Dining Room Attendant - Full-time / Part-time

General Responsibilities:

• Provides fast, friendly, professional and responsive customer service to dining guests, food servers and dining host/hostess.
• Provides personalized service during guest interactions.
• Removes dirty dishes, linen, glassware and flatware from table and counter tops, and transports items to designated area.
• Wipes counter areas, sinks and floors as required to maintain a clean and safe work station.
• Maintains cleanliness of designated areas as directed in accordance with established health and safety standards.
• Deep cleans food and beverage equipment (coffee machines, soda and juice dispensers, ice bins), service stations and refrigerators as scheduled or required.
• Operates and maintains equipment as required in accordance with established guidelines and safety procedures.
• Removes and properly disposes of all debris accumulated in dining room and service stations in accordance with department procedures.
• Maintains par levels of operating supplies (china, flatware, glassware, utensils), condiments and paper supplies for each service station, obtaining replacement stock from inventory room in accordance with procedure.
• Reset tables with silverware, linen, napkins and glassware in accordance with established dining room table top specifications.
• Assists servers in their duties (e.g., refills water glasses and coffee cups, helps serve food orders, attends to guest needs) as required.
• Follow defined food sanitation guidelines in preparation of food product and maintaining work environment.
• Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
• Complies with all Sodexo HACCP, safety/ risk management policies and procedures and all other policies and procedures.
• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner and participates in safety meetings, trainings and hazard assessments.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Experience/Knowledge:

High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience preferred.

0 to 1 year related work experience.

Skills/Aptitude:

• Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
• Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.
• Ability to provide clear directions and respond to employees.
• Basic food-handling skills.

General Qualifications:

• Willingness to be open to learning and growing, maintains a positive attitude and maturity of judgment and behavior.

• Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance and must comply with any dress code requirements.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful but must attend work and show up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.

Physical Requirements:

• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.
• Significant walking or other means of mobility and ability to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 8 hours).
• Ability to reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull, and frequently lift up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move 40 pounds.