Wait Staff Tipped

About the role

As a Wait Staff Tipped at Sodexo, you will provide customers with efficient and attentive service while exceeding the customer's expectations. The Wait Staff will serve a variety of made-fresh-to-order entrées, appetizers, desserts, and beverage items from Sodexo's restaurant menu while exhibiting a professional, friendly, and attentive approach.

Responsibilities

• Greet and seat guests, present menus, and introduce specials or menu changes
• Provide knowledgeable recommendations on meals, beverages, and wine, and answer questions about menu items, allergens, and preparation
• Accurately take and relay orders to the kitchen, confirm orders with guests, and process them in the correct sequence
• Check all items for quality and completeness, ensuring that presentations are attractive, appetizing, and consistent
• Monitor guest needs, respond to requests, and address concerns or complaints with professionalism
• Significant walking or other means of mobility
• Ability to walk or stand for extended periods of time, throughout the entire duration of a shift, which may exceed 8 hours
• Ability to reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull, and frequently lift up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move 50 pounds
• Ability to use hands to finger, handle, feel or reach with hands and arms
• Ability to taste and smell
• Ability to perform repetitive motions
• Attend work and show for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity
• Other duties may be assigned and can differ among accounts, depending on business necessities and client requirements

Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience
• 0 to 1 year related experience
• If applicable, must be at or over the minimum age to serve alcohol based on local city and state regulations
• May require a valid TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures), TEAM (Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management), or equivalent alcohol-service certification, and must comply with all state-specific alcohol training requirements

Pay

$15.00 per hour - $20 per hour

Schedule

Varying shifts, days/hours (open availability preferred). More details will be provided during the interview process.

Benefits

• Flexible and supportive work environment
• Access to ongoing training/development and advancement opportunities
• Full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, 401k, discount programs, and more
• Some locations may offer additional site-specific benefits, including free "shift" meals (and/or allowances/per diems), uniforms, safety shoes, public transportation support and/or parking