What are the responsibilities and job description for the The Pool - Food Runner position at Meruelo Group?
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Communicate with guests professionally, answering questions and offering assistance when possible.
· Possess a strong attention to detail maintaining the cleanliness of the bars, pool, and surrounding areas.
· Comprehensive knowledge of all menus, offering alternatives and suggestive upselling when possible.
· Providing superior service while accurately accommodating all food and beverage requests.
· Helps assist servers, bartenders, bar helpers and kitchen staff in performance of their daily job functions.
· Maintain proper and adequate set-up of food service areas and kitchen on a daily basis including before, during, and after shift.
· Accurately and efficiently operate a Point of Sale System (POS), creating checks for all guests appropriately billing, and closing out all transactions.
· Perform specific tasks related to the food runner station and kitchen including organizing, ordering, stocking, food expo, serving, busing and cleaning before, during, and after shift.
· Execute set-up, break down, and daily maintenance of all food service areas and stations.
· Adhere to Health Department standards at all times as well as promoting a neat, clean and organized environment.
· Attend and participate in all meetings as required.
· Any other duties as assigned within the scope of this position.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
· Ability to operate a cash register, calculator, telephone, and credit card machine to complete guest transactions.
· Ability of simple reading and task completion skills is required.
· Must have the following skills: coordination, analyzing, instructing, precision working, following instructions, memorization, problem solving, independent judgment, and decision making.
· Flexible to work all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekend hours as business needs dictate.
· Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
· Previous hospitality or pool setting experience or any combination of education, training, or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
· While performing the duties of this job, the team member is constantly standing, walking, reaching overhead, bending over, crouching, kneeling, and balancing during the duration of their shift.
· Must be able to push/pull and lift/carry 25lbs or less constantly and 75lbs or less occasionally.
· The team member will constantly have repetitive use of both feet. Team member will constantly have repetitive use of their dominant hand, occasional use of their non-dominant hand, and frequent light grasping motions. Team member will have occasional use of firm/strong grasping motion. Finger dexterity of both hands will be frequently required.
· Constant use of vision abilities is required including distance, depth perception, field of vision, and color vision.
· 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 the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
· Work performed outdoors, frequently with and around others. Team Member will perform work face-to-face including verbal contact with others on extended shifts in possible confined areas around computer equipment, mechanical devices, and other electrical devices.
· Team Member may be around flame/heat generated devices.
· The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
· Team Member may be exposed to extreme heat/cold, wet and/or humid conditions, vibrations, slippery surfaces, moving objects, dirt/dust, odor and/or secondhand smoke.
· Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.