Avila's El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant Foothill Ranch

Join the Fiesta at Avilas El Ranchito!

Are you a mixology maestro with a passion for crafting unforgettable cocktails? Avilas El Ranchito, a vibrant and family-owned Mexican restaurant, is on the hunt for a dynamic and fun-loving bartender to join our team! If you thrive in a lively atmosphere, love engaging with guests, and have a knack for creating both classic and innovative drinks, we want to hear from you. Come be a part of our fiesta and help us make every night a celebration!

Does this capture the vibe you’re looking for?

The bartender will greet customers, learn about their preferences, answer questions, recommend menu items, and prepare and serve beverages and food. You will also upsell items, create recipes, utilize proper equipment and ingredients, and handle basic cleaning duties.

To succeed as a bartender, you should have a neat appearance and an engaging, friendly personality. You should be efficient, observant, knowledgeable, and personable.

Bartender Responsibilities:

• Welcoming customers, reading and listening to people to determine beverage preferences, making recommendations, and taking drink orders.
• Planning drink menus and informing customers about new beverages and specials.
• Selecting and mixing ingredients, garnishing glasses, and serving beverages to customers.
• Checking identification to ensure customers are the legal age to purchase alcohol.
• Taking inventory and ordering supplies to ensure bar and tables are well-stocked.
• Adhering to all food safety and quality regulations.
• Handling cash, credit, and debit card transactions, ensuring charges are accurate and returning correct change to patrons, balancing the cash register.
• Maintaining a clean work and dining area by removing trash, cleaning tables, and washing glasses, utensils, and equipment.
• Developing new cocktail recipes.

Bartender Requirements:

• High school diploma.
• Additional education, training, certificates, or experience may be required.
• Meets state minimum age to serve alcohol.
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Positive, engaging personality, and professional appearance.
• Basic math and computer skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong task and time management abilities.
• Eye for detail and understanding of drink mixing tools and techniques.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, etc for extended periods, and lift up to 25 lbs.
• Demonstrate knowledge of an skill in ability to safely and effectively operate standard beverage service equipment

Uniform Requirements:

As a team member, we believe it is important to leave a favorable impression on all of our clients and co-workers. You represent our Company, and it is essential to our business that you portray a professional image to our clients/customers and visitors. No work out/gym clothes are permitted including leggings or athletic shorts. All clothing items must be in good condition – faded, torn, frayed, or showing any signs of distress are not acceptable. Please refer to the employee handbook for additional details.

Physical Requirements:

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, sit, or walk for an extended period. The employee may frequently be required to stoop, kneel, and crouch for duration of shift (eight hours or longer). The employee will need to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move and/or push up to 50 pounds without assistance.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as e-mail communication, instant message communications, legal documents, license agreements, contracts, invoices, news articles, technical manuals, budgets, ledgers, purchase orders, financial, marketing, Inventory, shipping, and various reports.  Ability to effectively present information, provide instructions and thoroughly answer questions in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization in English.

Reasoning Ability and Computer Skills: 

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to efficiently use inventory, ordering & computer systems or applications and Microsoft Office programs.

Benefits:

• Mileage Reimburse
• Commission from catering Sales

Work Environment:

The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in a typical office and warehouse environment.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Authorization:

United States Citizen or Alien Authorized to work in the United States.

EEO statement:

AER SURFER INC. dba Avilas El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant – Foothill Ranch is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.  This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. AER SURFER INC. dba Avilas El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant – Foothill Ranch makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.