Team Member - 10223

Pollo Tropical; Florida; On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Pollo Tropical is looking for Team Members to assist in food preparation and service, maintain a clean dining area, and provide a welcoming guest experience.

Responsibilities include greeting customers, taking orders, cooking and assembling food, stocking supplies, handling payments, and upholding safety and sanitation standards.

This role offers versatile opportunities across cashiers, cooks, servers, and host positions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to greet customers and take orders; respond to requests promptly.
• Ability to communicate with customers and coworkers effectively.
• Capacity to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Basic English speaking for roles involving customer contact.
• Familiarity with POS cash register and kitchen screen systems.

Responsibilities

• Greet and thank customers.
• Place customer food and beverage orders through verbal communication and/or automated systems.
• Relay orders from service counter to kitchen operations.
• Cook, prepare, package and pour food and beverages using kitchen equipment.
• Stock kitchen and service areas with necessary materials.
• Fill food and beverage orders as part of coordinated operations.
• Handle cash transactions and provide correct change.
• Maintain cleanliness of the restaurant interior and exterior.
• Comply with alcohol laws where applicable.
• Observe safety and sanitation procedures.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Multitasking

English proficiency

POS systems

Tools

POS Cash Register

Kitchen screens

Job description

Summary

Responsible for the completion of a variety of tasks relating to the preparation and service of food to customers, and to the maintenance of a clean and pleasant dining environment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Some or all of the following (with consideration of Child Labor Laws, where applicable)
• Greet and thank customers
• Place customer food and beverage orders through verbal communication and/or automated systems.
• Relay customer food and beverage orders from service counter to kitchen operations.
• Cook, prepare, package and pour food and beverages in kitchen operations by and and/or through the use of kitchen equipment, such as fryers, open-flamed gas grills, cooking vats, ice machines, food processors, and other smallwares while utilizing proper food safety and sanitation procedures.
• Stock kitchen and customer service operations with necessary food, beverage, packaging and service materials.
• Stock salsa bars with appropriate levels of sauces, condiments, paper and utensils.
• Fill food and beverage orders of customers as part of the coordinated kitchen and customer service operations.
• Collect customer payments and return proper change to customers through use of cash register.
• Unload deliveries of food, beverage, packaging and serving materials to restaurant.
• Clean the interior and exterior of the entire restaurant premises. Cleaning work shall entail sweeping and mopping floors, scrubbing, rinsing and polishing tables, seats, windows, doors, countertops, kitchenware, and kitchen equipment, and removing unused items from dining area and litter from the premises.
• Observes/follows alcoholic beverage laws, when applicable.
• Maintain safe public access to the restaurant.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications

An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Must have the ability to receive and respond promptly to requests, orders and instructions.
• Must have the ability to communicate with customers and coworkers.
• Must have the ability to comprehend and appropriately react to others.
• Must have the ability to perform multiple tasks.
• Must have the ability to adjust to changing assignments
• Must have the ability to maintain productivity, composure, and a pleasant attitude under pressure.
• Must be able to speak English in positions requiring immediate customer contact
• Must be able to learn POS Cash Register, Kitchen Screens, Recipes

Physical 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 essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand, walk, talk, or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel, and also to reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to grasp and carry items. The employee is periodically required to lift weight from 25 up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

Continuing variety of conditions depending upon season, day of week, and time of day.

Team Member | Cashier | Cook | Line Server | Grill | Host/Hostess

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.