Food Runner - Rise

Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino; Okeechobee (FL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino is seeking an attentive restaurant team member to deliver exceptional food and beverage service to guests onsite. The role emphasizes friendly guest interactions, menu guidance, and collaboration with kitchen and bar staff to ensure high-quality dining experiences.

You will greet guests, present daily specials, assist with wine and beverage selections, and uphold sanitation and safety standards while maintaining a polished appearance.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with food, beverage, and wine service.
• Knowledge of table service procedures and table etiquette.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain all appropriate licenses / certifications per Federal, State, and Gaming regulations.
• These skills and abilities are typically acquired through two years’ table service experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides superior customer service to external and internal customers and guests, ensuring a positive interaction.
• Greets guests and informs them of specials and menu options.
• Assists guests with menu and beverage selections, demonstrating salesmanship.
• Maintains guest satisfaction through food quality checks and prompt responses to concerns.
• Maintains neat appearance and adheres to sanitation and safety standards.
• Reviews orders, communicates needs to kitchen and beverage staff, and ensures timely service.

Skills

Food & beverage service

Table service etiquette

Customer service

Licenses/certifications

Two years table service experience

Job description

Our team members are the key to our company’s success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status. To see our full list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits

Job Description

The incumbent in this position is responsible for providing superior service to both the internal and external customer. The incumbent is also responsible for serving food and beverages in accordance to company standards.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides superior customer service, positively effects interactions with external and internal customers and employees, and has the resiliency to deal with difficult customers in all types of business conditions and the ability to work harmoniously with coworkers.
• Recognizes guests immediately with a friendly, courteous greeting and informs them of daily specials, soup of the day, etc.
• Assists guests with menu and beverage selection, demonstrating salesmanship with complete menu and product knowledge.
• Ensures guest satisfaction through food quality checks and responsiveness to guest complaints.
• Maintains a well-groomed, neat, and clean appearance, carrying out duties with attention to sanitation and safety.
• Anticipates, identifies, and provides for guest needs.
• Performs inventories and other duties as assigned.
• Performs tableside cooking, salad entrées, desserts and presents, opens and pours wines.
• Ability to transport trays and/or plates throughout the restaurant, which may weigh up to 20 pounds, as well as serve food items and beverages.
• Ability to review and comprehend all necessary documentation.
• Ability to take orders, recite specials, and point specific items out on the menu to customers.
• Ability to stand throughout an eight-hour shift.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently move throughout the restaurant and the kitchen area.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and all levels of employees.
• Must be flexible to work varying shifts and time schedules as needed.
• This position works in an environment that is subject to varying levels of smoke, crowds, and noise, the severity of which depends upon customer volume.
• Machines and equipment used, but not limited to, include coffee machine, beverage dispenser, microwave, toaster, and Point-of Service System.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with food, beverage, and wine service.
• Knowledge of table service procedures and table etiquette.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain all appropriate licenses / certifications per Federal, State, and Gaming regulations.
• These skills and abilities are typically acquired through two years’ table service experience.

Work Environment

• May be exposed to casino related environmental factors including, but not limited to: second hand smoke, excessive noise, and constant interaction with the general public.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move 20 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities that may be required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The work environment characteristics described here may be representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• The Casino environment is hectic, fast-paced and often crowded and noisy.

Closing

As part of Seminole Gaming’s employment process, final candidates will be required to obtain gaming licensure by completing a background check with Seminole Gaming Compliance and Regulations, prior to an offer being extended. These background checks may include, but are not limited to:

• Credit Check
• Criminal Background Check
• Drug Screen

For a listing of all opportunities at Seminole Gaming, please go to www.gotoworkhappy.com.

Disclaimer

While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).

The Company gives preference in all of its employment practices to Native Americans. First preference in hiring, promoting and in all other aspects of employment is given to members of the Seminole Tribe who meet the job requirements. Second preference is given to members of other federally recognized Native American Tribes who meet the job requirements.