Peaks Pool Bartender

To ensure an exceptionally high level of beverage service to guests and interact with them in a positive, professional manner with enthusiasm and sincerity.

Responsibilities

• Greets bar guests and interacts with friendly and professional service.
• Maintains a neat, organized bar during and after service.
• Takes orders from guests and/or wait staff.
• Ensures all alcoholic beverage service adheres to State Laws and company policies; reports to management and logs any alcohol-related incidents that occur during shift.
• Mixes drinks to order using proper ingredients, including but not limited to liquor, soda, juices, water, sugar, fruit, garnishes, and bitters according to venue recipes (where applicable) and adhering to company standards and portion control.
• Serves wine and draft or bottled beer.
• Receives and processes payments using the POS system.
• Arranges bottles and glasses to create an attractive display.
• Prepares and properly stocks/stores garnishes for cocktails and other beverages.
• Assures bar is properly set up before service: clean and sanitized, properly stocked with beverages, ingredients, glassware, napkins, stirrers, picks, pourers, jiggers, knives, cutting boards, etc.; prepares all garnishes; ensures all drafts are functioning properly, checks keg levels, and stages replacements when needed.
• Sets up, breaks down, and sanitizes bar; cleans and sanitizes all glassware and bar tools; restocks wine, beer, liquor, condiments, etc.
• Responsible for cash drawer/bank, before and after service counts, cash transactions, credit receipts, etc.
• Properly counts and reports all tips and assists management with tip reporting and distribution.
• Maintains liquor cost controls with measured pours.
• Performs inventory counting and control work as assigned.
• Maintains all health codes and sanitation requirements.
• Must abide by Peaks Pool Bar grooming and hygiene policy.
• Coordinates duties and works as a team with other bartenders on duty.

Requirements

• At least 1-3 years of bartending experience commensurate with the style of the hiring venue (fine dining, casual, walk-up, etc.).
• Basic wine knowledge and familiarity with the venue’s full wine and bar list.
• Must be available to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to follow instructions and fill drink orders in a timely and neat fashion.
• Complete understanding of all front-of-house equipment.
• Understanding of POS systems.
• Must have and maintain current certification by a recognized Alcohol Service Training provider.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• At least 1-3 years of bartending experience in a comparable establishment.

Skills

• Read, speak, understand, and write English; communicate clearly and effectively. Knowledge of other languages is a plus.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; calculate percentages and discounts.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to operate POS systems.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to ski or snowboard at an intermediate level and pass an on-mountain assessment.
• Must be able to function effectively at 10,000 feet above sea level.

Work Environment

• May occasionally be exposed to outside weather conditions and extreme cold.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Pay

$20/hr plus tips depending on experience.

Benefits

• Paid sick leave.
• Ski pass and dependent passes (for full-time commitment).
• Discounted lift tickets and lift tickets at other Colorado resorts.
• Discounted employee shuttles.
• Discounted meals and lodging.
• Ski school discounts.