Barista

Weis Markets•Linganore, MD

13d•$16 - $24

About The Position

The Barista creates personalized customer experiences by demonstrating knowledge of coffee, products, and offers, and by providing welcoming and attentive service. The role focuses on preparing and serving high-quality products, maintaining expertise through learning and practice, and keeping equipment, work areas, food, and merchandise clean, stocked, signed, and visually appealing. The Barista follows assigned routines, policies, and department guidelines and supports coworkers and store leaders through teamwork and timely communication. The position may include operating a cash register and handling money according to company procedures. Other duties may include assisting with cardboard baling and receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries, when properly trained. The associate must use company-provided personal protective equipment and may be asked to assist in other departments. This position has no supervisory responsibilities. The role requires regular physical activity, including walking, standing, reaching, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing stairs or ladders, and lifting up to 40 pounds and pushing or pulling up to 50 pounds. Work is regularly performed indoors with moderate noise and may involve exposure to temperature changes. The starting hourly pay is $16.00, with a maximum of $24.00. Benefits are subject to position-specific eligibility and criteria.

Requirements

Completed or working toward a high school diploma or GED.
No prior experience required.
Minimum age of 18, stated as necessary to operate equipment and use knives.
Ability to pass a drug test.
Ability to read simple verbal or written instructions and write short memos or messages.
Ability to communicate information effectively one-on-one and in small groups with customers and coworkers.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10s and 100s, including using American units of money, weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to simple one- and two-step instructions and handle standardized situations with occasional or no variables.
Commitment to customer service that makes internal and external customers feel welcome, important, and appreciated.
Ability to preserve confidentiality of information.
Ability and willingness to move with purpose and a strong sense of urgency.
Ability to work overtime on an occasional basis.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks and projects.
Ability to work within strict time frames and deadlines.
Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation.
Regular physical ability to walk, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb stairs or ladders, stand dynamically and statically, reach, lift up to 40 pounds and carry it 20 feet, and push or pull up to 50 pounds for 20 feet.
Ability to talk and hear, use hands for tasks requiring grasping, fingering, feeling, and applying pressure, and meet the stated close, distance, color, peripheral, depth, and focus vision demands.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with industry or technical terms and processes is helpful.

Responsibilities

Create personalized customer experiences by demonstrating knowledge of coffee, products, and offers.
Recognize, include, appreciate, support, and delight customers and fellow baristas.
Prepare and serve high-quality products and continually develop craft expertise through learning and practice.
Maintain equipment and the store environment, and keep food and merchandise visually appealing, stocked, and appropriately signed.
Work in assigned positions and follow appropriate routines, established policies, and guidelines.
Communicate important information to store leaders and the team in a timely manner.
May operate a cash register and follow money-handling policies and procedures to prevent cash overages or shortages.
Maintain general department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and guidelines for work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases; meet health and OSHA requirements and dispose of trash properly.
May assist with baling cardboard or related duties when properly trained.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack when properly trained.
Use company-provided personal protective equipment, including items such as cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear.
May assist in other departments.