Guest Services Inc · Washington, DC
Catering Attendant - Monday to Friday, No Weekends! at Guest Services Inc — Washington, DC
Full-timeWashington, DCPosted 2026-07-30Apply on Workday
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Compensation Amount:
22.00 USD Hourly
Job Summary:
The Catering Attendant sets up, breaks down and cleans up catered events. The Catering Attendant must be able to provide ongoing cleaning and service to clientele.
Job Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Greet customers in a polite, positive manner. Anticipate customers’ needs and respond promptly.
- Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned area or catered event.
- Set up, monitor, refresh, and break-down catered event according to group requirements and management direction.
- Restock items for next service. Properly store all reusable items.
- Resolve customer issues, ensuring customer satisfaction. Alert management when needed.
- Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.
- Partial High School education; High School Diploma/G.E.D. equivalent preferred.
- Strong sanitation habits.
- Strong customer service abilities; actively looks for ways to assist customers and coworkers.
- Ability to recognize when a problem has occurred and communicate it to management.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
- Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit. Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.
- Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
- Ability to stand for the entire work day.
- Climbing steps regularly.
- Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
- Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
- Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
- Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced kitchen.
- Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.
EQUIPMENT USED
- Coffee equipment- grinders, brewers, etc.
- Commercial kitchen equipment.