Banquet Captain | Newark Marriott Courtyard UD

Shaner Hotels; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hotel as a Banquet Captain, where you'll ensure exceptional service and the smooth execution of events. This role requires a flexible schedule, management experience, and attention to detail, offering a unique opportunity in a vibrant hospitality setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years management experience in banquet operations.
• Familiarity with food and beverage cost controls.
• ServSafe and/or food safety training.

Responsibilities

• Manage setup and execution of onsite meetings and events.
• Ensure quality customer service during events.
• Maintain cleanliness and condition of work areas.

Skills

Customer Service

Food and Beverage Safety

Communication

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Some college

Job description

Banquet Captain | Newark Marriott Courtyard UD

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• Be available to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and varied shifts, as required to meet the needs of the Company’s business operations.
• Maintains food and beverage safety and quality based on hotel, Shaner, and Franchise specifications.
• Greet guests as they arrive and assist them with seating at tables.
• Take and retrieve guests' alcoholic beverage orders, utilizing suggestive selling techniques, when specified on function requirements.
• Serve all food courses and non-alcoholic beverage items to the guest in accordance with departmental standards and function requirements.
• Anticipate guests' needs, respond promptly, and acknowledge all guests; always maintain positive guest relations.
• Be familiar with all hotel services/features and local attractions/activities to respond to guest inquiries accurately.
• Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation and organization of assigned station and service areas.
• Ability to perform assigned duties with attention to detail, speed, accuracy, follow-through, courtesy, cooperativeness and work with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to endure abundant physical movements in carrying out job duties.
• Ability to enforce hotel's standards, policies and procedures with Banquet staff.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Job Description

• Be available to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and varied shifts, as required to meet the needs of the Company’s business operations.
• Maintains food and beverage safety and quality based on hotel, Shaner, and Franchise specifications.
• Greet guests as they arrive and assist them with seating at tables.
• Take and retrieve guests' alcoholic beverage orders, utilizing suggestive selling techniques, when specified on function requirements.
• Serve all food courses and non-alcoholic beverage items to the guest in accordance with departmental standards and function requirements.
• Anticipate guests' needs, respond promptly, and acknowledge all guests; always maintain positive guest relations.
• Be familiar with all hotel services/features and local attractions/activities to respond to guest inquiries accurately.
• Handle guest complaints, ensuring guest satisfaction.
• Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation and organization of assigned station and service areas.
• Ability to perform assigned duties with attention to detail, speed, accuracy, follow-through, courtesy, cooperativeness and work with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to endure abundant physical movements in carrying out job duties.
• Ability to enforce hotel's standards, policies and procedures with Banquet staff.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Responsibilities

The Banquet Captain is responsible for the execution of all aspects of onsite meetings and events, in accordance with hotel standards. The Banquet Captain ensures quality customer service to our guests during events and banquets. Set up assigned tables, retrieve and serve beverages and food orders to guest tables according to hotel specifications and group requirements; maintain cleanliness and condition of the work areas and equipment.

Qualifications (Essential)

• High school graduate or equivalent, some college.
• Minimum two years management experience in banquet operations.
• Familiarity with food and beverage cost controls.
• Ability to satisfactorily communicate in English with guests, management, and co-workers to their understanding.
• Ability to provide legible communication.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to accurately compute mathematical calculations and use required measurement tools.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Familiarity with Sales and Marketing tools for Banquets.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, such as B.E.O.'s, safety rules, procedure manuals.
• Knowledge of organizing set up requirements from information on B.E.O.'s.
• Previous guest relations and/or training.
• ServSafe and/or food safety training.
• Alcohol awareness certification (such as TIPS).
  
  

About Us

Shaner Hotel Group

Shaner Hotels is one of the foremost award-winning hospitality owner-operators and management companies in the hospitality industry. Our current portfolio consists of over 65 full-service, select-service, extended-stay and resort properties with more than 7,500 rooms in 14 states and four countries.We partner with the top Hospitality Brands including independent locations as well. We provide a variety of services for investors, hotel owners and brands—including hotel development, design and construction, e-commerce, and revenue management. You can find out more by visiting our website, www.shanercorp.com !

About The Team

Shaner Hotels has an amazing opportunity at our Courtyard Newark – UD. Located on a beautiful suburban campus, the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware offers impeccable service coupled with state-of-the-art technology. Our beautifully appointed guestrooms offer all the comforts of home and feature well-lit workstations and complimentary Wi-Fi. We take pride in being one of Delaware’s first "Green Lodging" establishments. The hotel is near many local businesses—including WL Gore, Bank of America, and Siemens—and we are adjacent to Clayton Hall Conference Center, a university-run facility that boasts over 40,000 square feet of meeting space. If it's fun you're looking for, you can test your luck at Delaware Park, experience some of Delaware’s "tax-free" shopping at Christiana Mall or take in some culture in the neighboring Brandywine Valley.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitality

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