Bartender

Hotel Covington•Covington, KY

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Hotel Covington is seeking an experienced Bartender to join its Food & Beverage team. The role calls for craft cocktail experience and a passion for hospitality. The Bartender provides guests with an enjoyable, expertly served beverage and dining experience that meets standards for quality, professionalism, and friendliness. Duties include taking and fulfilling orders, preparing cocktails and other beverages, serving food and beverages, maintaining bar supplies and inventory, and recognizing potentially intoxicated or disruptive guests. Hotel Covington is a modern luxury hotel in a transformed century-old downtown building, offering a locally influenced experience for business and leisure travelers. Its food and beverage offerings draw on regional and local sourcing and the culture of Covington and the surrounding area. The work takes place in standard hotel, kitchen, restaurant, and banquet settings. The position involves continuous standing and walking, sometimes for four to five hours at a time, and work across varied floor surfaces. Physical tasks include lifting and carrying trays, crates, boxes, and hot boxes; pushing carts; handling banquet tables and chairs; and using hand and elbow movements for glassware, table setup, and drink preparation. The role may also involve working in extreme temperatures, including freezers and kitchens.

Requirements

Good reading, writing, and oral proficiency in English.
High school education or equivalent experience.
At least 2 years of food and beverage experience.
Ability to work well without direct supervision.
Must meet the minimum age to serve alcohol.
Alcohol awareness certification.
Ability to perform the physical tasks described, including prolonged standing and walking, lifting and carrying, pushing carts, and working across varied floor surfaces.
Excellent sight and balance for navigating varied floor surfaces; speech and hearing sufficient to interact with guests; and sight sufficient to complete paperwork.
Ability to work in extreme temperatures, including freezers at -10°F and kitchens at +110°F, potentially for an hour or more.

Nice To Haves

Computer skills are helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide guests with an enjoyable, expertly served beverage and dining experience consistent with quality, professionalism, and friendliness standards.
Serve and clear food and beverage items unobtrusively and professionally.
Know the menus, including preparation, ingredients, and descriptions, as well as the wine list, wine and beverage service, and appropriate stemware.
Know different types of liquor and brands, and create and develop craft cocktails.
Follow established procedures for knowledgeable, accurate, and efficient order taking.
Prepare excellent cocktails in a timely manner.
Gather bar supplies, garnishes, spirits, and utensils needed to set up the bar.
Prepare and serve beverages for guests and servers promptly, efficiently, and professionally.
Carry trays, bus tables, and reset them with appropriate items.
Provide opening and closing inventories of spirits.
Recognize and address potentially intoxicated, disruptive, or undesirable guests.
Promote teamwork and maintain positive working relationships with associates.
Maintain a clean and tidy work area and recommend service or product improvements.
Attend required meetings and follow payroll, uniform, safety-reporting, departmental policy, and service-procedure standards.
Assist with responsibilities and duties in other departments as assigned by management.
Work varying schedules as required by hotel business needs.