Bartender

Pita Jungle; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Pita Jungle in Tempe is hiring a Bartender responsible for serving beverages and ensuring a well-stocked bar. The Bartender will mix drinks according to recipes while providing friendly service to guests and fulfilling cashier responsibilities.

Essential functions involve maintaining a clean bar area, ensuring compliance with local alcohol service regulations, and checking IDs to serve responsibly. This position requires standing for long periods and may involve lifting up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Selling alcoholic drinks to guests.
• Serving guests promptly and friendly.
• Keeping the bar well stocked and clean.
• Recording sales and taking payments.
• Checking IDs of guests who appear underage.

Skills

Mix drinks according to recipes and requirements

Respond promptly to guest needs

Provide friendly and hospitable service

Speak clearly and listen to guests

Be consistently at work and on time

Follow instructions and respond to management direction

Education

Food Handler’s Card

Local government food safety certification

Local government alcohol service certification

Job description

Job Title:

Bartender

Reports To:

General Manager

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Summary:

A bartender serves beverages behind a bar. The work involves tending, mixing, and serving cocktails and other drinks, mainly alcoholic beverages, to guests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Selling alcoholic drinks to guests.
• Serving guests.
• Recording sales and taking payments from guests.
• Keeping the bar well stocked by maintaining beer, wine, liquor, garnishes, and glasses.
• Refusing to serve guests who have had too much to drink.
• Calling taxi cabs for inebriated guests.
• Keeping records of tabs to determine how much a guest has had and what is owed.
• Pouring drinks quickly and as per the guest’s specifications.
• Keeping the bar clean.
• Pours and dispenses alcoholic beverages to guests of legal age; checking IDs of guests who appear 30 years or younger.
• Rotating and restocking bar coolers, with inventory from walk‑in cooler; restocking bar supplies such as dry goods, all glassware, juices, sodas, and garnishes.
• Reading and filling orders from servers.
• Greeting guests in a friendly manner, with world‑class service in mind.
• Fulfilling carry‑out orders for guests.
• Cashier responsibilities.
• Performing all side duties as assigned.

Competency:

• Skills – Mix drinks according to recipes and requirements.
• Guest Service – Respond promptly to guest needs.
• Interpersonal – Provide friendly and hospitable service to guests.
• Oral Communication – Speak clearly and listen to guests; respond well to questions.
• Attendance/Punctuality – Be consistently at work and on time; ensure work responsibilities are covered when absent.
• Dependability – Follow instructions, respond to management direction, take responsibility for own actions, keep commitments.
• Safety and Security – Observe safety and security procedures; report potentially unsafe conditions; use equipment and materials properly.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Certificates and Licenses:

• Food Handler’s Card
• Local government food safety certification, where applicable.
• Local government alcohol service certification, where applicable.

Work Environment:

The work environment involves wet or humid conditions (non‑weather), 100% standing at work, work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold (non‑weather), extreme heat (non‑weather), and a usually loud noise level.

Physical Demands:

Require standing, walking, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle, feel, taste or smell, occasionally sitting, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Stamina to work up to 40 hours each week, more if needed. Ability to work open, mid, and close shifts as required.