Bartender

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Summary

The Rayleigh Underground is an upscale event center with a spectacular multipurpose venue located in the Toyota Music Factory in Irving. It’s a state-of-the-art entertainment center that hosts corporate events, DJs, live music, competitions, variety shows, speakers, weddings, parties, and family entertainment—just to name a few. It’s adjacent to our fast-casual brand, Kitchen 101. 

If you are looking for some spare cash, there are plenty of other places for you to find that. If you want to work somewhere you can actually make a difference in the company and your career, The Rayleigh Underground is the place for you. Our guests come to know and love us for our quality food, drinks and live entertainment atmosphere, but they come back because of the personal relationships they build with our friendly outgoing staff.

Our bartenders must have a grin ear to ear and an “I am a part of the winning team” attitude. Our bartenders are not order takers, they are experience makers. They don’t just make drinks…they engage in conversation with our guests, they know our cocktails and menu like the back of their hand, they are quick and accurate and can shake it up with the best of them! They have a salesmanship mentality, are friendly and fun, and have a knack to make a connection with everyone!

Come join a restaurant team where you are respected as an individual and get to be yourself, have fun, and fulfill your own goals to advance your career. The Rayleigh is the place to be! Unlike a double at your last job, this opportunity won't last forever.

If you want to mix it up with the The Rayleigh team, you’ll need to:

• Be a team player who is energetic, motivated, and outgoing
• Have a permanent smile with a can-do attitude
• Ooze a friendly personality with a positive outlook
• Have a passion for great beverages and genuine hospitality
• Have great communication and pay attention to the details
• Be reliable and punctual

At The Rayleigh, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

Here’s what we offer:

• A rockin’ good time with live music
• A fun and friendly atmosphere
• Discounted meals
• Schedule flexibility
• Opportunity to advance
• Referral bonus programs
• A family-like culture
• And more!

Job responsibilities include:

• Greeting guests with a genuine, upbeat, friendly, and unscripted welcome.
• Cultivating regular guests and repeat business and being the ambassador for the brand.
• Consistently preparing beverages according to standard recipes and venue specifications, abiding by all control systems.
• Preparing drink garnishes, fresh squeezed juices and bulk drink recipes.
• Successfully completing pour tests.
• Prioritizing and organizing drink orders, making them quickly and accurately.
• Maintaining cleanliness and organization of the bar.
• Monitoring guests for safe alcohol consumption, limit problems, liability and comply with all legal and company requirements for alcohol service.
• Taking beverage and food orders and entering them quickly and accurately into the POS.
• Offering incremental items like beverages, sides, extras, dessert, etc. with every order taken.
• Anticipating, identifying and fulfilling guest needs and clarifying special orders.
• Processing credit card and cash transactions quickly and accurately.
• Working with other staff members and having a servant mindset (it comes naturally to help other people).
• Staying calm under pressure and able to think on your feet if obstacles arise.
• Completing all opening, running and closing duties quickly and accurately.
• Performing cleaning tasks and help set up and breakdown for each shift.
• Learning and consistently adhering to food safety and sanitation procedures.
• Completing POS closing procedures bar checkouts.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of bartending experience.
• Food Handlers / TABC Certification in required states.
• Excellent sales and customer service skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to be teachable, coachable, and to take constructive feedback.
• Gets along well with others and has positive personality.
• Multitasking and time management skills/sense of urgency.
• Dresses for success and is well groomed.
• Has integrity, does the right thing when no one is looking.
• Able to reach, bend, stoop and frequently lift up to 40 lbs.
• Able to work in a standing position for long periods of time.
• Professional and friendly, even in tough situations.