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Thainstone House

Food & Beverage Attendant

Thainstone House, Inverurie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 5NT

The opportunity has arisen for the right candidates to join our team as Food & Beverage Attendants, assisting the Food & Beverage Manager in the delivery of customer service to our hotel guests, local customers and the maintenance of our operational standards.

A hands on role, we require a very energetic and motivated individual that is prepared to go the extra mile alongside their colleagues

We employ people who apply the same amount of care and passion to their jobs as they do their hobbies - people who put our guests at the heart of everything they do. And we're looking for more people like this to join our friendly and professional team.

Candidate Attributes:

  • A real passion towards high level food and drink service
  • Ability to deliver consistent high level customer service especially under pressure
  • Confidence, excellent communication skills and a friendly/caring personality
  • Confidence working in a fast paced, customer facing environment
  • Takes pride in their appearance
  • Positive attitude and ability to build internal strong relationships
  • Commercial awareness and drive for increasing sales through upselling food and beverage items

Candidate Responsibilities:

  • Serve customers efficiently and politely in an engaging manner
  • Deliver high quality service to guests, visitors and fellow staff members
  • Serve food and beverage during breakfast and dinner service (never during the day??)
  • Handle guest enquiries and requests in a timely manner, referring details to other members of staff and management, if unable to directly assist
  • Become fully knowledgeable of all hotels amenities and have confidence to ‘upsell'
  • Maintain and develop our standards
  • Work flexible hours including early, late and split shifts (see my comment above)
  • Report for duty promptly and in the correct uniform ensuring personal grooming is of a high standard and in accordance with company policy
  • Comply with company issued liquor licensing guidelines and policy pertaining to service of alcohol
  • Ensure all health, safety and hygiene regulations are observed at all times

Candidate Qualifications:

  • Food hygiene certificate
  • Understanding of HACCAP
  • First aid certificate advantageous but not essential
  • Experience of high volume catering or the desire to learn
  • Previous experience in the hotel trade, restaurant or similar environment desired, but not essential as training will be provided

Crerar Hotels Values: Crerar Hotel Group is one of Scotland's leading privately owned hotel companies.  Crerar Hotels work hard on talent development and always look to progress individuals through internal promotion.  This role represents a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic individual to join a dynamic company. 

By joining the Crerar Hotels team you'll also automatically be eligible to receive our Fair Fund. Our Fair Fund has been created to reward staff and encourage personal development. Each time a guest or customer decides to pay an optional service charge for great customer service, all staff members will benefit on an equal basis.

  • Job RefCH1658
  • BranchThainstone House
  • LocationInverurie
  • Salary/BenefitsCompetitive hourly rate of £10.50-11.44, Share of Fair fund up to £2k per annum
  • Contract typePermanent
  • HoursPart Time
  • Shift patternflexible
  • Hours per week24-40
  • Date posted02/05/2024
  • Closing date15/06/2024
Thainstone House Inverurie, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 5NT

Do you believe it's essential to exceed expectations?

Then we want to work with you!

Thainstone House has a rich history, dating back to the 18th century. Once a grand private home, it's now an elegant Aberdeenshire hotel where guests are welcomed with warmth and traditional Scottish hospitality.

Because the team at Thainstone House are on a mission: to create memories that last a lifetime. We're highly motivated, driven to succeed and focussed on making our guests' journey the best it can be. Of course, we also like to have a good time along the way.

Standing proudly in acres of its own woodland, Thainstone House is less than 10 minutes' drive from the small town of Inverurie. The locals are polite, humble people - the kind who appreciate the Scottish produce available in their independent shops, lovely restaurants and great bars.

Inverurie offers all the amenities of modern life, too. It's well connected, with direct trains running regularly to Aberdeen, taking just 25 minutes, as well as to Inverness. Aberdeen airport is only 20 minutes' drive away, with flights across the UK and to a handful of European destinations.

As a beautiful mansion house in such an ideal location, Thainstone House is a popular choice for weddings, as well as spa and leisure guests and business travellers. Working here is an opportunity to further your career as part of a successful, award-winning team.

Can we tempt you to join us?

Three reasons to choose a career with Crerar Hotels

  1. Destination locations

Scotland provides a sought-after quality of life, ideal for outdoorsy types. Urbanites may find there are limitations, with reduced public transport, small local shops and occasionally - the ultimate modern hardship - patchy phone signal. But those who take that in their stride find that they discover true peace and quiet, wake up to incredible scenery and have Scotland's natural larder to feast on daily.

  1. Talent development

We always aim to progress staff internally where possible, which means a number of our team have been with us long-term. They've chosen to make a life in one (or more!) of our locations, building themselves a varied career in the Scottish hospitality industry.

  1. Shaped by our values

We share the spirit of Scotland through our values. We take pride in providing a truly authentic experience; we're warm in personality, curious to get to know our guests and confident in sharing our knowledge. We take what we do seriously, but our humour means we also see the lighter side. Above all, we're comfortable saying, "we are who we are!"