work schedule is as follows: 35 hours per week. Workdays vary Sunday--Saturday, with rotating shifts including 7:00am--3:30pm, 8:00am--4:30pm, 9:00am--5:30pm, 3:00pm--11:30pm, 4:00pm--12:30am, 10:00pm--6:30am, and 11:00pm--7:30am. Schedule changes weekly. All shifts are 8.5 hours, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. Job opportunity is a temporary, full-time position. The requested temporary workers will be based at 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

This position is governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The basic wage rate is $16.26 per hour upon hire. After 3 months of continuous employment, the wage increases to $17.17 per hour; after 6 months, it increases to $18.07 per hour. Effective October 1, 2026, the base wage rate increases to $18.57 per hour. The employer may, at its discretion, provide wage increases based on experience, tenure, performance, market conditions, and/or as outlined in the CBA. Overtime hours may be available at $24.39 per hour. Effective October 1, 2026, overtime will be paid at $27.86 per hour. An overtime premium will be paid when Work performed by an employee in excess of eight hours in a workday (ten hours for employees working a four ten-hour workweek), 40 hours in any one workweek, or on the sixth or seventh day of work in the same workweek, shall be considered as overtime, and compensation shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times his/her regular hourly rate, unless such sixth or seventh day is voluntary in order to secure more hours of work. Overtime at time and one-quarter shall be paid for all hours worked on the eighth consecutive day of work with time and one-half for hours worked on the ninth consecutive day of work, and double time on the tenth and continuing consecutive days (eleventh, twelfth, etc.) of work regardless of workweek. (These provisions for premium pay on a sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and continuing consecutive days of work set forth in the CBA are waived for any employee requesting to work such a schedule.)

Single workweek will be used in computing wages due. Pay period is weekly. Employers will deduct all legally required amounts from workers' paychecks. Housing is available to the workers at a $200.00 weekly payroll deduction covering rent, all utilities, and furnishing. Housing is optional for the workers. The employer will make all deductions required by law. If any advances are given to workers, they will be deducted from their checks. Any willful destruction of property will also be deducted. Employer will provide on-the-job training. Uniform provided at no charge to the worker. Optional health insurance is available; cost varies depending on plan chosen and is payroll deducted if the employee elects to enroll. Public transportation is within walking distance of the worksite. Optional one meal during shift available at no cost to the employee.

Transportation, including meals and, to the extent necessary, lodging, to the place of employment will be provided, or its cost to workers reimbursed by a company check, separate from the payroll check, if the worker completes half of the employment period. If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, employer will arrange and pay directly for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker's reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back to home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economically and reasonable common carrier for the distance involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts. Reimbursement in the first work week for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government, incurred by the H-2B worker (but not included passport expenses or other charges primarily for the benefit of the worker). The employer will provide worker, at no charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job and on the job training in the proper use of tools and equipment. The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period only to the extent that this guarantee is enforced by the Department of Labor. As of the date of this posting, the three-fourths guarantee is not enforced, but this is subject to change.

Please inquire about the job opportunity or send applications and/or resumes, indicating availability, to the PA CareerLink Pittsburgh, located at 914 Penn Ave. Floor #6 Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Phone: 412-248-5627 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30AM-4PM.

Please inquire about the job opportunity or send applications and/or resumes, indicating availability to the Employer, at (412) 553-5130 or erin.long@omnihotels.com

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