Busser
Part Time • Chez Jose
Benefits:
- Diverse, Inclusive, Welcoming Safe Space for Everyone
- Opportunities to Group
- Work-life Balance
- Delicious Food
- We're Competitive
The Busser is a key player in enhancing our guests’ dining experience, responsible for maintaining a clean and well-organized dining area. This role supports the service team by ensuring that tables are cleared, cleaned, and reset quickly and efficiently. The ideal candidate will have strong teamwork skills, be well-organized, and possess excellent situational awareness.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in delivering a superior dining experience by exceeding guest expectations and anticipating their needs.
- Provide a friendly greeting to guests with a warm, sincere smile.
- Handle guest challenges with tact and patience, ensuring issues are resolved to the guest’s satisfaction.
- Support the service team by assisting with the setup, service, and cleanup of food and beverages.
- Adhere to all service protocols, including managing special dietary needs and allergy precautions.
- Maintain strict compliance with health and safety regulations, following all cleaning and sanitation procedures.
- Complete all tasks according to the guidelines and standards set out in the Employee Handbook.
- Work cooperatively with all team members to foster a collaborative work environment.
- Take on additional responsibilities as needed to support the team and ensure efficient operations.
Qualifications:
- Experience in efficiently clearing and resetting tables, and transporting dirty dishes to the designated areas.
- Available to effectively manage a section of tables.
- Ability to safely maneuver furniture such as chairs, tables, highchairs, and booster seats.
- Proficient in using all necessary cleaning tools and equipment.
- Excellent communication skills for following verbal and written instructions.
- Capable of multitasking effectively in a fast-paced and busy environment.
- Able to work in tight, noisy, and varying temperature conditions.
- Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds and to stand and walk during the entire shift, navigating through potential hazards.
Complete our short application today!
Compensation: $16.30 per hour
Chez José has been feeding the Burlingame neighborhood in Portland Oregon for more than three and a half decades.
Owners Howie Schechter and Tom Midrano Jr. opened Chez José in 1987 on what they described as a “shoestring budget.” Over the years, the restaurant built up a solid reputation in the neighborhood, which undoubtedly helped them survive a devastating fire in 2001.
Decades later, Chez José survived yet another incredibly difficult challenge: COVID and the series of closures and service restrictions that followed. While the business made it through the worst of the pandemic, it’s ultimately going to be undone by the disruption to the hospitality industry that was triggered by the global health emergency as well as the upended labor market.
Mark Byrum and his wife own Urban Restaurant Group. They have a dozen locations in Metro Portland and Eugene. When they heard the restaurant was closing, they decided adding Chez José to their group would be special.
“It’s one of our favorite restaurants in the entire city of Portland,” Byrum said. “My wife and I started dining here in 1994. We lived down the street, we would come here two to three times a week, and when we moved, once or twice a month. There are servers that work here that know our children who are now in their 20s all the way through the progression.”
Chez José will keep the same menu. Urban Restaurant Group is just going to continue the legacy as-is.
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We're Competitive
Delicious Food
Work-life Balance
Opportunities to Group
Diverse, Inclusive, Welcoming Safe Space for Everyone