Bartender Front Yard

Job Description

Job Description

Ellis Island Casino, Hotel & Brewery is looking for a new Bartender! We have over 800 hard-working and passionate employees throughout our 17 locations. Serving the Las Vegas community for over 50 years, we exist to provide opportunity, inspiration, and stability for our employees and their families through our success and growth. We offer medical, dental, and vision benefits for all of our full-time employees! Other benefits include a 401(k) program, PTO, and much more.

Position Summary

The Bartender is responsible for greeting customers, taking orders, mixing ingredients such as liquor, soda, water, and sugar to prepare cocktails and other drinks, and serving beer and other beverages. The Bartender will complete transactions, communicate ticket times and potential problems to the manager on duty and the servers as necessary, provide the highest quality of service to customers and associates at all times and perform all other responsibilities as directed by the business or as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Must meet state minimum age for serving alcoholic beverages
• Must be able to obtain a gaming or non-gaming card, food handler safety training card, and an alcohol awareness card
• Requires at least 1 year of closely related bartending experience, work experience in high volume or fast-casual dining restaurant environment preferred
• Requires knowledge of beer, wine, and spirits as well as their preparation and presentation, keeping updated on new and revised beverage recipes
• Demonstrates the ability to interact with the public and coworkers in a friendly, enthusiastic, and outgoing manner
• Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and policy documents, as well as converse comfortably with customers
• Requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
• Must have cash handling experience using basic math skills
• Frequently immerses hands in water and water diluted with chemical solutions

Essential Functions

• Greets customers and take orders in a timely fashion
• Provides information about products
• Looks for an opportunity to ?up-sell? products
• Follows recipes and/or product directions for mixing beverages
• Collects payments and operates cash registers for drinks and/or food served following company established cash handling policies and procedures for all transactions; secures all monies at the end of each shift
• Follows alcohol awareness procedures for preventing intoxication and deals with intoxicated guests
• Follows all customer service, adult beverage, and cash handling policies and procedures
• Ensures a clean, sanitized, and well stocked bar
• Adheres to all company safety and sanitation policies and procedures
• Maintains sanitizer buckets and sanitizer logs

Physical Requirements

Fast-paced, high-volume environment involving constant public interaction. Must be able to stand or walk for an 8-hour shift. Must be able to stoop, bend and lift up to 30 pounds and must be able to tolerate secondary tobacco smoke.

Core Values

Service- Personalized, warm, and consistently exceptional customer service

Value- Committed to deliver quality products for great prices

Growth- Promote personal development and growth for all team members

Family- Create a family-like environment by staying close to our guests and our team members

Passion- Work with passion and enthusiasm every day

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions required of this position. Duties and/or responsibilities may be subject to revision to meet business needs.