The Live the Lake NJ Family of businesses are a group of unique experiences and locations around Lake Hopatcong.
Floor Supervisor – Main Lake Market
Main Lake Market is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team! Floor Supervisors ensure customers and guests receive high-quality service by maintaining cleanliness around the premises. They also coordinate with other managers to oversee staff, delegate tasks, and ensure accurate workflow by training staff members.
General Job Description:
This includes kitchen staff, dock hands/gas attendants, ice cream staff, floor retail staff, and cashiers. Weekends and holidays are required. Prior experience is a plus, but not necessary.
Floor Supervisors are responsible for:
Duties also include:
Kitchen and ice cream staff: Taking orders in person and over the phone, making orders, bagging, cashing out, and handing out orders to customers. Prepping all food needed for each shift. Abiding by all health and safety protocols while maintaining a clean and organized workstation. Perform all opening and closing procedures.
Dock hands / Gas attendants: Maintaining clean and safe docks, assisting customers with any issues they may have while docking their boat, and taking food orders from dock customers. Assist in docking gas customers' boats properly, pumping gas, and taking payments while following all DEP safety procedures. Perform all opening and closing procedures.
Floor retail staff: Organizing and properly presenting all retail to customers, cleanliness and upkeep of inventory, making sure all inventory is properly packaged at all times, assisting customers in any and all questions they may have, having knowledge of what Main Lake Market sells and where in the store it can be located.
Cashiers: Providing friendly and knowledgeable customer service, welcoming and greeting customers, maintaining a properly balanced cash drawer, light cleaning duties while maintaining a clean workspace.
This position goes from May 1st 2023 to October 31st 2023
Seasonal Kitchen Staff – Main Lake Market
Main Lake Market is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Duties include:
Taking orders in person and over the phone, making orders, bagging, cashing out, and handing out orders to customers. Prepping all food needed for each shift. Abiding by all health and safety protocols while maintaining a clean and organized workstation. Perform all opening and closing procedures. Ensuring all orders are filled quickly and accurately and that food is high quality.
This position goes from May 1st 2023 to October 31st 2023
Alice's is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Line Cook duties and responsibilities:
A Line Cook prepares food items by grilling, frying, sautéing, and other cooking methods to specified recipes and standards. Maintain cleanliness and complies with food sanitation requirements by properly handling food and ensuring correct storage.
Some of the key duties and responsibilities include:
• Assisting with stocking and setting up the kitchen stations
• Preparing food including cleaning and cutting the ingredients and cooking main dishes, desserts, appetizers, etc...
• Plating prepared foods based on senior chef’s guidance
• Working with servers to ensure that orders are completed according to requests and on time
• Washing and cleaning the kitchen and cooking utensils and storing the equipment at the end of shifts
• Ensuring that the kitchen operation procedures and hygiene meet food safety standards and regulations
Line Cook skills and qualifications:
• At least one year of cooking experience
• Excellent kitchen administration knowledge and ability to work as part of a team
• Strong organization and active listening skills
• The ability to work on your feet for 10-12 hours a day and lift 30 pounds at a time
• Exceptional time management skills
Alice's is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
The Host is the first impression guests will get of the restaurant whether it is on the phone or when they come in. Hosts must be well groomed, even tempered, agreeable, well-spoken and fast witted. Hosts, in conjunction with the kitchen, keep the pace of the restaurant even and efficient.
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Alice's is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
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Dishwashers receive direction from the kitchen, and the FOH managers. Dishwashers must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Some responsibilities include:
Alice's is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Servers are the front line of selling products, making suggestions, and enhancing customer experience. A server is the person who has the most interaction with customers. This interaction is ESSENTIAL in assuring a positive experience for customers. Quick organized service is important. Agile creative thinking can make the best of an otherwise unpleasant or forgettable experience. Clear communication with customers, colleagues and management is key to solving/avoiding problems and ensuring excellent service. A level of trust and understanding is needed to assure suggestive selling technique are successfully received and considered by customers.
General Job Description:
Server Requirements:
Alice's is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
A bartender is a key position in the restaurant. Making a proper drink is just one of the many components that make a good bartender. An outgoing and friendly personality with the ability to exceed customer expectations is another important quality of a good bartender. Achieving outstanding customer service involves greeting and providing excellent hospitality service to each guest and always making sure the guest knows your name. Customer satisfaction provides the opportunity to build repeat business and establish regular clientele, which allows you to be successful.
Reports To: General Manager, Assistant Manager, COO, Owner
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Lake Hopatcong Cruises is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
A bartender is a key position in the restaurant. Making a proper drink is just one of the many components that make a good bartender. An outgoing and friendly personality with the ability to exceed customer expectations is another important quality of a good bartender. Achieving outstanding customer service involves greeting and providing excellent hospitality service to each guest and always making sure the guest knows your name. Customer satisfaction provides the opportunity to build repeat business and establish regular clientele, which allows you to be successful. Looking for someone who has at least 2 years of bartending experience.
Reports To: Assistant Manager, General Manager, COO, Owner
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Lake Hopatcong Cruises is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Crew Members are the front line of selling products, making suggestions, and enhancing the customer experience. A Crew Member is the person who has the most interaction with customers. This interaction is essential in assuring a positive experience for customers. Quick, accurate, and organized service is important. Clear communication with customers, colleagues, and management also is key to solving/avoiding problems and ensuring excellent service.
