Food & Beverage Assistant

Job Introduction

A fantastic opportunity has arisen with Sodexo Energy & Resources for a talented Food & Beverage Assistant to join a private corporate hotel.

As well as having excellent presentation and communication skills, you will be able to demonstrate a real passion for food and service and possess bags of enthusiasm. The successful candidate will also have experience in a fine dining setting.

Role Responsibility

• Ensuring the correct standard is set and adhered to in all areas of service delivery - to include room set-up, food and beverage delivery
• Ensuring all duties are completed within set time scales
• Adhering to purchasing and stock take procedures - stock levels and effective rotation reporting at all times in line with the business
• Learn menu items and be able to describe them appropriately to guests
• Greet customers, present menus, offer drinks menu and explain daily specials or any changes to the menu to customers
• Answer questions related to menu items and make recommendations
• Take food and beverage orders from customers
• Relay food and beverage orders to the kitchen staff
• Maintaining proper dining experience, delivering items, fulfilling customer needs, offering desserts and drinks, removing courses, replenishing utensils, refilling glasses 
• Remove dirty dishes and glasses and clean tables after customers finish meals
• Any other reasonable request as directed by the management

The Ideal Candidate

ESSENTIAL

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbally and can demonstrate experience of working with previous customers or clients
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients, and staff at all levels
• Good time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure managing multiple workloads
• Ability to achieve and set standards and operate to performance criteria, with particular regard to food and beverage
• Knowledge of Health and Safety and Food Safety
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail and adherence to standards
• Positive approach to learning in role and identifying own training needs as appropriate
• Self-motivated with a sense of own initiative
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Flexible approach to role - must be available to work different shifts including evenings and weekends if required by the business  

DESIRABLE

• Experience with Point of Sale Systems
• Previous Health and Safety and Food Safety Training
• Previous experience in a similar role

Package Description

Competitive hourly rate plus benefits including pension, reward schemes and training/development opportunities.

We also offer access to our Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.

About the Company

Sodexo’s Energy & Resources team serves clients across specialist industries: oil & gas; mining and engineering; construction plus other energy sectors.

We have a dedicated team of 1,400 employees working at over 80 sites in the UK & Ireland region - often in isolated locations both on and offshore.

We deliver more than 100 services to clients, including design, construction and administration, light and technical maintenance, security, waste management, food services, sport and cultural activities, wellness and motivational programs and more.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our business.

All onshore and offshore operations are coordinated from our Energy & Resources segment headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland.