Beverage, Bartender

JOB DESCRIPTION

To serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely and manner, resulting in guest satisfaction. Also, to prepare beverages for other servers to supply to guests, and ensure our guest have an enjoyable dining/drinking experience.

What you can help us do: This position is responsible for provide timely, friendly and courteous to our guests by being knowledgeable in our products and service standards.

Your every day:

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a function basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure product quality.
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Receives cash from guests, make any change needed, verifies validity of charges, and records charges, balance all money to audit reports.
• Locks up and stores all beverages, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.  Cleans banquet bar at the end of each function. 
• Performs general cleaning tasks using standard hotel cleaning products as assigned by your supervisor to adhere to health standards.
• Performs any other duties as requested by management.

What you need to perform this job successfully:

Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.

• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.
• Ability to read, speak and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.
• Ability to remember, recites, and promotes the variety of menu items.
• Working knowledge of spirits, wine and beer and standard drink recipes.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point of sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check.
• Works well under pressure.
• Have patience, tact and diplomacy.
• Work as a productive team member by contributing positive energy.
• Perform the duties of the position in a safe manner.
• Be professional in all interactions with guests and associates.
• Must be able to identify signs of intoxication and willing to tactfully refuse service based on observation.
• Requires the ability to lift and carry object weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Must adhere to all State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests to ensure all laws are being followed.
• Must be able to obtain TAMS/TIPS certification.
• Must have a current Municipality food handlers’ card
• At least one on more years of Bartending experience required.
• EDUCATION REQUIRED: 
• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school or any other combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• High school diploma preferred.