Lead Banquet Housemen

Ocean State Job Lot; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a lead banquet houseman to join their dynamic team. This role involves overseeing banquet setups, ensuring cleanliness, and training new staff in a fun, engaging environment. With opportunities for advancement and a comprehensive benefits package, this position is perfect for someone with strong leadership skills and a passion for hospitality. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and enjoy working with a team, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Health Care

Tuition Reimbursement

Ongoing Training

Bi-annual Bonuses

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift items up to 75 pounds.
• Strong proficiency in written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead the housemen team in banquet setups and training.
• Ensure cleanliness and organization of all banquet areas.
• Monitor banquet event orders and assist culinary staff as needed.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Stewarding Equipment

Job description

“FireKeepers offers a FUN work environment and an attractive benefits package with comprehensive health care, bi-annual discretionary incentive bonuses, tuition reimbursement, ongoing training and opportunities for advancement, and SO much more!”

As a lead banquet housemen, you are responsible for the maintenance and organizing all banquet rooms, hallways, storage and service areas are kept to our departmental standards. You are required to setup all banquet rooms per the specification of a banquet event order, and tear down all events after conclusion. Responsible for training all new banquet housemen on our setup policies and procedures. Ensuring that all housemen are completing all assigned tasks and banquet event orders are set properly. All duties are to be performed in accordance with Tribal, federal, state, local laws, regulations, and ordinances, as well as department and company policies, practices, and procedures.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following is a list of the main duties and responsibilities. However, other duties may be assigned as deemed necessary by management. All duties must be performed in accordance with Tribal, Federal, and other applicable requirements, organizational specific policies, procedures and practices.

• Responsible for leading the housemen team in all aspects of banquets setups throughout property. Responsible for the training of all new housemen on all shifts, and training on any new policies and procedures that are added.
• Review all banquet event orders and assignments with the stewarding supervisor on duty and ensures all banquet housemen are completing all assigned duties.
• Monitors the proper setup all banquet rooms to the specifications requested per the banquet event order.
• Acts as a food runner or busser as needed, assists banquet and culinary staff as needed, Perform other duties as assigned, including assisting other departments as needed.
• Monitors and maintains cleanliness of all banquet storage areas, hallways and function rooms on a daily basis.
• Ensures that all event rooms and storage rooms are cleaned and organized and are up to par with our departmental standards.
• Responsible for the cleaning of all banquet equipment and displays including banquet event dishes. Monitors all banquet housemen to ensure these tasks are completed.
• Assists banquet and culinary staff as needed.
• Is able to carry or move items up to 75 pounds
• Must be able to meet timelines in completion of all banquet set-ups.
• Operates and trains banquet housemen on a variety of stewarding equipment (i.e.: shop vacs, steamers, floor scrubbers).
• Perform other duties as assigned, including assisting other departments as needed.
• Maintains a constant awareness of safety and accident prevention.
• Promotes and maintains the highest level of guest service to all guests while staying alert to their needs.
• Maintains the highest level of confidentiality.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record as outlined in the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Attendance Policy.
• Outstanding example of and a credit to FireKeepers Casino Hotel.

An applicant’s education, training and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the ability to successfully perform each of the essential duties and responsibilities satisfactorily. FireKeepers reserves the right to verify the sufficiency of a candidate’s education, training and competencies through the interview process, testing and methods.

The requirements listed below are generally representative of the education, experience, and skills and/or abilities required to enable one to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities:

• I can perform the essential functions of this jobwithoutaccommodations
• I can do this jobwithaccommodations *supporting documentation will be required as pursuant to Tribal Code*

Proficiency in both written and verbal English communication is required.

Strong attention to detail skills.

GENERAL OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

One year experience in a banquet setup position.

High School Diploma or GED.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.Proficiency in both written and verbal English communication is required.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimal, and work with mathematical such as probability and statistical inference.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, a Team Member is regularly required to talk or to hear. The Team Member is also regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls. A Team Member is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, and to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Often required to lift items up to 75 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work is performed throughout all areas of the facility where the noise level varies from quiet to loud depending upon business.

INDIAN PREFERENCE

Indian preference will be applied in the selection of qualified applicants in accordance with the NHBP Indian Preference in Employment Code, which affords employment preferences to NHBP Tribal citizens, parents or spouses of NHBP citizens and other Native Americans. For purposes of this preference, NHBP law defines "Native American" as: (a) an enrolled member of any other federally-recognized Indian tribes; (b) an enrolled member of a Canadian Indian tribe or First Nation; or (c) an enrolled member of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians or the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians.

FireKeepers Casino Hotel reserves the right to make changes to the above job description as necessary.

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