Barback at The Warbler Hotel

Progressive HR Strategies • New Orleans, LA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The Barback is the operational foundation of The Warbler's beverage program. Working behind a Spanish restaurant bar with sherry, vermouth, and adventurous wine, and at an upstairs pool bar built for seasonal cocktail service, this role keeps each bartender prepared, clean, and composed. The Barback is expected to see needs before they become interruptions and to handle products-especially glassware, ice, wine, and spirits-with disciplined care.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Six months of barback, food running, restaurant support, warehouse, or comparable high-volume service experience.
• Ability to lift heavy beverage goods safely and work accurately during busy service.
• Basic understanding of sanitation, rotation, and safe glass handling.
• Evening, late-night, weekend, holiday, and seasonal availability is required.
• Pool-bar shifts may begin before guest service for setup and may change with weather, private events, and occupancy.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a cocktail bar, fine-dining restaurant, luxury hotel, pool or rooftop venue.
• Familiarity with wine storage, cocktail mise en place, or Spanish aperitif culture.
• Food-handler and responsible alcohol-service credentials.

Responsibilities

• Open and stock both bars to par, including spirits, modifiers, mixers, citrus, herbs, syrups, garnishes, napkins, straws, menus, bar tools, and approved non-alcoholic options.
• Produce and transport clear, cubed, crushed, and specialty ice safely; maintain ice wells, bins, and scoops in sanitary condition.
• Polish, inspect, rack, and stage stemware, rocks glasses, highballs, sherry copitas, flutes, and pool-appropriate serviceware free of water spots, chips, and fingerprints.
• Receive beverage deliveries, verify quantities and condition, label and rotate product, and organize backstock by the established FIFO and security protocols.
• Assist with wine cellar organization, bottle dusting, inventory counts, restocking, and transfer logs; handle allocated bottles and rare wine under manager direction.
• Prepare approved bar mise en place, including juice, dehydrated garnishes, herb bundles, salt rims, batch components, and pool-bar fruit preparation, while respecting recipe and dating standards.
• Replenish the Spanish restaurant's sherry, vermouth, aperitif, and wine-by-the-glass backups without disrupting service or exposing labels to excessive heat or light.
• Clear bar wells, remove empties, break down cardboard, separate glass for recycling, remove recycling, and keep service corridors safe and uncluttered.
• Run clean glassware, retrieve emergency items, and support bartenders during rushes without entering production steps beyond training and authorization.
• Monitor pool-bar weather changes, wind exposure, glass restrictions, and guest-area safety; replace compromised serviceware promptly.
• Complete closing breakdown, chemical-safe cleaning, refrigeration checks, par sheets, and concise shift handoff notes.

Benefits

• Compensation: $12.00 to $15.00 per hour, plus tip-pool participation where applicable.
• Team Members are eligible to receive benefits based on average hours worked each week and career-development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED