Grab & Go Supervisor - Pentagon

Guest Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Guest Services in Arlington, VA seeks a Food and Beverage Supervisor to aid the Manager in unit operations, including food, beverage, equipment, and safety to achieve financial goals and company initiatives.

The role emphasizes building a collaborative team that delivers exceptional guest service while ensuring staff performance stays consistently high.

Strong leadership, organization, and communication are essential to manage priorities in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

Qualifications

• Must have 2+ years of related management experience.
• Food Safety Certification is a plus.
• Strong customer service and staff supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guest satisfaction and handle complaints per standards.
• Monitor setup and maintenance of dining areas and stations.
• Recruit, supervise, schedule, and direct unit staff.
• Train hourly staff for peak performance and development.
• Maintain safe facility environment and hygiene standards.
• Oversee equipment, food production, and sanitation.
• Report unusual events or safety/quality issues to the Manager.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Organization

Communication

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree (preferred) in Business or related field

Job description

Compensation Amount:25.00 USD Hourly

Job Summary

The Food and Beverage Supervisor assists the Manager in all aspects of unit operations and floor management, including food, beverage, equipment, and property to facilitate the fulfillment of financial goals and company initiatives. In addition, the Food and Beverage Supervisor assists in cultivating a team environment that provides exceptional customer service while ensuring all staff members perform at a consistently high level.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensure complete guest satisfaction at all times.
• Handle guests' complaints and solve them according to customer service standards.
• Monitor and supervise set up and maintenance of dining area, cashier stations, and/or food stations to ensure quality standards.
• Assist in recruiting, supervising, scheduling, disciplining, reviewing, and directing the unit's staff at the direction of the Manager.
• Train hourly staff for peak performance and monitor staff's development.
• Maintain and ensure safe facility environment including standards for maintenance and upkeep of unit's equipment, food production and handling, cooking, housekeeping, sanitation, dress, cash control, and employee hygiene.
• Notify Manager of all unusual events, circumstances, or other safety or quality control issues.

SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Bachelor's or Business Degree preferred.
• At least 2 years of experience in related management required.
• Food Safety Certified a plus.
• Demonstrated talent for interacting with a wide variety of people.
• Ability to effectively organize and coordinate multiple priorities; ability to work well as a team leader; ability to problem-solve.
• Strong customer service abilities; actively looks for ways to assist customers and coworkers.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit.
• Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.
• Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to stand for the entire work day and to climb steps regularly.
• Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
• Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
• Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
• Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced environment.
• Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.

EQUIPMENT USED

• Typical office equipment (computers, phone system, fax, copiers, scanners, among others).
• Food service equipment (pots and pans, stove, fridge, fryers, among others).

Founded in 1917, Guest Services has worked tirelessly to earn the reputation as the premier hospitality management company and National Park Service concessionaire in the United States. Guest Services takes great care and pride in providing best-in-class services across a wide variety of client sites including luxury communities, hotels, resorts, government and business dining facilities, full-service restaurants, state and national parks, outdoor recreation, boathouses, marinas, museums, conference centers, senior living communities, health care systems, school and university dining facilities, and specialty retail stores. Guest Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and promotion without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.