Bartender

HEI Hotels & Resorts; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental insurance

Vision insurance

Vacation time

Pet insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with matching

Hotel room discounts

Job summary

HEI Hotels & Resorts is seeking a bar server to deliver hospitable guest experiences at Embassy Suites The Woodlands. You will greet guests, take and prepare drink orders, and maintain bar stock according to recipes and safety standards.

This role requires strong guest communication, basic math for POS, and familiarity with alcoholic beverages. The job includes standing for long periods and working flexible shifts in a hotel setting.

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 to operate a cash register, make change, and total guest checks.
• Sufficient manual dexterity to garnish, pour, and handle stock.

Responsibilities

• Maintains setup of the bar daily, stocking beer, wine, spirits, and supplies.
• Maintains stock and freshness of garnishes, juices and perishables.
• Greets guests and takes drink orders, presents drinks per standard recipes.
• Adheres to all state, federal and corporate alcohol-service requirements.
• Inputs orders at POS and creates checks for guests.

Skills

Guest service

Communication

Food & beverage knowledge

Cash handling

Dexterity

Menu knowledge

POS system

Tools

POS system

Job description

About Us

Embassy Suites The Woodlands at Hughes Landing is just a quick drive to The Woodlands Waterway and all the district has to offer. Situated right on Lake Woodlands, this hotel is the perfect destination for a family getaway. At HEI, we recognize that our enormous success is solely the result of our greatest asset: Our People. Where people work is a choice. Against that choice, our greatest obligation is to ensure day in and day out that our associates have the compensation and benefits they deserve and industry leading tools, training and support that they need to excel. At HEI, simply said, we honor the privilege of our associates choosing us by investing in and making them more valuable.

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: $12.48 - $12.28 HourlyTipped/Service Charge Eligible? NoDiscretionary Performance Bonus Eligible? No

Overview

Serve guests in hospitable manner to ensure 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 of 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.

• Abide 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 bank.

• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.

• Perform 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 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 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 you 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 as well as Vision insurance programs through EyeMed.
• Our Vacation, Sick and Holiday programs are available for you to rejuvenate with time off.
• HEI also provides pet insurance through the ASPCA.
• For your financial wellness, HEI provides a wide array of coverage, including Supplemental, Spousal and Child Life insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability plans.
• Our 401(k) Savings Plan with matching funds, and discounts through our 'YouDecide' and Hotel Room Discount programs provide additional incentives for choosing HEI as the employer of your future.
• 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.