Event Bartender

322 Hospitality Group • Grand Forks, ND

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position performs bar service activities with primary responsibility mixing and serving alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, serving food and beverages to patrons in a friendly and courteous manner, monitoring guest alcohol consumption. This position sets, stocks and breaks down bars, maintaining accurate counts and collecting payment for all food and beverages served.

Requirements

• At least 2-3 years related work experience in a high-volume, high-energy, food and beverage environment.
• Availability to work nights and weekends as needed.
• Working knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations related to food, safety, and sanitation.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, walk, squat and reach.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Employees must be able to talk and hear.
• Must have the ability to lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Alcohol service certification.
• ServSafe certification.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and move through them quickly.
• Strong organizational skills and diligent attention to detail.
• Ability to make decisions and work with a team.

Responsibilities

• Provides positive guest recognition and relations through personal performance and attention to guest history, including familiarizing himself/herself with regular patrons and VIP guests.
• Greets guests in a timely and professional manner, takes guests’ orders and serves food and beverages according to the standards and established service sequence.
• Responds to guest questions and provides suggestions regarding beverages with an aggressive approach to upselling.
• Performs flair while preparing cocktails and other drinks and builds guest relations with patrons seated at the bar.
• Arranges bottles, glasses, and packaged snacks to make attractive displays.
• Mix ingredients to prepare cocktails and other drinks to standard.
• Serves wine, liquor, and bottled beer to standard pour and to departmental specifications.
• Slices and pits fruit for garnishing drinks to standard.
• Wash all bar and glassware.
• Monitors and observes guests’ experience to respond to additional needs or requests.
• Assists servers during dinner service to expedite table service.
• Enters orders into point-of-sale system, maintains accurate guests over counts, totals receipts correctly, verifies sales and collects payment for all food and beverages served.
• Thoroughly knowledgeable on the menu, various daily specials, and beverages.
• Ensures the cleanliness and organization of designated work areas.
• Stocks and maintains supplies, refrigerators, dispensers and/or display cases ensuring no interruption in guest service.
• Completes set up and break down duties to departmental standards.
• Sweeps and mops floors.
• Requests proper identification from guests purchasing alcoholic beverages when legal age is questionable (under the age of 30).
• Consults with management on questionable identification.
• Monitors guest alcohol consumption and does not over serve alcohol to intoxicated guests.
• Maintains liquor security and control standards when mixing and preparing cocktails and other drinks to standard.
• Washes workstation, walls, and refrigerators.
• Reorganizes work areas in preparation for the next shift.
• Takes our trash and recycling.
• Cleans and maintains interior and exterior of trash areas.
• Sweeps and mops floors.
• Complies with local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to food quality, cleanliness and sanitation standards, alcohol service and safety.
• Attends required meetings, pre-shift meetings and training sessions as assigned/scheduled.
• Assists with new employee training by positively reinforcing successful performance and providing respectful and encouraging instruction.
• Complies with the organization’s sustainability standards.
• Complies with organization policies and job standards.
• Completes all other duties as needed.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed