Bartender

About the role

The Holiday Inn & Suites Orlando I-Drive - Theme Parks seeks a dynamic bartender to enhance the guest experience and contribute to the hotel's success.

Responsibilities

• Greet and address guests promptly, providing menus and answering questions about drink orders and meal preparation.
• Make meal and drink suggestions as needed and use suggestive selling techniques.
• Take orders, present checks to the cook, and prepare beverages as the bartender.
• Record all sales using the cash register and follow cash handling procedures.
• Balance checks and complete closing paperwork at the end of the shift.
• Serve orders in a professional and pleasant manner, ensuring proper garnishing and timely presentation.
• Continuously monitor guest needs in the bar area, bussing counter, and pouring beverages.
• Respond proactively to guest concerns to resolve issues.
• Perform side work such as garnish preparation, silverware polishing, liquor and beverage stocking, glass cleaning, and sweeping as directed.
• Promote a clean and sanitized environment by practicing the "clean as you go" method and adhering to sanitation standards.
• Report all tips received daily and record them on a tip declaration sheet.
• Assist with room service duties as necessary.
• Check food for appearance, temperature, and portion sizes before serving.
• Use guest names and learn their preferences.
• Attend meetings and training as required by management.

Competencies

• Ability to provide attentive, friendly, courteous, and service-oriented guest and associate interactions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Energetic and capable of working in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work varied schedules including evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours.

Required/PREFERRED Education and Experience

• High School diploma/GED or equivalent experience required.
• 6 months or more of experience working in a bartender role.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Satisfactory criminal background screening required.
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record may be required.

Physical Demands

• Stand for entire shift.
• Balance, reach, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see, smell, taste, and perform repetitive motions.
• Exert up to 50 pounds of force and lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Have visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate machinery and tools, determine accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of bar/restaurant areas, and make general observations of facilities.
• Work primarily indoors and may be exposed to high or cold temperatures from machinery and moderate noise levels.

Expected Hours of Work

• Variable hours based on hotel needs, including nights and weekends.

EEO Statement

Lodgco Hospitality is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal employment. This policy requires that all decisions involving hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and all other personnel practices and terms or conditions of employment will be made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, height, weight, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic under state, federal, or local law. Lodgco also prohibits retaliation against any employee because the employee has engaged in an activity that is protected under state, federal, or local law.

Notice of E-Verify Participation

Lodgco Hospitality participates in E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired to work in the United States. Before submitting this application, please review the following documents: E-Verify Notice of Participation, Right to Work, and E-Verify Notice of Participation.