About the Role
SSA is seeking a Food Service Associate to deliver warm, welcoming, and memorable experiences for every guest and client. This role supports restaurant operations, ensures food safety and quality standards, and maintains a clean and organized work environment. The ideal candidate is a team player with strong communication and problem-solving skills, able to thrive in a fast-paced setting.
Responsibilities
- Live out 452 Hospitality by delivering warm, welcoming, and memorable experiences for every guest and client.
- Supports restaurant prep (FOH and line) for daily operation.
- Meets daily quick service, food service, safety and quality, availability, merchandising and guest service standards.
- Participates in safety logs including food temperatures, rotation and waste as necessary.
- Ensures proper uniform, hygiene, hand-washing and glove use with self.
- Maintains a SSAfe work environment by abiding to all SSAFETY rules.
- Follows through daily prep and items lists, as assigned.
- Actively helps to support operation in assigned role, supporting holes as necessary.
- Actively and efficiently responds to guest and client feedback, with report to the supervisor to ensure that any potential complaints are mitigate against further occurrence.
- Communicates up to the Restaurant Supervisor and/or Food Operations Manager in regard to any issues seen with daily service or quality.
- Remains knowledgeable of all menu items, prices and specials for sharing with guests.
- Perform other tasks as deemed necessary.
- Maintains a clean, safe and organized work environment.
- Uphold and demonstrate a complete understanding of company policies and procedures.
- Responsibly geared towards presenting a clean and welcome experience for guests through upholding sanitation requirements.
Requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Exceptional problem solving/decision making skills combined with the ability to be organized.
- Demonstrates the ability to remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.
- Ideal candidate is a team player, personable, professional, upbeat and energetic, and takes initiative.
- Physical ability to stand for extended periods and to move and handle boxes (10-35lbs) as necessary to operation, which entails lifting, and perform all functions as set forth above.
- Ability to work varied hours/days, including nights, weekends and holidays, as needed.
Skills
- Guest service
- Food safety
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Organization
- Teamwork
- Initiative
Location
- Arizona
- California
- Chicago
- Pittsburgh
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New York
- Rhode Island
- Washington, D.C.
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- None Required
Benefits
- Eligible for overtime pay.
- On-Demand Pay Program: Get access to a portion of earned wages before payday.
- Meal Plan & Employee Discounts at applicable locations.
- Participation in a 401(k) program with a 15% company match (must be 21 years or older, eligible after one year of employment with 1,000 hours worked, available to enroll during Open Enrollment Periods).
- Tuition Discount through Partnership College.
- Up to 8 hours of Bereavement Leave
- Holiday pay of 1.5× the regular rate is provided for hours worked on Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day.
- Paid sick leave is provided in accordance with applicable state and local laws. Accrual rates, caps, and usage rules vary by location.
About the Company
- For more than 50 years, SSA has partnered with cultural attractions to design the hospitality experience journey, freeing our partners to remain mission-focused.
- We bring together admissions, culinary, and retail with innovation and human connection to shape a seamless guest journey.
- Our focus is on people, innovation, and operational intelligence as a means to create special moments with lasting impact. We call it 452 Hospitality, the foundation of how we serve our partners and their communities.
Equal Opportunity
- SSA Group, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity through our commitment to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
- All California Residents: By submitting your job application, you agree you have reviewed the SSA Group California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Candidate and Employee Privacy Notice ("Notice").
- San Francisco Residents: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please see the "Fair Chance Ordinance - Know Your Rights" document for more information. By submitting your job application, you agree you have reviewed the "Fair Chance Ordinance - Know Your Rights" document.
- SSA Holdings and its affiliated companies, including SSA Group, A&F Souvenir, Cinchio Solutions, and Behavioral Essentials, are equal opportunity employers. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. A diverse team strengthens our collective impact.
