Restaurant Bartender

We are looking for a Bartender for our 703 bar+ Kitchen restaurant. This position requires enthusiastic, personable individuals who love food and have a willingness to learn.

About the Role

• Strong focus on hospitality and creating a memorable experience for every guest
• Work as a team player to meet the demands of the restaurant
• Prior serving experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis, including 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 ensure 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
• Abide by all State, Federal, and Corporate requirements pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served
• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies the validity of charges, records charges, and ensures vouchers are properly executed to balance all money
• Locks up and stores all beverage, food, and other equipment items, deposits cash drops, and secures bank
• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis
• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Must have the ability to communicate in English
• Self-starting personality with an even disposition
• Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times
• Can communicate well with guests
• Must be willing to “pitch-in” and help co-workers with their job duties and be a team player
• 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
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock
• Ability to remember, recite, and promote the variety of menu items
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point-of-sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check
• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, customers, and patrons

Benefits

• Crescent & Marriott Hotels guestroom discounts

Performance Standards

Customer Satisfaction

Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times and treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits

To maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality, and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones. You should have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

Safety & Security

The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

Behaviors Preferred

• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Motivations Preferred

• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help