Server at Los Dos Potrillos in Castle Rock, CO

Job Title: Server

Summary: Sells and serves food and beverages in an efficient, professional manner according to restaurant standards by performing the following duties.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Completes all assigned opening/closing side work to prepare dining room, bar, kitchen and service stations for efficient operation during meal periods.
• Cleans and organizes assigned stations in dining room and bar prior to mealtime rush.
• Greets and welcomes guests in a professional way.
• Presents menus and provides detailed information when asked (e.g., about portions, ingredients and potential food allergies)
• Applies knowledge of full menu and other restaurant information such as restaurant hours, table numbers and payment options.
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to offer food specials, menu items, daily desserts and other types of promotions.
• Checks dishes and kitchenware for cleanliness.
• Serves customers in a professional manner as per training guidelines.
• Maintains service areas such as the kitchen, dining room, bar and service stations during entire shift.
• Cross-serves and/or assists team members on an as-needed basis.
• Carries service trays in and out of kitchen, bar and dining room.
• Provides excellent customer service to guests.
• Receives customer payments, completes guest check transactions and tenders proper change to customers.
• Thanks, and invites guests back
• Turns in all cash and change transactions at the end of each shift.
• Follow all relevant health department regulations.
• Communicates health and/or safety concerns/violations immediately to management.
• Re-stocks items in dining room and bar as needed and alerts kitchen staff and manager of stock shortages.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Ability:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability t::> write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one­ on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Math Ability:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate. ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell.

Compensation: $12.14 per hour

Born into a family with 15 children, Jose Ramirez was "lucky number 7." He started his pursuit of this dream as a 13-year-old bagboy at a grocery store in what is known as The Highlands area of Denver. He later worked as a server at Las Palmas, working 60-70 hours per week, eventually becoming the server manager. He would work so much that he would oftentimes sleep in his car while providing for his wife, Martha, and his two sons, Luis and Daniel. Jose saved up enough money to open up the first Los Dos Potrillos location in Centennial in 2002. Jose opened this first location of Los Dos with just $5.18 left in his bank account. Having sunk everything he had into his restaurant, Jose would tell these first customers of Los Dos that if they didn't like the food, he'd buy it for them. Now with four locations in Centennial (the original location), Littleton, Highlands Ranch, and Parker, Los Dos Potrillos provide customers in the South Metro area with "Real Mexican Food" while maintaining a family-friendly, "hole-in-the-wall" experience thanks to years of hard work by Jose Ramirez and his family.