Server

At The Residences, retirement living is centered around meaningful connections, exceptional hospitality, and enriching experiences. Residents enjoy restaurant-style dining, wellness and fitness opportunities, social events, creative programs, and welcoming gathering spaces designed to foster an active and engaging lifestyle. As a Server, you will play an important role in creating memorable dining experiences by delivering attentive service and building relationships with residents and guests, helping make every meal a highlight of the day.

Position Summary:

Provide exceptional service to all residents, guests and coworkers by performing essential duties effectively and efficiently. Serve meals to residents in an efficient, courteous and friendly manner, all the while holding up Brightwaters standard and expectations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain resident, employee, and community information in strict confidence (with community management or other employees as necessary).
• Responsibilities for Lunch and Dinner:
  • Assure menu holders are clean, correct menu is in menu holders, and placed on table.
  • Set tables for next meal.
  • Assist with bussing tables after first course served and at end of meal.
  • Clean and sanitize tables and chairs.
  • Sanitize placemats and set on tables.
  • Spot clean and vacuum carpet.
  • Clean table and chair legs (monthly).
  • Prepare server station for lunch and supper.
  • Serve fresh bread in basket per assigned meal.
• Serve lunch and dinner
  • Greet residents (and visitors if applicable) at table before taking orders or serving.
  • Politely and efficiently take meal orders and deliver them to kitchen.
  • Assure adaptive equipment is present for residents who require it.
  • Serve beverages, cereals, soups, salads, meals, and desserts.
• Complete side duties, such as adding sugar and creamer packets, cleaning beverage center, etc.
• Perform housekeeping and laundry duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Maintain food handlers permit.
• Maintain any other certifications as required by state or provincial regulations.
• Ability to remain calm when confronted with angry guests.
• Ability to operate P.O.S. computer, make correct change, process credit card transactions and balance at the end of shift.

Summary

About us
Brightwater is a management company that oversees senior living communities across North America. At Brightwater, our goal is to lead the way in innovation for tomorrow to enrich the lives of seniors today by providing seniors and families with hospitality and healthcare experiences that are unrivaled.

Why we do what we do
We know that the most important moments in our residents’ lives are the ones that make them feel at home. We continue to create services and amenities designed to help seniors' live life THEIR way and never ask them to change who they are to fit into our communities. We design spaces that adapt to their lives, their needs, and their choices.

What we value
Everything our team members do, everything our team members say, and the way our team members act is a direct reflection of the Brightwater brand. We know how important it is to show admiration, have integrity, and work as a team to strive for both excellence and innovation. We expect our team members to take ownership of their role and show stewardship in the way they manage human, material and fiscal resources that have been entrusted to our care. We also encourage the complete well-being of our team members by valuing the time required for regeneration and rejuvenation.

Our communication philosophy
We pride ourselves on creating an environment that facilitates open and transparent communication with our team members, our residents and our families. Our team is available to listen, support and serve the needs of all team members through direct and ongoing dialogue, and we believe that this respectful, open-minded dialogue makes us stronger in what we do and how we do it. We make every effort to ensure team member’s suggestions, ideas, opinions, and concerns are heard, and we reward team members for creation of ideas that improve any aspect of our community.

Brightwater Senior Living is an equal-opportunity employer and strives to provide an environment in which human dignity prevails. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, perceived race, color, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, creed, religion, age, marital status, family/parental status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, receipt of public assistance, status as a veteran or current or future military status. Brightwater Senior Living does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.