PT Breakfast Attendant

Essential Functions

• Represent the hotel with authenticity, enthusiasm, professionalism, and businesslike appearance and demeanor to all hotel guests, clients, prospective clients, agents, and the community.
• Ensure the morning breakfast and buffet has been properly set-up and continuing to stock as needed, in addition to proper break down and cleaning.
• Maintain decorations and communicate to management the needs for maintenance or improvement to provide the highest quality of service.
• Promptly clean table tops and chairs throughout breakfast hours as guests come and go.
• Maintain cleanliness of all breakfast room public spaces and restrooms, including but not limited to front of galley, breakfast buffet, and assigned restrooms.
• Retrieve all soiled linens to be sorted and treated.
• Maintain inventory of all food and cleaning supplies and communicate needs to a supervisor when necessary.
• Uphold a friendly demeanor with all guests and interact accordingly, including salutations upon entry and exit.
• Adhere to all hotel policies and procedures throughout the execution of tasks and responsibilities.
• Sustain the safety of the property though risk-management behavior, proper inspections, participation in Safety and Security Committee and knowledge of emergency procedures.
• Follow 4 Keys service standards, standard operation procedures, and safety standards.
• Follow safety and security procedures.
• Work cohesively with co-workers and all departments as part of a team.
• Follow all appropriate policies and procedures while constantly striving to improve standards of operations.
• Adhere to attendance and reliability standards.
• Follow all additional duties as assigned by management.

Skills And Abilities

• Understand the mission, vision, and goals of the hotel.
• Must be able to prioritize and work efficiently with limited supervision.
• Must be detail oriented and able to multi-task efficiently.
• Must be able to speak and understand and communicate the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Must possess excellent communication, follow-up, and organizational skills.
• Must have the ability to push, pull bend, squat and lift on a regular basis.
• Safety requirements of PPE as needed for duty assigned and with use of required tools and equipment.
• Must be able to perform job functions with attention to detail, speed and accuracy; prioritize, organize and follow-up.
• Be a clear thinker, remaining calm and resolving problems using good judgment.
• Follow directions thoroughly; understand a guest's service needs; work cohesively with co-workers as part of a team.
• Ability to work well under pressure of meeting production schedules and timelines for guests' pastry orders.
• Ability to transport cases of received goods to the workstation; pots and pans of food from storage/prep areas to the serving line.
• Ability to work in hot, noisy and sometimes close conditions.
• Ability to work with all products and food ingredients involved.
• Ability to use all senses to ensure quality standards are met.
• Ability to comprehend and follow recipes.

Job Qualifications/Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED equivalence; culinary certification preferred.
• Experience: Minimum 1 year experience as a cook or cafeteria cook in a hotel or restaurant preferred.
• Additional: Will be required to work flexible scheduled shifts based on business needs.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Flexible and long hours sometimes required.
• Must be able to lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to hear, understand and communicate orally and in writing to communicate with staff, vendors, and guests a normal in-person and phone conversation.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to bend and twist, push and pull, stoop, and kneel.