Temporary Bar Attendant

HEI Hotels and Resorts•New York, NY

About The Position

The Bar Attendant assists the Bartender in serving guests and supporting a positive guest experience. The role prepares and replenishes bar supplies, maintains cleanliness and health-code standards, and handles beverage-service inventory and equipment. The position requires effective communication, basic mathematical ability, manual dexterity, and the ability to move goods weighing up to 150 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation. The Westin New York Grand Central describes a people-first environment focused on career growth, teamwork, and guest and community well-being. Team offerings mentioned include monthly town hall celebrations and complimentary meals during shifts.

Requirements

Must communicate well with guests.
Basic mathematical skills to ensure proper delivery amounts and understand portion sizes.
Sufficient manual dexterity to use a knife, handle glassware and bottles, scoop ice, tap kegs, and reach overhead to stock items, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to comprehend written product-labeling instructions for safe use of products and processes within the hotel.
Ability to grasp, bend, lift, carry, move, or push goods on a hand cart or truck weighing up to 150 pounds on a continuous schedule, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to perform duties in temperatures ranging from normal to refrigerated.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to adapt communication style to different audiences, including supervisors, coworkers, and the public.

Nice To Haves

Hotel experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Retrieve orders from the storeroom and visually verify received stock against written requisitions with storeroom personnel.
Recheck delivered items with the bartender for completeness.
Prepare perishable garnishes and fruits, and mix and pour juices in amounts appropriate to projected business.
Store refrigerated backup supplies in prescribed containers.
Check and assist the bartender in maintaining adequate supplies, including stir sticks, napkins, and matches, for the bar and extended service area.
Maintain cleanliness of the bar, beer lockers, refrigeration, and storage areas in compliance with health-code standards.
Scoop and transport ice to service areas and replenish ice containers.
Box and save empty liquor bottles for later returns and requisitions.
Transport beer taps, replace heavy beer kegs, and perform routine maintenance requirements on them.
Comply with attendance rules and be available to work regularly.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.