Description

Perks/Privileges of Employment:

• Year Round employment
• 152 hours of Paid Time Off if FT, Year Round employment status
• Affordable furnished housing, if working a minimum of 35 hours/week or more
• Health, Dental & Life & Vision Insurances, plus 401k Employer Match of up to $2,000 annually--if FT, Year-Round employment status
• Employer-sponsored monthly events such as Avalanche, Rockies & Nuggets games, Zip-lining, Snow-tubing, Hiking, Bowling, Recreation Center, etc.
• Employer-sponsored Softball and Hockey leagues
• Wellness Program opportunities including meditation, complimentary daily Yoga, trail running & mountain-biking workshops
• 25% discounts at all Devil's Thumb Ranch restaurants, activities including Trail Rides, and Spa Treatments
• Overtime for hours worked over 40/week
• Discounted Winter Park Ski Resort season pass (available annually in season) or 1/2 price Grand Park Rec Center Pass
• Referral bonus of $250 if we hire someone you refer

"The mountains are calling and I must go..." for more than just a weekend! Join a growing, fast-paced team of hardworking, passionate, and adventurous individuals who strive to improve themselves and the Ranch every day. From multiple food & beverage outlets, to the stables, to the Spa, Devil's Thumb Ranch offers many "spokes" of opportunity to keep the wagon wheel turnin'.

Our mission at Devil’s Thumb Ranch is to offer guests and employees the true, premier Colorado experience. Working here means surrounding yourself with the great outdoors and the rugged individualism the West has always been known for. Living in Grand County offers opportunities to visit Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Lake, Lake Granby and Winter Park Ski Resort. From epic mountain biking to the growing music scene, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strengthen your skills across a variety of departments in an incredible setting.

By joining the team, you'll benefit from some of the same special experiences that make the Ranch an unsurpassed guest retreat: access to hiking and Nordic ski trails, discounts at all restaurant outlets, and fun, free employee events. Other great perks that come with the gig include: discounts on lodging, activities, meals and spa treatments, along with transitional affordable housing and free shuttle service.

Devil's Thumb Ranch is the choice Colorado employer that you have been searching for. Join us!

Principal Purpose of Job: The banquet server and bartender is responsible for taking the guests through the key phase of their banquet experience. As a Devil’s Thumb Ranch banquet server and bartender, you will be assuming the role of tour guide, communicator, decision-maker, entertainer, curator and rancher (at heart). The banquet server and bartender is responsible for serving food and beverage to guests according to established sequence of service and answering questions pertaining to food preparation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Answering questions regarding preparation of food
• Running food to tables, operating bars as needed
• Handling cash & other forms of payment
• Making proficient sales transactions when required (as an example - cash bar sales) - using a point-of-sale system
• Properly checks I.D.s – for guests who appear to be under 30 years old
• Demonstrating responsible alcohol service according to T.I.P.S certification standards
• Demonstrating impeccable product knowledge
• Properly reading items printed on Banquet Event Orders (BEOs) and executing event orders as prescribed
• Satisfying any/all needs of the guests - regularly checking back with guests throughout their experience
• Maintaining a clean & organized event space– including pre-bussing & table maintenance
• Properly labeling, dating, covering and refrigerating prepped items
• Properly labeling, covering, and keeping hot items hot
• Performing opening, closing & side duties – setting up/breaking down station, etc.
• Properly controlling liquor, beer, and wine inventory
• Demonstrating knowledge of all table/station numbers
• Directing guests to areas & restrooms
• Effectively communicating with co-workers (team members, captains, management, and kitchen teams)
• Entertaining guests to create memorable experiences
• Supporting and contributing to the mission and overall success of Devil’s Thumb Ranch by accomplishing performance objectives focused on guest experiences at events.
• Being Ranch Ambassadors for the guests and know and be able to support Ranch-Wide knowledge to the guests.
• Ensuring Ranch Mission is accomplished
• Helps set up, refresh, and tear down event spaces
• Other duties and responsibilities include seating, making drinks and being a team player.
• Informs Banquet Captain/Banquet Manager of upkeep and maintenance needs of event spaces
• Works with Banquet Captains, and Banquet Manager to ensure execution of events, quality of service, and operation of events in the department.
• Flexible to support other outlets on property as needed/scheduled.

Requirements

Personal Attributes: 

• Hard working, courteous, able to work under minimal supervision
• Must be at least 21 years old
• Maintaining a well-groomed appearance (“having a plan”)
• Practicing all safety & sanitation standards
• Remaining calm in a hectic, fast-paced atmosphere
• Displaying a positive and outwardly friendly attitude toward guests and co-workers

Physical Demands: 

• Performing duties which require bending & reaching
• Lifting Boxes, general cleaning, set up, walking a lot, etc.
• Lifting & transporting up to 50-pound containers from dry storage & beer coolers
• Standing, for up to 8 hours
• Following all uniform guidelines
• Practicing all safety & sanitation standards
• Recycling products, where possible

Education/Experience: 2 - 3 years in a Food and Beverage position

Special Skills/Equipment: Demonstrating a high level of organization, attention-to-detail and a sense-of-urgency. 

Wage Range: 1$0.63/hr Tips

The position you are being hired for is an all inclusive “Food & Beverage Staff” position. Although you are signing this Bartender job description, once validated, you may also be cross-trained in other areas such as Heck's or Ranch House Restaurant Back Server, Server, and Bartender positions. These positions may become rotated responsibilities and used as volume and/or staffing needs dictate. Please see the Server, Back Server and Bartender job descriptions for more details and information.

The statements contained in this job description reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility. It should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas to cover absences of relief, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise balance the workload.

Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.