Cocktail Bartender

Crafted at Powdermills; Battle; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Crafted at Powdermills in East Sussex is seeking a skilled Bartender to join our team. You will craft drinks to a high standard, deliver warm, confident service, and keep the bar stocked and organized throughout busy shifts.

We value a friendly, grounded approach and strong teamwork to create a welcoming guest experience. This role offers a collaborative environment where every team member contributes from day one.

Qualifications

• Previous bar experience in a busy, quality-driven environment.
• A natural sense of pace and confidence behind the bar.
• Knowledge of classic cocktails, beers, wines and non-alcoholic serves (or eagerness to learn fast).
• Strong communication and teamwork skills — happy to muck in wherever needed.
• Attention to detail and pride in delivering a polished, consistent experience.
• A friendly, grounded approach that makes guests feel at ease.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve drinks to a consistently high standard, from pints to cocktails.
• Deliver confident, attentive service across the bars, engaging naturally with guests.
• Maintain a clean, well-organised and fully stocked bar throughout service.
• Support smooth stock rotation and flag low or missing items to managers.
• Follow recipes and specs accurately while moving with pace and efficiency.
• Work closely with the floor team to keep service flowing seamlessly.
• Take pride in presentation, both of drinks and of the bar itself.

Skills

Bar experience

Pace & confidence

Cocktail knowledge

Communication

Attention to detail

Guest friendly

Job description

Salary Range Inc Service: £12.82 p/h plus service charge

Location: Crafted at Powdermills

We’re not hiring people to fill a seat or add to ourheadcount. We’re hiring people to craft our culture, ethos and success. This isa big deal for us, and we know it’s a big deal for you: a new role defines howyou spend your days, who you spend them with, and what your future lookslike.

Together, we’ll shape each other’s entire trajectory.That deserves thoughtfulness, empathy and respect. It’s why this jobdescription is deliberately detailed. We want you to know exactly what you’restepping into. The challenges, the opportunities, the quirks of the role, andthe kind of impact you’ll have.

Us

Crafted is a series of life-friendly hotels and spaceswhere guests can be themselves and fill up on the good stuff: nature, food,wellbeing, craft, people and play. We hope to open several hotels in the comingyears, with our first coming in summer 2025: Crafted at Powdermills, EastSussex.

More specifics will follow as planning and pieces fallinto place. So, for now, here’s the sentiment behind Crafted…

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by life. To switch toautopilot and go through the motions. We’re busy but not on the things we lovedoing, we spend more time on our phone, and we misplace our bounce andspark.

We all need a tune up now and again. To escape tosomewhere that makes us feel totally at ease. Not so we can step away fromlife, but so we can come back to it. This is where Crafted comes in.

Our aim is to create a network of connected destinationsthat people come back to again and again because it’s where they feel goodabout life. Somewhere to work on life, come together, and connect locally.

You

Crafted’s culture will be inclusive and agile but withambitious goals and a start-up mentality. We need to execute brilliantly fromday one and every team member will contribute wherever they are able.

Our bars are at the heart of Powdermills places topause, celebrate, and connect, whether it’s over a pint in the pub, a glass ofwine at dinner, or a cocktail at the bar. As a Bartender, you’ll be part of theteam that brings these moments to life, serving drinks with craft, warmth, andconsistency.

That said, as a Bar Tender, your primaryresponsibilities will be to:

• Prepareand serve drinks to a consistently high standard, from pints to cocktails
• Deliverconfident, attentive service across the bars, engaging naturally with guests
• Maintaina clean, well-organised and fully stocked bar throughout service
• Supportsmooth stock rotation and flag low or missing items to managers
• Followrecipes and specs accurately while moving with pace and efficiency
• Workclosely with the floor team to keep service flowing seamlessly
• Takepride in presentation, both of drinks and of the bar itself

We’re looking for someone with:

• Previousbar experience in a busy, quality-driven environment
• Anatural sense of pace and confidence behind the bar
• Knowledgeof classic cocktails, beers, wines and non-alcoholic serves (or eagerness tolearn fast)
• Strongcommunication and teamwork skills — happy to muck in wherever needed
• Attentionto detail and pride in delivering a polished, consistent experience
• Afriendly, grounded approach that makes guests feel at ease

Together

We hire people with personality who have a desire tocontinuously learn. Each person should bring themselves to work to shape ourculture and keep us real, interesting, and original.

To create a comfortable environment for all, guest andstaff, we prioritise teamwork over titles: no one’s too important to lend ahand, or to new to have a good opinion. We need low egos but high expectations:people who are humble enough to jump in, and serious about making an impact.

Three values we’ll expect you to live by:

• Enjoyit: it’s still work, but if you’re having fun then so are our guests. It’sok if you’re humming behind the bar or moving with the music.
• Ownit: whoever you are, and whatever your role, someone’s enjoyment is inyour hands. Always keep an eye out.
• Improveit: ask for feedback (and don’t be scared of what follows), and becurious. We’ll give you plenty of chances to learn and develop.

Note: positive Environmental, Social andGovernance (ESG) principles are integrated across these three values.