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Food Server

Cove Communities
Lakeland, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2026

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 Creekfire 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 a well-capitalized, progressive real estate company that acquires manufactured housing communities and RV resorts in Canada and 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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