Crew Member

1939 Five Guys, Roxbury; Ledgewood (NJ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

1939 Five Guys, Roxbury is seeking a team member to provide friendly guest service, take accurate orders, and handle payments with a focus on quick, clean, and welcoming service. You will work at the register, assist customers with menu details, and help maintain overall store cleanliness and organization.

The role requires good English communication, basic math, and the ability to work in a fast-paced restaurant environment.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: High School Diploma or GED; 1 year in food service or retail preferred.
• Certifications: NYC Food Handlers License not required but preferred.
• Language Ability: clear English communication and ability to read/write basic instructions.
• Math Ability: basic arithmetic for cash handling and making change.
• Reasoning Ability: good problem solving and customer service judgment.
• Computer Skills: ability to operate a cash register.
• Physical Demands: restaurant/kitchen work with varying conditions and some lifting.
• Hospitality: proactive customer assistance and knowledge of store policies.
• Active Listening: attentive to customer orders and feedback.
• Social Perceptiveness: awareness of customer reactions and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Offer friendly service to all guests.
• Take orders, maintain fast, accurate service and positive guest relations.
• Handle payments and issue receipts, refunds, or change.
• Assist customers with menu information and resolve concerns.
• Maintain cleanliness and order at the register area and dining area.

Skills

Language Ability

Math Ability

Reasoning Ability

Computer Skills

Hospitality

Active Listening

Social Perceptiveness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Offers friendly service to all guests
• Takes customer orders, maintains fast, accurate service, and positive guest relations
• Opens grill and in an efficient and safe manner
• Ensures company standards on equipment, facility, and grounds are maintained
• Ensures food quality and 100% customer satisfaction
• Maintains the restaurant with regards to cleanliness, neatness and customer accessibility
• Uses the company cash register accurately and maintain proper control of company assets
• Works as a team member to support other restaurant employees in their duties
• Receive payments by cash, credit or debit cards, and gift cards
• Issue receipts, refunds, or change due
• Assist customers by providing menu information and resolving their complaints or concerns
• Readily identify prices of menu items and calculate bill using POS
• Enthusiastically greet customers entering restaurant
• Answer customers’ questions and provide information of store’s policies and relevant procedures about the preparation or cooking process
• Maintain a clean and orderly register area
• Mix Milkshakes and other beverages as necessary
• Complete other general cleaning duties such as emptying trash cans and cleaning dining area
• Stock and maintain fountain machine
• Ensures food quality at all times
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by your supervisor

Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education/Experience: Successful Candidates/Employees of this position must have a High School Diploma or GED. In addition, 1 year of experience in either a food service or retail environment is also preferred. Experience in providing customer service and a desire to grow in the food industry is strongly preferred. You must have a very hands on work style and be actively involved in all daily functions of the store.
• Certifications: A NYC Food Handlers License is not required to be considered for this position but is preferred.
• Language Ability: Good communication and interpersonal skills are required. The ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos is necessary. The position also requires the ability to write simple correspondences and the ability to effectively communicate with co-workers and customers. This position requires that you are able to convey information effectively and accurately, vocalize clearly and loudly enough to be heard in a noisy environment and proficiently speak, read, and write the English language.
• Math Ability: The position requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals knowledge of simple math and its application to receiving and disbursing cash.
• Reasoning Ability: The position requires the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations and people. You will need the ability to apply general rules of the job to successfully solve problems that may occur without involving the manager. Strong analytical and decision-making skills are needed.
• Computer Skills: Must be able to operate cash register.
• Physical Demands: The position’s physical demands require work in a restaurant/kitchen environment with moderate to loud noise levels, varying temperature conditions and possible direct exposure to hazardous substances, such as hot oil. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, travel and react quickly to deadlines, sometimes with little notice. The employee is often required to stand for long periods; walk, bend, kneel, and reach with hands boxes or food containers typically weighing 50 pounds or less, without restrictions. May be required to use stepladder. Finger dexterity is required for use of cash register. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to travel as needed.
• Hospitality: Actively look for ways to help customers, provide as much information as requested. Infer possible customer needs, as it may be their first experience at the restaurant. Knowledge of, quality standards of service, store policies regarding customer interaction, assessment of customer needs and customer satisfaction are all necessary.
• Active Listening: Give full attention to what customers are saying, be able to listen to and process the customers’ order without losing track.
• Social Perceptiveness: Be aware of customers’ reactions, both verbal and nonverbal, and understand why they are reacting this way. Understand the boundaries of appropriateness.

Compensation

Minimum Wage