Food Runner - LaunchPad Golf

Shakopee-Mdewakanton-Sioux-Community; Prior Lake (MN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

On-site clinics

Health benefits

401(k) retirement plan

PTO

Wellness programs

Discounts on services

Free uniforms / cleaning

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Shakopee-Mdewakanton-Sioux Community is seeking an energetic Food Runner to connect the kitchen with dining areas, ensuring timely, accurate, high-quality meals. You will support service flow across golf suites, dining room, and event spaces with a guest-focused approach.

This role emphasizes delivering orders accurately, maintaining presentation, and assisting in coordinating kitchen-waitstaff communication. Weekly pay, clinics on-site, and health benefits are highlighted benefits.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• At least 1 year experience in a restaurant environment, serving preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for extended periods.
• Ability to work a varied schedule including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver freshly prepared dishes from kitchen to dining areas promptly and accurately.
• Check orders for correctness and presentation before serving.
• Coordinate with chefs and waitstaff to maintain smooth service flow.
• Ensure meals are served at proper temperature and quality.
• Assist guests with dietary needs or requests related to their orders.
• Keep service areas stocked with utensils, condiments, and supplies.
• Provide knowledgeable recommendations on food and beverages.

Skills

Customer service orientation

Energetic

Communication skills

Food & beverage knowledge

Job description

Come join LaunchPad Golf as a Food Runner! We’re looking for an energetic and service-focused Food Runner to ensure our guests enjoy timely, accurate, and top-quality meals. You’ll be the vital link between our kitchen and dining areas, helping create seamless and memorable experiences across our golf suites, dining room, and event spaces. Enjoy weekly pay, on-site clinics, and health benefits. Whatever your career goals may be, let SMSC help get you there!

Job Overview: The food runner is responsible for delivering freshly prepared dishes from the kitchen to the dining room/golf suites, ensuring food is presented properly, and served promptly to guests. Assist in coordinating orders and communicating with both the kitchen and waitstaff to maintain an efficient flow of service.

Create Your Path: The Work You'll Do:

• Transporting food from the kitchen to the guest tables in a timely manner as led by either the Head Chef or Sous Chef.
• Checking orders for correctness and presentation before serving items to guests.
• Coordinating with chefs and kitchen staff to ensure smooth service and timely delivery of food.
• Ensuring the food is served at the correct temperature and meets the quality standards before it reaches the customer.
• Addressing minor guest inquiries or requests related to their orders, such as dietary needs or additional items.
• Keeping service area by food window stocked with items needed for meals like steak knives, condiments, etc.
• Take a great deal of pride in getting to know our guests.
• Knowledge of all food and beverage items to offer recommendations to our guests.

Job Requirements:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• At least 1 year experience in restaurant environment, some serving experience preferred.
• Ability to perform heavy lifting pertaining to trays of food and/or beverages.
• Ability to work a varying schedule, which includes nights and weekends.
• Has the physical abilities to perform the required job duties with or without accommodations, including on feet 98% of time.
• Capacity to handle and lift up to 25lbs. as needed.

Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks:Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning and tuition reimbursement.

Who We Are:The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org

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