Server

Smithfield Foods•Smithfield, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

If you are currently employed at Smithfield, please log into Workday and submit your application through the Jobs Hub. A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now! Your Opportunity Welcomes guests to create a favorable impression of restaurant. Strives to ensure service is prompt and courteous, while meeting customer’s meal expectations. Escorts patrons to tables and provides menus. Books dining reservations and arranges parties or special services for diners. Core Responsibilities Receives and records dining reservations via the telephone. Ensures the proper setup of dining and service areas. Politely request guests wait in waiting area if no table is available. Ensures neatness and cleanliness of stations. Maintains clean and organized tables and work area. Presents menus and makes recommendations, learns all menus and specials. Assists room service staff when needed. Checks guests in and out of hotel suites. Helps guests with luggage. Serves breakfast to overnight guests. Manages event related work including setting up tables and assisting in maintaining both exterior and interior of the restaurant. Resolves guests’ concerns in a prompt manner. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
High School diploma/GED
Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including weekend and evening shifts.
Ability to work 6+ hour shifts with long periods of walking and standing.
Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Nice To Haves

1+ years’ customer service experience in the hospitality industry, preferred.
Strong time management skills.
Customer serviced focused, team player with a willingness to help other employees when needed.

Responsibilities

Welcomes guests to create a favorable impression of restaurant.
Strives to ensure service is prompt and courteous, while meeting customer’s meal expectations.
Escorts patrons to tables and provides menus.
Books dining reservations and arranges parties or special services for diners.
Receives and records dining reservations via the telephone.
Ensures the proper setup of dining and service areas.
Politely request guests wait in waiting area if no table is available.
Ensures neatness and cleanliness of stations.
Maintains clean and organized tables and work area.
Presents menus and makes recommendations, learns all menus and specials.
Assists room service staff when needed.
Checks guests in and out of hotel suites.
Helps guests with luggage.
Serves breakfast to overnight guests.
Manages event related work including setting up tables and assisting in maintaining both exterior and interior of the restaurant.
Resolves guests’ concerns in a prompt manner.

Benefits

Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost.
These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more.
Our company invests in your future.
We offer comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential.
Our partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent.
For those looking to build specialized skills, we offer apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning.
We also offer unique benefits like our Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.
Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner.

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