Bartender

HEI Hotels & Resorts; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 9,643 - 12,398; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily pay

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Travel benefits

Employee discounts

Job summary

HEI Hotels & Resorts is seeking a hospitality‑minded bar/server to ensure a positive guest experience at the Westin Annapolis. You will maintain bar setup, stock beverages, and assist guests with drink service in a fast‑paced environment.

The role emphasizes strong guest communication, cash handling, and knowledge of beverage preparation while adhering to responsible service guidelines. This is an onsite opportunity with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Hotel experience preferred.
• Must communicate well with guests.
• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis, stocking of beer, wine, spirits, and supplies.
• Stock fresh fruit, juices, garnishes and perishables daily to ensure quality.
• Greet guests, promote and document drink orders, and present drinks using standard recipes.
• Abide by all state, federal, and corporate alcohol-service requirements.
• Input orders into POS, balance cash, and ensure voucher accuracy.

Skills

Guest service

Cash handling

Communication

Alcohol service knowledge

Mathematical skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Tools

POS system

Job description

About Us

Westin Annapolis boasts an exceptional downtown location, creating a welcoming atmosphere that encourages our guests to visit, enjoy, and stay awhile. By joining our team, you also benefit from the HEI Loves culture, which is dedicated to celebrating our associates. We offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, paid time off programs, and daily pay. Our associates can take advantage of a wide range of offerings, including health and wellness packages, robust retirement plans, travel benefits, product and service discounts, and much more. The Westin Annapolis is a fantastic place to work, providing a family‑friendly environment where we work hard while having fun. Apply today to learn more about becoming part of our team!

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information. You may be the perfect candidate for this or for other roles within our organization!

We value U.S. military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.

Compensation

Salary Range: $8.10 - $8.10 Hourly

Tipped/Service Charge Eligible? Yes

Discretionary Performance Bonus Eligible? No

Overview

Serve guests in a hospitable manner to ensure a positive guest experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains proper and adequate set‑up of the bar on a daily basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments, and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices, and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks, mixes, garnishes, and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Abides by all state, federal, and corporate requirements pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and ensures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all money.
• Locks and stores all beverage, food, and other equipment items, deposits cash drops, and secures the bank.
• Complies with attendance rules and is available to work on a regular basis.
• Performs any other job‑related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

• Hotel experience preferred.
• Must communicate well with guests.
• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to remember, recite, and promote the variety of menu items with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point‑of‑sale procedures to pre‑check an order and close out a check with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, customers, and patrons.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences, such as effectively communicating with supervisors, coworkers, public, etc.

Benefits

HEI Hotels and Resorts is committed to providing a comprehensive benefit program that offers choices for your physical, mental and financial wellness, creating value in your most important investment – you! For your physical and mental wellness we offer competitive medical and dental programs through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, vision insurance programs through EyeMed, and vacation, sick and holiday programs to allow you to rejuvenate with time off. HEI also provides pet insurance through the ASPCA. For your financial wellness, HEI offers a wide array of coverage, including supplemental, spousal and child life insurance, short and long‑term disability plans, a 401(k) savings plan with matching funds, and discounts through our “YouDecide” and hotel room discount programs. Specific details and eligibility of these programs vary by location and employment status.

HEI Hotels and Resorts is an equal‑opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.