Server

The Portland Regency Hotel & Spa•Portland, ME

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Portland Regency Hotel & Spa is looking for a part-time AM Server to join our team! A beautiful Historic Hotel of America located in the heart of Portland's Old Port District. This position is ineligible for J1 or H2B employment status as it is a year-round role. Schedule: Monday-Wednesday 6:30 AM – 2:00 PM Summary: To professionally greet guests and to sell, prepare, and serve cocktails and food in an efficient, friendly, and professional manner.

Requirements

Mathematical Skills: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals is required. Also required is the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to be able to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: TIPS Certified.
Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills: The ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals is required. Also required is the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Lastly the ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of this organization will be required as well.
Reasoning Ability: The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Also, the ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations shall be required as a job description.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for lengthy periods of time. The employee frequently is required to walk and talk or hear at the same time. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Safety: To abide by the safety requirements of the Portland Regency Hotel and this department as outlined in the department safety manual and to report all accidents to a supervisor immediately.

Responsibilities

To act professionally at all times.
Responsible for taking guests’ orders, placing the orders in the kitchen, monitoring the time frame of orders, and taking care of guests' needs.
Responsible for completing all assigned side work in a teamwork-oriented manner.
Responsible for restocking all items used during a shift.
To always assist and communicate with other servers, hosts, runners, and supervisors.
Responsible for the cleanliness of the outlet during the shift.
Responsible for closing out checks properly.
Responsible for running food/trays to and from the kitchen.
Responsible for putting out salad dressings at the beginning of the shift, on ice with ladles. Also, to recharge or break down as needed.
Responsible for attending all meetings scheduled by your manager.
To know about all current and expired gift certificates and packages.
When interacting with dissatisfied guests, politely apologize and offer to seek the assistance of a manager when necessary.
To know and obey all Maine State Liquor laws regarding the sale, service, and consumption of alcohol.
To assist in the training of new employees.
To become proficient with the computer system.
To practice safe kitchen procedures when serving food.