Server Bartender ("Mesero/Cantinero")

Server Bartender ("Mesero/Cantinero")

AC Element Phoenix City North - Phoenix, AZ 85054

We're building the Pre-Opening Team for the exciting new dual-brand AC Hotel by Marriott & Element by Westin, opening in Phoenix in Q4 2026 and we're looking for passionate, talented, and hospitality-driven individuals ready to make an impact!

With 240 guestrooms across two distinctive brands, AC Kitchen & Patio, the AC Lounge, Element's signature Rise breakfast, and more than 6,000 sq. ft. of meeting and event space, this is your chance to help bring an extraordinary new hospitality experience to life!

Provide friendly, courteous, and efficient quality presentation of food and beverage service to all guests. Clean and set tables in the outlet and perform other food service-related duties, including set up and general cleaning.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Greet all guests in a welcoming and friendly manner.
• Take guest food and beverage orders.
• Describe menu items, ingredients, and methods of preparation. Suggest menu products to customers.
• Prepare alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for guests and other servers for table delivery.
• Clear, clean, and reset tables as needed.
• Verify customers identification and confirm it meets legal drinking age.
• Ensure that minors and intoxicated persons are not served alcoholic beverages.
• Perform opening and closing procedures, and side work duties according to station rotation assignment to ensure tables and side stands are kept stocked, tidy and clean.
• Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies.
• Provide opening and closing inventory of spirits.
• Ensure that all liquor, beer and wine product is put away safely and always secured.
• Assist with recipe batching, ice molding, liquor infusions, washing and preparing garnishes, etc.
• Ensure that taps, coolers, and other appliances like blenders or coffee makers are clean and in working order.
• Maintain the cleanliness of the restaurant area through disposing of all waste, clearing, and cleaning all glassware, and wiping down service and preparation areas.
• Participate in the deep cleaning of the outlet.
• Operate a cash register/POS and receive payment from customers in cash or credit card, accurately counts and provides change to customers as required, and follow all company's customer service and cash handling policies and procedures.
• Assist all guests professionally and courteously, with the highest quality of standards for customer service.
• All other duties assigned by manager or supervisor.

Supportive Functions:

• Assist with any guest inquiry.
• Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures.
• Report maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by direct and indirect Supervisors.

Physical Demands:

• Environmental conditions are inside, a job is considered inside if staff spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems.
• Must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10F) and kitchens (+110F), possible for one (1) hour or more.
• Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to four (4) hours in length.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other departments of the hotel on a timely basis.
• Must be able to lift up to 45 lbs. as needed.
• Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 250 lbs.
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening, and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Hearing, smelling, tasting, and visual ability to observe and distinguish product quality and detect signs of emergency situations.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with other staff, guests, and supervisors.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near and color vision and depth perception.
• Ability to work primarily with fingers to pick, pinch, type and carry out substantial movements (motions) of the wrists and hands as well.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand the primary language used in the workplace.
• Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must have excellent leadership capability and customer relations skills.
• Must be detail oriented with outstanding organizational and communication skills.
• Must possess basic computer skills.
• Must possess basic computational ability.
• Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy and collect accurate information to resolve conflicts.
• Knowledgeable about basic function of Windows OS, MS Office, PMS, and POS.
• Self-driven and able to work independently.
• Knowledge of table and bar service.
• Knowledge of spirits, beer, wine, and flavor profiles.

Education:

High school or equivalent education required.

Experience:

• One to three years food service experience preferred.
• Micros POS experience preferred

Licenses or Certifications:

• Must be at least 21 years of age to serve alcohol.
• Safe Server Alcohol & Food Handlers certification required.

Grooming:

All Staff Members must maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance per Azul Hospitality standards. Refer to the property specific required grooming and uniform standards policy.

Attendance:

Regular attendance in conformance with the standards, which may be established by Azul Hospitality, from time to time, is essential to the successful performance of this position. Staff with irregular attendance / tardiness will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, staff members may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the hotel. In addition, attendance at all scheduled training sessions and meetings is required.