Magnolia Table - Waitstaff Lead
WAITSTAFF LEAD | JOB DESCRIPTION
SUMMARY
At Magnolia, the Waitstaff Lead is responsible for assisting with the supervision of Waitstaff employees and leads the team in creating the Magnolia Table experience for guests by providing prompt service, delivering quality products, and maintaining a clean and comfortable restaurant environment. This position ensures the highest level of customer care for guests by providing exceptional service and assistance. This position works from Magnolia Table in Waco, Texas. It reports to the Assistant Front of House Manager and has supervisory responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uphold Magnolia’s manifesto and values
- Ensure the highest level of guest care, in line with Magnolia’s brand
- Complete floor charts, assign sections to servers, and make changes as necessary
- Ensure opening and closing duties are assigned and completed
- Assist in counting and submitting orders, ensuring that backstock is maintained
- Communicate business objectives and changes to the team during pre-shift meetings
- Cash out waitstaff at the end of each shift
- Provide feedback and assist with the training of direct reports
- Ensure compliance with sanitation and safety standards
- Contribute to a high-energy, fast-paced environment
- Perform other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
- Hard Skills: Knowledge of food safety
- Soft skills: Strong verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills, time management
- High level of ownership and integrity
- Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred
- Experience: 2-3+ years of related work experience preferred
- Special training or licenses/certifications: Texas Food Manager’s license and TABC Certification required
- General availability: Must be available to work weekends, nights, special events, and holidays as business needs require
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and arms to reach, handle, feel; utilize fine motor dexterity of fingers; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee operates in a fast-paced kitchen environment. This role routinely uses sinks, dishwashers, and tools to clean kitchen appliances. The employee is frequently exposed to hot water, potentially slippery floors, garbage disposals, and cleaning chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is intermittent sounds at a level sufficient to cause hearing loss or fatigue. The employee is subject to high temperatures and low temperatures. The employee is exposed to workplace hazards.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Magnolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this description at any time.
Other details
- Pay Type Hourly
- Waco, TX, USA