Catering Bartender

Jack Allens Kitchen 360

Catering Bartender

Position Summary:

The Bartender employee is accountable for setting up a full bar at an offsite event. Duties include continuously maintaining the Bar Top, Bar Well, giving approaching guests attentive bar top service and making drinks to company standards in the well. Maintaining the Bar department includes but not limited to fulfilling bar well orders, prepping enough garnishes and juices. Collecting money from bar guests and for orders received when appropriate. Meeting timing and quality standards set in place for your restaurant brand. Always showing generous hospitality to guests. Maintains a team player mentality for executing high quality events.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensures exceptional customer service and hospitality is provided to the internal team and customers for offsite events.
• Responsible for continuously managing the Bar orders by getting drinks to where they are going quickly, and exceptional customer service throughout the scheduled shift.
• Maintains a clean and organized Bar cooler, and bar area, including but not limited to sanitation standards to ensure staff safety, clean surfaces, clean bar top and refilling product as needed.
• Assists with restocking tasks to ensure a constant inventory of beverages from the cooler and clean glassware for employees to use.
• Ensures guests are happy with their food, service, and beverages.
• Follows TABC standards, maintains TABC Certification, does not serve people to the point of intoxication, and does not serve already intoxicated people.
• Maintains required Food Handler certification and follows food safety protocols.
• Only serves alcohol to people 21 years of age or older.
• Other duties as assigned/required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA):

• Strong customer service skills.
• Quick problem solving skills for setting up events offsite.
• Ability to maintain clean and hygienic work areas in accordance with Jack Allen’s Kitchen, Day Maker Half Day Café and Salt Trader and health code standards.
• Passion and knowledge for wine, beer, and spirits.
• Knowledge of food sanitation and safety principles and practices.
• Strong communication, organizational, multitasking, and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Education, Certifications, and Licenses 

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Texas Food Handler’s License
• TABC Certified

Experience

• 1 years prior offsite bartending experience preferred

What We Offer:

• Flexible scheduling
• Competitive Pay
• Meal Benefits
• Employee Referral Program
• Training and Career Growth Opportunities

Working Conditions

The working conditions for this position include an indoor climate-controlled environment with minimal health and safety hazards. Hot plates and hot heat lamps in kitchen work area. Working conditions outdoors includes in the sun and/ or covered tents in hot or cold weather environments. This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, multitask, perform simple and repetitive tasks, attain precise attention to detail, control the work pace, follow instructions, work under supervision, handle confrontational situations, and work alone or in a group. Environmental conditions include working in an indoor setting with exposure to noise, congested areas, slippery surfaces, sharp edges, and handling sharp, hot, cold, and wet objects. Tobacco-free environment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements for this position primarily involve constant walking and standing and frequent bending forward and twisting at the waist, reaching above/below shoulder and chest level, elbow and wrist flexion and extension, neck twisting/turning/tilting, and foot pedal action. Carrying a large and small tray weighing up to 30 lbs over your shoulder is required. Heavy lifting over 40lbs may include tables, chairs, ice buckets, ice chests, hot boxes, glass racks, plate stacks, portable tents and other items needed for offsite catering events. Occasional crouching, kneeling, and reaching behind the body. The individual in this position must have fine motor skills. Sensory demands include hearing, speech, vision, spatial perception, and tactile.