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Food Server

Cove Communities
Lakeland, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/21/2026

Join the team at Cypress Lakes Village as a Food & Beverage Server, delivering exceptional guest service in a fast-paced, friendly environment. Responsibilities include taking and serving food orders, maintaining cleanliness, handling payments, and ensuring guest satisfaction. Ideal candidates are customer-focused, dependable, and available to work nights and weekends. ServSafe certification preferred. Be part of a team that values hospitality, integrity, and making every moment count.
Hiring part-time and full-time.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • To be an Ambassador for Cove Communities and Cypress at all times by choosing your attitude each day and committing to a culture of service, hospitality, and accountability.
  • To treat all internal and external customers with respect, embrace your role as a problem solver who is committed to continual improvement, and exceed guest expectations by living Cove’s Core Values.
  • Greets all guests in a professional and courteous manner.
  • Provides a high level of service when assisting customers in ordering and delivering food orders according to established protocols.
  • Coordinates and communicates any special dietary requirement of guests to the kitchen.
  • Maintains a clean and sanitary work station.
  • Develops and maintain friendly relationship with regular patrons of the restaurant.
  • Coordinates with kitchen staff and customers and ensure timely delivery of all services.
  • Works to meet revenue goals by establishing and maintaining a complete course of order to customers including salad, drinks and main course.
  • Must be efficient in cash handling procedures, and maintain a working knowledge of the POS system and its functions including but not limited to credit card and gift card transactions.
  • Makes sure that all daily revenue and server tip reports are reconciled and given to accounting at the end of every day.
  • Ensures that checklists, requisitions and proper opening and closing functions are being completed each shift.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Abilities

  • Superior customer service skills; previous serving experience preferred
  • ServSafe certification or willingness to obtain
  • Must be able to lift fifty pounds on a regular basis and able to withstand long periods of time on your feet
  • Ability to function well at a high pace, sometimes high-stress environment
  • Comfortable effectively communicating with all levels of guests and staff
  • Nights and weekend work required

Living Our Core Values

Our Core Values are a way of life, not just empty promises. We’re searching for Team Members who:

  • Love what they do to make our guests’ dreams come true and shows it through delivering service excellence authentically.
  • Continually raise the bar by investing in their own personal development and looking for innovative ways to exceed our guests’ expectations.
  • Make every moment count, so our Team Members look forward to coming to work every day and our guests look forward to creating new memories on their return visits.
  • Consistently do the right thing for our Team Members and guests by keeping promises and delivering on commitments, building trust along the way.
  • Demonstrate kindness by following the ‘Golden Rule’, ensuring that Team Members and guests have a voice and feel valued.

 

About Cove Communities

Cove Communities is well capitalized, progressive real estate company that acquires manufactured housing communities and RV resorts in the US. The founders of the company have a track record of building and managing dynamic, fast-growing companies with exciting upward mobility and remuneration for those Team Members that propel results.

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