Breakfast Attendant, Hampton Inn & Suites, Xenia, OH

Hotel Equities•Xenia, OH

11h•$13 - $15•Onsite

About The Position

Hotel Equities, a multi-award-winning hotel development and hospitality management company, is currently searching for a remarkable Breakfast Attendant for the Hampton Inn & Suites in Xenia, OH. The purpose of this role is to greet and seat all guests and ensure a quality dining experience. Warm, knowledgeable service and helpful guidance reassure guests they’ve made the right choice to stay with us. This role will assist in preparation, cooking and presentation of food according to standard recipes for the bistro and banquet rooms. The attendant is responsible for greeting every guest/customer with a smile and positive attitude, preparing and presenting items, organizing and maintaining a clean service area, cleaning tables and area, and following all health codes. The attendant ensures that all guests are dealt with in a professional, consistent manner, with the ability to diplomatically handle difficult situations and people. They ensure that all food selection is available daily and hours of operation are strictly adhered to. The role also monitors and inspects all food & beverage deliveries, ensuring portion controls are adhered to. A safe working environment is provided by ensuring compliance with safety programs, Health Department requirements, and job safety analysis. The attendant will maintain and enforce sanitation laws and safety standards with anyone entering the kitchen area, and inspect food and beverage outlets for proper storage, neatness, cleanliness, side-work and rotation of inventory. They will also assist with daily/weekly/monthly food and beverage inventories. The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, helpful, and positive member of the team, professional, responsible, and mature in conduct and behavior, understanding of, encouraging to, and friendly with all co-workers. They should be self-motivated and use time wisely, maintain open lines of communication with each department, communicate pertinent information, respond positively to new ideas, and openly accept critical/developmental feedback. The attendant should be available to help other departments in emergency situations and perform other assignments as directed by their supervisor.

Requirements

High School diploma /Secondary qualification or equivalent.
Experience with Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Wyndham or Hyatt processes and standards.
Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process.
Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to supervise subordinate staff, including, but not limited to, assignment of duties, evaluating service, and taking disciplinary action when necessary.
Ability to prepare and analyze date, figures and transcriptions prepared on and generated by computer.
Knowledge of hotel food and beverage operations.
Knowledge of food and alcoholic beverages.
Must possess basic computational ability.
Must possess basic computer skills.
Extensive knowledge of the hotel, its services and facilities.
Working knowledge of federal, state and local laws governing equal employment opportunity and civil rights, occupational safety and health, wage and hour issues, and labor relations
Be knowledgeable about state regulations regarding health policies.
Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to 4 hours in length.
Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space.
Must be able to exert well-paced ability to reach different floors of the hotel on a timely basis.
Must be able to lift up to 50lbs on a regular and continuing basis.
Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfill cleaning/inspection tasks.
Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and subordinates
Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.
Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.
Food handler's permit if required by state law.
Ability to obtain and/or maintain Alcohol Awareness training, if required by state law and/or by the brand standard.

Responsibilities

Assist in preparation, cooking and presentation of food according to standard recipes for the bistro and banquet rooms.
Responsible for greeting every guest/customers with a smile and positive attitude
Prepare and present items, organize and maintain a clean service area, clean tables and area, and follow all health codes.
Ensures that all guests are dealt with in a professional, consistent manner.
Ability to diplomatically handle difficult situations and people.
Ensures entire food selection is available daily and hours of operation are strictly adhered to.
Monitors and inspects all food & beverage deliveries, ensuring portion controls are adhered to.
Provide a safe working environment by ensuring compliance with safety programs, Health Department requirements, and job safety analysis.
Maintain and enforce sanitation laws and safety standards with anyone entering the kitchen area.
Inspect food and beverage outlets for proper storage, neatness, cleanliness, side-work and rotation of inventory.
Inventory o Assist with daily/weekly/monthly food and beverage inventories.
Be an enthusiastic, helpful and positive member of the team
Be professional, responsible and mature in conduct and behavior
Be understanding of, encouraging to and friendly with all co-workers
Be self-motivated and use time wisely
Maintain open line of communications with each department
Communicate pertinent information
Respond positively to new ideas
Openly accept critical/developmental feedback
Be available to help other departments in emergency situations
Perform other assignments as directed by supervisor.