Restaurant Support Staff

Southern Yacht Club; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 11,000 - 16,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

PTO

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans seeks a courteous banquet server to ensure prompt and polite service to members and guests. You will assist servers, carry trays, and help prepare and reset service stations for meals and banquets.

Responsibilities include delivering food quickly, maintaining station cleanliness, and coordinating with kitchen staff to match items to orders. A food handler's permit and alcohol certification are required. Flexible schedule Wednesday through Sunday offered.

Qualifications

• Food handler's permit required.
• Alcoholic beverage certification required.
• Must be of legal age to serve alcoholic beverages.
• Ability to stand for long periods and work in a hot, noisy environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between the kitchen and servers and ensure timely, polite service.
• Set up and clear service stations, tables, and banquet areas.
• Assist servers and batch tasks during dining and banquets.
• Inspect equipment and report maintenance.
• Prepare function spaces per Banquet Event Orders.

Skills

Food service

Customer service

Job description

Reports to: Clubhouse Manager

Supervises: No supervisory duties are included in this position.

Job Knowledge, Core Competencies and Expectations

• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions; skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform required role during emergency situations.

Job Summary (Essential Functions)

Ensures prompt and polite service to the members and guests. Serves as the liaison between the kitchen and servers. Carries food trays to appropriate tables and serves food to guests. Responsible for preparing service stations, clearing and resetting tables, removing all trays from the dining/banquet rooms and cleaning and closing service stations.

Job Tasks/Duties

• Assists servers.
• Ensures all service stations in the kitchen are stocked and ready for service.
• Ensures plated hot food leaves the kitchen quickly.
• Carefully matches all food items to correct orders.
• Carries food trays to tables using the correct seat positions on the ticket
• Maintains cleanliness of service stations in kitchen while ensuring that the kitchen is free from clutter and that the kitchen floor is a clean and safe work area.
• Ensures that bread, soup and other food products are available.
• Ensures that all items in “to go” orders are correctly assembled and labels them by stapling the ticket to the bag.
• Wipes up spills or drips on the rims of dishes and ensures the consistency of plate presentation.
• Assists Server Assistants in the dining room with clearing soiled dishes, filling waters and setting the dining room.
• Breaks down and cleans service stations in the kitchen at the end of the shift.
• Reports complaints to manager on duty when received.
• Opens meeting rooms and function areas prior to the start of the meetings and functions.
• Empties trash from meeting rooms and function areas.
• Verifies that all scheduled functions are set according to Banquet Event Order specifications.
• Responsible for the cleanliness and order of all public areas adjacent to banquet functions.
• Responsible for storing equipment and materials properly and in the correct areas.
• Ensures that all storerooms and equipment storage areas are orderly and clean.
• Sets up indoor meeting and outdoor banquet function areas with the appropriate equipment and materials, including tables, chairs, glasses, china and any other items requested.
• Inspects equipment for defects, cleanliness or any maintenance that needs to be completed and reported to supervisor.
• Sets lighting, props, floral arrangement, decorations, etc., as specified in the Banquet Event Orders.
• Responsible for setting coffee breaks according to Food and Beverage standards.
• Retrieves and returns function linens to proper locations.
• Prepares all banquet functions for the following day according to the supervisor’s directions and Banquet Event Order.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Licenses and Special Requirements

• Food handler’s permit.
• Alcoholic beverage certification.
• Of legal age to serve alcoholic beverages.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Required to stand for long periods and walk, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, stretc,
and twist or reach.

• Push, pull or lift up to 50 pounds.
• Continuous repetitive motions.
• Work in hot, humid and noisy environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Hourly: From $10 per hour + tips
• Full time employees receive
• PTO
• Health, Dental, Disability insurance, Vision
• Flexible schedule - Wednesday - Sunday
• Meals