Dos Amigos: Make Life a Little Better (and Your Career Too!)
Do you crave delicious Mexican food and a workplace that values its people? Look no further than Dos Amigos! We bring authentic flavors and a vibrant atmosphere to our community. We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our team. This is the perfect role for those who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to gain valuable experience in high-volume service and be compensated accordingly.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Make a Real Impact: We're not just rolling burritos but creating an excellent experience for our guests. Your ideas and hard work are celebrated!
- Growth & Development: We're passionate about helping you develop new skills that will take you far, both inside and outside the restaurant industry.
- Supportive Team: Consider us your work family. We're all about fostering a positive and encouraging environment where everyone thrives.
- Competitive Pay & Benefits: Enjoy a great starting wage of $23 ($21 base + $2 guaranteed from tips) with the opportunity to earn more, plus a sweet benefits package including:
- PTO available as soon as you become part of our team. Accruable up to 2 weeks per year ( 80 hrs )
- 5 days ( 40 hrs ) paid sick leave available from your first day.
- Profit Sharing ( estimated $1 - $1.2 for every hour worked annually in addition to the range listed above )
- 401 K ( 100% match up to 2% of your gross income )
- Discounts! This includes a monthly stipend in your house account with the power of $40.00 for part-time employees and $80.00 for full-time employees every month, in addition to your $21.00 shift meals.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Building a Strong Team & Guest Experience
Team Leadership
- Practice Radical Candor: Deliver direct, caring feedback.
- Maintain high Personal Energy & Professionalism.
- Train team in food prep, service, and customer needs.
- Promote Autonomy and team focus.
- Optimize and delegate for effective Time Management.
- Manage shift schedules and coverage.
- Ensure Safe and Consistent Work practices.
Guest Focus:
- Create welcoming and valued Guest Relationships.
- Proactively offer guest assistance.
Problem Solving & Communication
- Exercise Critical Thinking to solve daily issues.
- Resolve conflicts with patience and equity.
- Handle issues calmly with effective De-escalation & Damage Control.
- Embody Dos Amigos' Values in daily operations.
- Build Trust through consistent actions.
- Demonstrate Compassion through active listening.
- Maintain Stability and commitment to plans.
- Communicate progress and a positive outlook (Hope).
2. Maintaining Environment
- Ensure a clean, safe, and efficient restaurant by:
- Mastering Tools & Procedures (opening/closing).
- Maintaining overall Housekeeping standards.
- Organizing Restaurant storage with correct stock levels.
- Managing clean and available Dishes.
- Maintaining the Line Pars and food stock.
- Ensuring proper Food Storage and cooler organization.
- Overseeing Cleaning & Maintaining Equipment.
- Monitoring Cooler & Appliance Temperatures.
- Managing Crowd Control effectively.
- Implementing Waste Management & FIFO.
3. Delivering Quality Food
Ensure high-quality, safe, and delicious food by:
- Ensuring order Accuracy & Ticket Highlighting.
- Enforcing Quality Control (taste, appearance).
- Manage the service line and correct mistakes.
- Demonstrating Menu Knowledge.
- Enforcing Health and Safety Standards.
- Ensuring Recipe Consistency in prep work.
- Managing Food and Dry Goods Inventory.
- Mastering food preparation techniques.
- Implementing FIFO for product rotation.
- Manage and articulate waste and loss to the team.
4. Maximizing Efficiency & Sales
Contribute to business success by:
- Fostering a positive Culture that drives customer return.
- Focusing on the overall customer Experience.
- Managing Labor Costs effectively.
- Controlling Food Costs and minimizing waste.
- Managing Benefits, Costs, and compliance.
- Employing Damage Control to prevent and resolve issues.
- Understand, share, and grow with our values and mission: effective communication (radical candor), grit, early inclusion, understanding how profit translates into effective operations and collaboration, and integrity. Make life a little better for our team and our customers.
- Craft delicious and authentic Mexican food, maintaining the high standards our customers love.
- Collaborate with your team to keep things running smoothly and efficiently.
- Participate in prepping the kitchen for a successful day.
You're a Dos Amigos Rockstar if you:
- Bring the Passion: We love people with a fire in their belly, no matter what excites you!
- Embrace New Skills: Ready to learn and grow? We'll equip you with valuable skills you can use anywhere. Practice and perfect skills in running an effective lean organization, leadership by example, time management, continuous improvement philosophy, and more!
- Team Player: Collaboration is key! You're a good listener, adaptable, and you bring a positive attitude.
- Cool Under Pressure: The kitchen can get busy, but you’ll learn to stay calm and collected, delivering stellar service.
- Growth Mindset: Are you always striving to improve? We love that! You're open to feedback and dedicated to development.
Ready to Make a Difference (and some Amazing Food)?
Join Dos Amigos! We offer a fun, supportive environment where you can make a real impact and build a rewarding career. Apply today!
Also, we believe in work-life balance, so we offer flexible scheduling. However, keep in mind that the hospitality industry operates on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $23.00 - $29.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Paid training
Shift:
Work Location: In person
