Banquet Attendant

MCR • Glen Allen, VA

2d • $16 - $17 • Onsite

About The Position

The Banquet Attendant role at Hilton Garden Inn Richmond/ Innsbrook focuses on maintaining MCR's standard of providing clean, friendly, well-organized, and safe hotels for guests. This involves ensuring happy guests through excellent guest relations, maintaining spotless cleanliness in all areas, ensuring product consistency and quality, and fostering strong teamwork. Specific duties include preparing banquet tables, setting up buffet and banquet areas, cleaning the kitchen, adhering to food safety measures, and keeping the banquet area stocked and clean during service.

Requirements

• Experience in a hospitality, service, consumer-facing franchise or related field preferred.
• Must have a positive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Ability to follow instructions, assigned tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Always provide friendly service with a smile to guests.
• Flexible schedule with availability days, nights, holidays, and weekends based on the demands of the hotel.
• Must arrive and clock in on time for every shift worked and clock out at the scheduled shift ending time, unless otherwise directed by your immediate manager.
• Never work while clocked out.
• Must clock in/out for breaks at the designated time on your schedule.
• Must provide sufficient notice as directed by your supervisor when calling out for a scheduled shift.
• Regularly required to stand for sustained periods of time.
• Regularly required to walk to accomplish tasks.
• Regularly required to make substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Regularly required to lift and carry laundry supplies, linens, and other items.
• Read, write, understand and communicate with others effectively using the English language.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests happily upon arrival and throughout their stay with a smile.
• Use guests’ names whenever possible.
• Contribute to great guest satisfaction scores.
• Handle challenging guest situations with hospitality and a sense of urgency.
• Maintain strong knowledge of all hotel facility features and amenities.
• Support all groups and events at the hotel.
• Understand relevant technology for the role.
• Answer all incoming calls with friendly service using the approved greeting.
• Keep all areas, both front and back of the house, clean and well-organized.
• Pitch in to clean guest rooms and public spaces as needed.
• Greet every guest happily with a smile while cleaning.
• Ensure all operational checklists are completed accurately and at the designated times.
• Complete accurate and on-time handover reports.
• Wear a clean, approved uniform and be well-groomed per the Team Member Handbook, wearing a nametag and smiling at all times.
• Communicate clearly, honestly, and professionally with Team Members.
• Be willing to stretch beyond traditional role to meet the needs of the business and MCR’s guests.
• Work together to create a welcoming environment for guests and an effective, positive workplace.
• Clear and properly sanitize banquet tables after each guest departure and prepare them for the next arriving guest.
• Set up buffet and/or banquet areas according to specified requirements each morning.
• Ensure the kitchen is fully cleaned in accordance with the checklist provided each day upon completion of the breakfast period.
• Follow all food safety measures daily in accordance with local health codes.
• Keep the buffet and/or banquet area well-stocked and clean until the end of the breakfast period.

Benefits

• Hotel Discounts
• Weekly Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Options
• Referral bonuses
• Career advancement & upward mobility
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance- available after 30 days of employment for full-time team members

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed