Lifted | Restaurant Barback

Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at an innovative luxury hotel where creativity meets excellence in service! As a Restaurant Barback, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our guests receive personalized service while supporting our bartenders. This role offers a unique opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of service. With a culture that values fun, inclusion, and growth, you will be part of a team that is dedicated to creating memorable experiences for our guests. If you are passionate about hospitality and eager to grow your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Complimentary Meals

Health Insurance

Matching 401(k)

Generous Paid Time Off

Discounted Associate Rates

Qualifications

• Hands-on food and beverage knowledge required.
• Must have relevant bar experience in a large hotel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain service standards and compliance with health regulations.
• Assist bartenders and ensure guest satisfaction.

Skills

Food and Beverage Knowledge

Guest Engagement

Communication Skills

Positive Demeanor

Ability to Work Under Pressure

Education

High School Diploma

Serve Safe Certification

Tools

Micros POS System

Payroll Systems

Job description

Location

The 1,054-room Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is the newest luxury hotel in the City of Boston, and the most significant hotel project in the city for the last forty years. The property features seven outlets for drinking and dining, a signature spa, fitness center, and rooftop pool. It boasts more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and caters to the most discerning clientele.

Job Description

Grab the reigns and help shape the future of the Seaport’s best kept secret! Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the Hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity.

The Restaurant Barback is responsible for delivering excellence in guest service by supporting servers in providing personalized service, anticipating, and delivering guests’ needs. The Barback comprehends the cocktail/beverage menus, anticipates the needs of the bartenders to ensure all products and supplies are present.

Responsibilities

• Consistent maintenance and refinement of service standards. Ensures compliance with all hotel standards and local laws.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and sanitation awareness standards. Prepare daily for health department and Ecosure inspections.
• Must have knowledge of a variety of alcoholic beverages, must retain and maintain complete knowledge of all food and beverage menu items.
• Perform all banquet side work as assigned by management including but not limited to the cleaning of bar and beverage equipment, cleaning of portable bars and back bars, walls, and carpets surrounding assigned work area.
• Ensure positive guest service and respond positively to complaints, taking all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return guests.
• Assist in the controlling of food and beverage quantities by avoiding over/under preparing.
• Assist with set up and break down of all the banquet bar areas.
• Attend all required department trainings and meetings.
• Perform any other duties required by leadership.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have hands-on food and beverage knowledge and a comprehensive, working knowledge of the hospitality business.
• A minimum of relevant bar experience in a large convention hotel is strongly preferred.
• Ability to always maintain a positive and professional demeanor and composure.
• Proven ability to engage guests at all levels. Must be passionate about providing warm, engaging, and personalized service.
• Ability to clearly and pleasantly communicate both verbally and in writing in English with guests, management, and co-workers.
• Must be able to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and be able to handle multiple priorities.
• Computer literacy to include Payroll systems, Micros, POS systems
• Serve Safe certified | Unexpired TIPs required.

PERKS AND BENEFITS:

• A culture of fun, inclusion, and growth
• Complimentary meals
• Health Insurance and matching 401(k) after one year
• Generous Paid Time Off offered after 90 days
• Performance-driven, ALL-IN culture
• Discounted associate rates at Omni properties nationwide

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity employer - vets/disability. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement are available using the following links:EEOC is the Law Posterand the following link is theOFCCP's Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination policy statement

If you are interested in applying for employment with Omni Hotels & Resorts and need special assistance to apply for a posted position, please send an email [e-mail].

Source: Hospitality Online