
Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Hourly
Range $17.00 - $1.00
Work Schedule
Rotating Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Employee Discounts
Retirement Plan
Training and development opportunities
Team-oriented work environment
Job Description
H-E-B Restaurant is a well-established dining establishment known for its commitment to excellent customer service, quality food, and a welcoming atmosphere. As part of the H-E-B family, the restaurant emphasizes providing guests with a friendly and memorable experience that distinguishes it within the competitive food service industry. The company prides itself on a team-oriented environment where employees are valued and empowered to contribute meaningfully to the restaurant's success. H-E-B Restaurant offers not only employment opportunities but also a chance to grow professionally within a supportive culture.
The Order Taker/Runner position is an essential role within the H-E-B Restaurant team, focused on enhancing the overall guest dining experience. This role involves actively engaging with customers, accurately taking their orders, preparing drinks, delivering food to both indoor and patio dining areas, and ensuring cleanliness throughout the restaurant. The position requires a proactive attitude towards customer service, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently in a fast-paced restaurant setting. As an Order Taker/Runner, you will be the face of the restaurant, providing detailed and helpful information on menu selections, including alcoholic beverages, and ensuring orders are executed accurately and timely.
Working in this role means being part of a dynamic environment where teamwork and customer interaction are at the core of daily responsibilities. The job demands attentiveness to food safety and sanitation standards, compliance with regulatory guidelines such as TABC, and ensuring the dining and beverage areas remain clean and inviting. This crucial position calls for individuals who thrive in retail and hospitality settings, enjoy building customer relationships, and are committed to upholding the high standards of H-E-B Restaurant. The position also provides valuable opportunities to develop communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills while contributing to the restaurant's reputation for excellence. While the role requires physical endurance due to frequent standing, walking, and occasional lifting, it offers an engaging and rewarding career path within the restaurant industry.
The Order Taker/Runner position is an essential role within the H-E-B Restaurant team, focused on enhancing the overall guest dining experience. This role involves actively engaging with customers, accurately taking their orders, preparing drinks, delivering food to both indoor and patio dining areas, and ensuring cleanliness throughout the restaurant. The position requires a proactive attitude towards customer service, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently in a fast-paced restaurant setting. As an Order Taker/Runner, you will be the face of the restaurant, providing detailed and helpful information on menu selections, including alcoholic beverages, and ensuring orders are executed accurately and timely.
Working in this role means being part of a dynamic environment where teamwork and customer interaction are at the core of daily responsibilities. The job demands attentiveness to food safety and sanitation standards, compliance with regulatory guidelines such as TABC, and ensuring the dining and beverage areas remain clean and inviting. This crucial position calls for individuals who thrive in retail and hospitality settings, enjoy building customer relationships, and are committed to upholding the high standards of H-E-B Restaurant. The position also provides valuable opportunities to develop communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills while contributing to the restaurant's reputation for excellence. While the role requires physical endurance due to frequent standing, walking, and occasional lifting, it offers an engaging and rewarding career path within the restaurant industry.
Job Requirements
- 1+ years experience in customer service
- working understanding of nutrition values and ingredients
- advanced communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills
- organization and planning skills
- computer skills
- reading and writing skills
- ability to handle guest feedback and resolve problems effectively
- ability to maintain a smile, even when balancing multiple priorities
- completion of alcohol seller training and cash handling training upon hire
- function in a fast-paced, retail environment
- work extended hours and/or rotating schedules
- safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts
- constantly reach at waist, grasp
- frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic materials
- frequently stand, walk
- frequently be exposed to wet and cold conditions
- occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot, twist, push/pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder circumduction
- occasionally be exposed to heat, ambient temperatures, and loud noise
- demonstrate the ability to lift 50 lbs, and manage in excess of 50 lbs
Job Qualifications
- 1+ years experience in customer service
- working understanding of nutrition values and ingredients
- advanced communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills
- organization and planning skills
- computer skills
- reading and writing skills
- ability to handle guest feedback and resolve problems effectively
- ability to maintain a smile, even when balancing multiple priorities
- completion of alcohol seller training and cash handling training upon hire
Job Duties
- Builds strong relationships with customers in varying situations
- takes orders from customers
- assists with menu and beverage selections, including alcoholic beverages
- provides detailed information on menu items and specials, and beer and wine
- serves food, drink, and products to guests
- processes cash, check, debit, and credit transactions accurately and quickly
- uses suggestive selling techniques and merchandises effectively to meet guest needs and build department sales
- interacts positively with customers in person, on the phone, or through technology
- assists with catering orders as needed
- addresses complaints
- resolves problems in a way that builds relationships
- models teamwork to ensure a great guest experience
- prepares, packages, merchandises product
- assists in technical areas as needed
- ensures compliance with TABC regulations
- ensures compliance with department and Store standard operating procedures
- buses and cleans tables
- performs deep clean of dining, ordering, bar areas, as needed
- maintains beverage station and bar areas
- maintains sanitation in food, beverage prep areas and display cases
- properly handles, operates, and maintains equipment
- performs other duties as assigned
Job Criteria
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
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