Bartender

Company: South County Concepts, Inc.
Location: Paramount
Posted on: January 21, 2023

Job Description:

Position Summary and Purpose

Be friendly, outgoing, and possess good communication skills. Position responsible for ensuring guests' enjoyment. Also, responsible for the comprehensive operation behind the bar, which includes preparation of alcoholic beverages for all guests of the restaurant. You should be organized, able to think and act quickly and effectively while retaining self-composure.

Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Serving a section of the bar, including the service well, as determined by management
• Working in a team environment with the ability to be an effective team player
• Maintaining complete knowledge of Restaurant's food and beverage offering and preparation and Steps-of-Service standards
• Selling food and beverage items
• Entering and completing customers' orders on point-of-sale computer system; accepting various types of payment and making change
• Interacting with guests in a friendly and fast manner; ensuring guests' complete satisfaction and exceeding their expectations
• Mix, garnish, and serve alcoholic beverages and nonalcoholic beverages for patrons of the bar and dining room area following standard recipes
• Maintain organization, cleanliness, sanitation and attractiveness of display in back bar area
• Carrying and transporting trays with beverages and/or plates
• Clearing and resetting tables
• Washing and sterilizing stemware
• Responsibly serves alcoholic beverages in accordance with Company, Federal, State, and local policies, procedures, regulations, and laws.
• Checking identification of guests to ensure they are of legal age to consume alcoholic beverages; refusing to serve beverages in a polite manner to guests who are not of legal age
• Observing guests' behavior once they have consumed alcoholic beverages, counting number of drinks served, and offering a taxi if you feel they should not drive; asking a manager for help with disorderly customers as needed
• Take pride in personal appearance; reporting to work in a neat and clean uniform; maintaining well-groomed hair and personal hygiene as established by company policy
• Display integrity and honesty in all aspects of your employment
• Performing other duties as directed
  
  Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  
  
  • Ability to pass menu related tests with an 80% or higher
  • California food handler's card required
  • Basic mathematical skills; ability to make change; effective and precise cash handling ability
  • Basic reading and writing skills
  • Basic computer skills
  • Basic knowledge of beer, wine, and spirits, and be familiar with standard drink recipes
  • Excellent and effective communication skills
  • Multi-task oriented
    
    Required Qualifications
    
    
    • Must be 21 years of age or older at the time of application
    • Minimum of one year of relevant full-service restaurant service experience
    • Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required
    • Knowledge of and ability to adhere to workplace safety procedures
    • Must be able to suggestively sell food and beverage items
      
      Preferred Qualifications and Skills
      
      
      • Two years of relevant full-service bartending experience
      • Three years of relevant full-service restaurant service experience
        
        Physical Requirements and Work Environment
        
        The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
        
        While performing the duties of this position, the employee is standing the entire shift. The employee frequently reaches, bends, stoops, lifts, shakes, stirs, pours, carries and pushes. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls in repetitive motions. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit; remain stationary; and reach with hands and arms. The employee occasionally lifts and carries tubs and cases weighing up to 75 pounds. The employee must frequently communicate with expediters and servers and read orders on tickets. The employee is occasionally exposed to hazards including, but not limited to cuts from knives, slipping, tripping, falls and burns; frequent exposure to smoke, steam, high temperatures, humidity, extreme cold; frequent contact/immersion of hands in water, sanitation solutions, meat products, poultry products, seafood and produce items and frequent washing of hands.
        
        Note
        
        This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
        
        Tableside Partners concepts are an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

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