Job Description

Division/Department: Food and Beverage

Job Title: Barback

Reports To: Bar Supervisor

Type of position: Non-Exempt

Classification: Seasonal

Location: Tucson, AZ

Compensation: $15.00 - $16.00 per hour Plus Tips

Job Summary: Old Tucson Entertainment is looking for an observant, efficient barback who can work with our bartending team to ensure that customers receive prompt, seamless service. The barback will assist in cleaning the bar, preparing garnishes, ensuring the bar is well stocked with napkins, straws, drinkware, garnishes, and all other necessities, and taking on other duties to support the bartender and ensure that the bar operates smoothly. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable about menu items, attentive, and focused on providing the best possible service in a high-traffic, fast-paced environment. A qualified candidate should be efficient, reliable, and perceptive with excellent communication and time management skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting with opening and closing duties, such as restocking the bar with garnishes, straws, and napkins, ensuring that Bartenders have clean towels, plasticware, etc.
• Ensuring bar is well-stocked with ice, liquor, wine, and beer.
• Checking taps and appliances to confirm that they are working properly.
• Restocking and changing out kegs if needed.
• Keeping the bar clean by wiping down surfaces, sweeping and mopping, removing soiled utensils, scrubbing coolers and storage areas, and emptying trash receptacles.
• Learning about menu items and memorizing recipes.
• Ensure that delivered items are stored properly.

Education, Skill and Work Experience Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Meets minimum age to serve alcohol.
• Courteous, friendly personality and professional appearance.
• Knowledge of menu items, including beers, wines, cocktails, and liquors.
• Basic math and computer skills.
• Strong problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills, ability to handle tense situations with coworkers and customers calmly and rationally.
• Observant and thorough.
• Responsible, punctual.
• Ability to meet physical and scheduling demands of the position, including, walking, standing, or lifting heavy items for extended periods and working nights, weekends, and holidays.

Work Environment:

• Ability to pull, push, and carry a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Both interior and exterior work environments.
• Able to walk, stand, and maneuver on uneven surfaces.
• Extended and irregular hours including nights, weekends, and holidays (Required).

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Work experience placement, Seasonal work, Night shift,

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