Restaurant Server

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - KRMM hospitality; Little Falls (MN); On-site; USD 13,776 - 20,664; Part time

Job summary

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - KRMM hospitality in Little Falls, Minnesota is looking for team members to provide excellent service while maintaining cleanliness and efficiency in the restaurant. The role involves interacting with guests to ensure a positive dining experience and executing various responsibilities under the guidance of the Manager on Duty.

No experience is required, and foundational skills in customer service and sanitation will be provided through training. The position demands extensive standing and walking and may involve lifting trays and food products.

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate clearly.
• Must have time-management skills.
• Basic skills such as sanitation and safety can be taught through in-house training.

Responsibilities

• Provides friendly and efficient service to guests.
• Maintains cleanliness of dining area and service stations.
• Anticipates guests' needs and enhances dining experience.

Skills

Customer service skills

Sanitation knowledge

Time management

Job description

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Provides friendly and efficient service in a timely manner to guests according to company policies, procedures, programs and performance standards. Shows guests genuine hospitality while providing them with a memorable experience. Looks professional and displays sincerity with a positive, friendly attitude. Performs all duties to maximize guest satisfaction and quality of work environment as directed by the Manager on Duty.

POSITION ACTIVITIES AND TASKS

• Guest Interactions
• Reports to work well‑groomed, in clean and proper uniform and at all times practices good personal hygiene.
• Greets guests in a courteous and respectable way when seated at station.
• Welcomes guests immediately upon seating with a non‑scripted greeting.
• Using acquired menu knowledge, offers menu suggestions, answers questions and anticipates guests’ needs.
• Deliver Hot Food – checks completed food orders for accuracy, appearance and temperature, delivers to the table immediately.
• Deliver Perkins Service – shows a desire to please with genuine hospitality, personality and specific suggestions at every step. Actively engages guests who have concerns and remedies them. Ensures that each guest is 100% satisfied with their dining experience.
• Clean – keeps tables/station, pantry line area and dining room common areas clean. Completes assigned Perkins cleaning system duties.
• Attends to any additional guests’ needs or requests.
• Maintains dining area – pre‑bussing, detailing, etc.
• Maintains cleanliness of the eater’s stations and pantry.
• Performs side work during shift downtime including but not limited to rolling silverware, restocking cleaning workstations and bussing tables, etc.
• Executes the service cycle and team responsibilities at all times. Ensures 100% guest satisfaction on every visit.
• Communicates with Manager on Duty and coworkers regarding product/service deficiencies, equipment, safety problems, etc.
• Keeps General Manager and Manager on Duty informed of problems and/or issues and proposes alternative solutions for consideration.
• Processes Orders.
• Writes guest check and/or operates POS equipment pursuant to company policies.
• Anticipates, identifies and corrects system breakdowns to achieve maximum guest satisfaction.
• Assists Team Members.
• Maintains service stations, garnish line, service bar and common areas of the restaurant.
• Restocks service station with glasses, tea, ice and plates.
• Restocks garnish line.
• Fills condiments.
• Sorts, polishes and rolls silverware.
• Cleans mirrors and artifacts.
• Runs food for all servers to ensure hot food is served hot.
• Maintains cleanliness of dining room and pantry area.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / ENVIRONMENT / WORKING CONDITIONS

• Extensive standing and walking for up to 8 hours.
• Must be able to see at a distance (20) feet, at close range (12 inches), distinguish between shapes and utilize peripheral vision to avoid hazards.
• Must be able to communicate clearly.
• Exposure to heat, steam, smoke, cold.
• Reaching heights of approximately 6 feet and depths of 2½‑3 feet.
• Must have high level of mobility/flexibility in the space provided.
• Must have time‑management skills.
• Must be able to read, write and perform addition/subtraction calculations.
• Must be able to control and utilize fingers to write, slice, chop and operate equipment.
• Must be able to fit through openings 30" wide.
• Must be able to work irregular hours under heavy pressure/stress during busy times.
• Bending, reaching, walking.
• Carrying trays of food products weighing about 50 pounds for distances up to 30 feet.
• Lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Exposure to dish and cleaning chemicals.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives direction and training from Manager on duty as to the specific procedures and assignments.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIRED

Basic skills such as sanitation, safety, and customer service can be taught through in‑house training.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

None

Disclaimer

This position description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.