Premium Bartender | T-Mobile Arena

Job Summary

The Premium Bartender is responsible for excellent communication skills to serve cocktails to customers. Responsibilities include greeting customers, answering questions, recommending menu items, requisitioning stock, and maintaining cleanliness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Adheres to state, federal, and corporate liquor regulations regarding serving alcohol to minors and intoxicated guests.
• Follows Core Levy and Mixologist beverage recipes and specifications.
• Detects and acts upon guest inebriation as trained.
• Demonstrates knowledge of liquor laws.
• Sets up assigned bars; requisitions and stocks all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments, glassware, ice and produce.
• Maintains stock, prepares, cures, and stores all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices, and other perishables to ensure product quality.
• Arranges bottles and glasses to maintain an attractive display in the bar area.
• Advanced knowledge of food and beverage, wine, spirits, cocktails, and trends.
• Takes and/or processes orders for drinks; mixes, garnishes, and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes; practices prudent portion control.
• Takes stock count by verifying amounts provided on the stand sheet, uses new cups for every beverage transaction, recounts stock and verifies on stand sheet, enters end counts into Point of Sale, fills out stand sheet completely by tallying sales and depositing money.
• Cleans bar area; requisitions stock for next event; reports earned tips in the time clock; greets guests in a courteous, friendly manner; checks guests at the bar for proper identification; attempts to limit problems/liability by taking steps such as encouraging customers to stop drinking or take safe methods of transportation from event; fills order placed by guests quickly and efficiently using POS and credit card machine; locks up and stores all beverage product, food, equipment items, deposits, and cash drops; secures bank.
• Performs general cleaning tasks to adhere to health and safety standards; keeps work area clean and organized.
• Completes sanitation worksheet in full.
• Completes Alcohol Incident Log whenever service is denied to a guest.
• Washes and sterilizes stemware.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Duties

• Must have two (2) years previous high volume bartending experience.
• Must be able to reach with hands and arms for one-third to two-thirds or more of the designated shift.
• Must have passed the craft examination for Bartenders conducted by the Union and the Employer’s Bartender Training Program at the time of hire.
• Be punctual, reliable, and available for scheduled shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays on event basis.
• Adapt quickly to fast-paced, high-volume environments.
• Demonstrate physical stamina and agility required to be mobile for long periods throughout the day and stand for duration of entire shift.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required work cards including SNHD Health Card, ServSafe Alcohol Card, Non-Gaming Card, and ServSafe.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English in written and oral form.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and bend.
• Lift, push, pull up to 50 lbs.