Host/Busser

Tacoma Country & Golf Club • Lakewood, WA

14h

About The Position

Tacoma Country & Golf Club is hiring a part-time Host/Busser for its member-only restaurant and banquet operations. The host creates a welcoming first and last impression for members and guests, keeps seating timely and orderly, and assists with reservations, phone calls, takeout orders, and restaurant support tasks. The busser prepares dining areas, serves water and bread, clears and resets tables, and helps maintain a clean, tidy environment for patrons and team members.

This hourly, non-exempt position offers $17.13 per hour plus a service charge allocation. The role requires a friendly, professional, energetic, and team-oriented approach, the ability to stay calm while multitasking in a fast-paced environment, and flexibility to work varied shifts, including weekends and holidays. Physical duties include extended standing and walking, frequent lifting and carrying, repeated bending and reaching, carrying trays, and frequent use of hands and arms.

Requirements

• No restaurant experience is required.
• Outgoing, friendly, and professional personality.
• Ability to multitask and remain calm and professional.
• Energetic, self-starting, hands-on approach to hospitality and service, and ability to work well in a team-oriented, fast-paced, event-driven environment.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels; ability to speak, read, write, and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Required Pierce County-issued Food Handlers Permit or ServSafe certification.
• Flexibility to work varied shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Ability to stand and walk continuously on hard floors for full shifts lasting 3–10+ hours.
• Frequently lift and move items weighing 25–50 pounds, with occasional heavy lifting up to 60 pounds.
• Ability to bend, stoop, crouch, kneel, and reach constantly.
• Ability to carry and balance heavy food or beverage trays above shoulder level or at waist height.
• Frequent use of hands and arms.

Responsibilities

• Greet members and guests upon arrival and thank them upon departure.
• Seat members and guests in an orderly and timely manner and present current menus.
• Answer and transfer phone calls, take messages, and assist members with reservations.
• Take to-go orders, enter them into the POS, and help box and deliver orders to members.
• Clean menus and assist servers and bussers with polishing glassware, silverware, and other tasks as needed.
• Prepare dining areas before guests are seated and place tableware and condiments on tables.
• Serve water and bread upon arrival and refill water during members’ visits.
• Remove dirty dishes, utensils, and glassware, replenishing items as needed.
• Clean and reset tables after guests depart.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Food & Beverage Manager or other managerial employees.

Benefits

• Paid time off, accruing at 1 hour per 40 hours worked and increasing with years of service.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with dependent coverage available.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• 401(k) plan and 401(k) match.
• Life insurance.
• Holiday bonus program.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee meals.
• Partial tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• Golf and pool privileges per the employee handbook.

What This Job Offers

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