Seagar's Bartender

Why Hilton Sandestin Beach?

At Hilton Sandestin Beach, we believe that exceptional service begins with an exceptional team. To deliver the best experiences for our guests, we seek out talented individuals who share our passion and vision. Our team members are the driving force behind everything we do, and their dedication is what allows us to create memorable moments for every guest. By joining Hilton Sandestin Beach, you become part of a community of leaders focused on your personal growth and long-term success.

What We Offer:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Free daily meal service (lunch or dinner)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

About the Role:

To utilize creative flair and passion for beverages while leading a team to provide exceptional guest experiences. Through leadership and innovation, create and execute new drinks and menus that will demonstrate the high quality of Seagar's.


Essential Functions:

• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner. Promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes, and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest. Ensures those served by other beverage servers are rung up by issuing drinks only per order receipt, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.
• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and ensures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all moneys.
• Locks up and stores all beverages, food, and other equipment items, deposits cash drops, and secures bank. Saves empty bottles for returns & requisitions. Maintains an impeccably organized bar and workspace.
• Creates industry leading cocktail menus while balancing innovation with speed and efficiency.
• Maintains stock. Cuts and stores all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.
• Increases the quality of the bar service by leading the staff and ensuring we are utilizing and executing all standards to our fullest.
• Maintains the same level of fine-dining service standards as the dining room, ensuring every guest enjoys the "Seagar's experience."

Supportive Functions:

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, at the discretion of the manager based on the particular requirements of the hotel.

• Performs general cleaning tasks using standard hotel cleaning products, as assigned by your supervisor, to adhere to health standards.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as requested, including special guest requests and support of other Food and Beverage Outlets.
• Adheres to all State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests to ensure all laws are being followed.
• Other duties, as assigned, such as assisting security with disorderly guests.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

• Must have extensive knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.
• Must understand the trend in cocktail recipes and spirits, along with an understanding of what liquors can be mixed.
• Must have knowledge of seasonal ingredients and how to use them to create a high-quality seasonal menu.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.
• Basic English language writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions, balance sheets, and vouchers.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.
• Ability to read, speak, and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.
• Ability to remember, recite, and promote the variety of menu items.
• Ability to operate beverage equipment such as blenders.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point-of-sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check.
• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time.

Qualifications:

Education:

Any combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. High school diploma preferred.

Experience:

Bartending experience required. Must be at least 21 years of age or older (please see Food & Beverage Bartender Addendum).

Licenses and Certificates:

Ability to obtain any government required license or certificate. CPR Certification and/or First Aid Training preferred.

More about the Company:

Due to the seasonal and business nature of the hospitality industry, employees may be required to work varying schedules and hours to reflect the staffing needs of the hotel.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other tasks be performed when circumstance changes in the hotel (i.e.: emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological developments.)

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.