Bartender

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; Owings Mills (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Hotels & Resorts is looking for an immediate hire for the position of Bartender in Owings Mills, Maryland. Your responsibilities will include serving beverages and food to guests, maintaining bar setup, and ensuring guest satisfaction through professional service.

The ideal candidate will possess 1-2 years of bartending experience in hospitality and strong communication skills. Join our team to contribute to positive guest interactions and maintain a professional working environment.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of bartending experience in hospitality or food and beverage role.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service.

Responsibilities

• Serve beverages and food to guests in a friendly manner.
• Maintain proper setup of the bar and stock items daily.
• Greet guests and promote/document drink orders.

Skills

Bartending experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Basic math skills

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an immediate hire for Bartender position!

To serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction. Also, to prepare beverages for other servers to supply to guests, and act as cashier for the lounge.

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 of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure 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 insures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all moneys.
• Locks up and stores all beverage, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.
• Complies with attendance rules and is available to work on a regular basis.
• Performs any other job related duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities

Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self‑starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to "pitch‑in" and help co‑workers with their job duties and be a team player. 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 hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock. Ability to remember, recite and promote the variety of menu items. Ability to operate a keyboard and point of sale procedures to pre‑check an order and close out a check. Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, customers and patrons.

Performance Standards

Customer Satisfaction Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

Safety & Security The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

Note: This description excludes non‑essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all‑inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job‑related duties may be assigned by the associate's supervisor.

Furthermore, this description is subject to change, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an "at will" associate.

Qualifications

Experience: 1‑2 years: Must have experience in bartending in hospitality or food and beverage position (required)

Equal Opportunity

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