Reports To: Assistant Manager, General Manager, COO, Owner
General Job Description:
Each Crew Member works together to manage the entire boat dining room. As part of their job, a Crew Member must:
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
An Assistant Manager is responsible for implementing workflow procedures based on direction from the company's General Manager. Their duties include supervising employees during day-to-day tasks, providing customer support in escalated situations and managing the overall workflow of a workplace.
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Benefits:
Salary based on experience.
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
The Host is the first impression guests will get of the restaurant whether it is on the phone or when they come in. Hosts must be well groomed, even tempered, agreeable, well-spoken and fast witted. Hosts, in conjunction with the kitchen, keep the pace of the restaurant even and efficient.
General Job Description:
- Keep host station organized, clean and maintained at all times
- Field emergency calls to your colleagues on duty
- Hosts are often quite literally the first person a customer will come into contact with either in person or by phone. Just like a host of a party, a Windlass host must greet guests as if we have been waiting for them to arrive all day long. Kind, professional and immediate recognition of customers entering our door is a must.
- Hosts must know the menu, daily specials, general restaurant information, table sections, dining room stations, and fellow FOH employees on duty
- Hosts manage the phones, take reservations, record messages and answer customer questions
- Hosts will take coats and packages from customers (birthday cakes, decorations being dropped off, etc…)
- On occasion a host may be asked by the manager on duty to assist with service, cleaning tables, maintain the dining room
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
General Job Description:
Basic kitchen duties such as making sauces, dressings, preparing vegetables for salads and sandwiches, assisting all stations with any prep needs. Maintaining a clean and sanitary workstation. Must have ability to lift 50+lbs, endure standing for long periods of time, work in a fast-paced environment, and multi-task.
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Reports to: Executive Head Chef
Position Summary:
The Windlass Pizza Chef is expected to make delicious pizzas based on both traditional and modern recipes. Pizza Chef responsibilities include preparing pizza dough, slicing and chopping toppings like vegetables and meats and executing customers’ orders considering special requests. To be successful in this role, you should have experience with various pizza types and be available to work during business hours. Must have ability to lift 50+lbs, endure standing for long periods of time, work in a fast-paced environment, and multi-task. Ultimately, you will help increase client satisfaction by preparing high-quality pizzas.
Below are the Windlass’ responsibilities and requirements (in no particular order) for the Pizza Chef position:
Responsibilities
Requirements
Qualifications
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
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Dishwashers receive direction from the kitchen, and the FOH managers. Dishwashers must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. Some responsibilities include:
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
The bartender position is a key position in the restaurant. They must have a vast knowledge of wine, beer, and spirits as well as an outgoing personality. Bartenders are responsible for counting the drawer before and after the shift, handling cash and closing out checks. Most importantly they work for the house, including the “proper pour” for drinks adhering to the house policy of complimentary drinks and minimizing waste. They are generally the first impression that a customer makes of the establishment when they come in.
General Job Description:
- Bartenders report to the Manager on duty. Bartenders are in charge of the entire bar area, including high-top tables, making sure:
- Arrive to work on time and ready to work
- Bar and high tops are clean and ready for guests
- Bartender is highly knowledgeable of cocktails, wines, beers, menu items, and specials.
- Drinks and food orders are delivered in timely and accurate fashion
- Orders are correctly and accurately documented and sent to kitchen with any modifications that are needed
- Food and utensils are delivered to the correct seat number accurately and on time
- Empty glasses and dishes are bussed quickly
- Keep bar stocked, cleaned and maintained during guest stay
- Bar is stocked with enough service items throughout shift
- Communicate with bar back, servers, runners and at all times
- Sell what customers will like
- Exude total confidence in Windlass products, procedures and corporate policies in place
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Servers are the front line of selling products, making suggestions, and enhancing customer experience. A server is the person who has the most interaction with customers. This interaction is ESSENTIAL in assuring a positive experience for customers. Quick organized service is important. Agile creative thinking can make the best of an otherwise unpleasant or forgettable experience. Clear communication with customers, colleagues and management is key to solving/avoiding problems and ensuring excellent service. A level of trust and understanding is needed to assure suggestive selling technique are successfully received and considered by customers.
General Job Description:
- Servers report to the Manager on duty. Servers are in charge of the tables in their assigned section, making sure:
- Arrive to work on time and ready to work
- Tables are set properly, clean and ready for guests
- Server is highly knowledgeable of menu items, specials and bar offerings
- Drink/food orders are taken and delivered in timely and accurate fashion
- Orders are correctly and accurately documented and sent to kitchen with any modifications that are needed
- Food and utensils are delivered to the table accurately and on time
- Tables are cleared of “evidence of consumption”
- Keep table stocked, cleaned and maintained during guest stay
- Station is stocked with enough service items throughout shift
- Communicate with bussers, runners and other FOH staff at all times
- Sell what customers will like
- Exude total confidence in Windlass products, procedures and corporate policies in place
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
The Expeditor, or “Expo”, works under the FOH manager on duty and chef’s supervision in the kitchen as well as with the servers in the dining room. The Expo helps keep a smooth workflow between the kitchen and the tables. You will work in a fast-paced environment to get proper orders out faster and more efficiently. As Expo, you must have excellent communication skills and experience in a restaurant’s hectic setting. You must also have enough stamina to be in constant motion and skills to coordinate and organize processes and people. The ability to work well under pressure, be professional, efficient, detail-oriented, and courteous is necessary.
General Job Description:
- Help prepare the expo station for service through cleaning, stocking, and other tasks
- Knowing table numbers, seat numbers and service stations
- Knowledge of all the ingredient details of every dish on the menu
- Ensuring the efficient flow of orders from the servers to the kitchen
- Ensuring orders are being prepared with the correct priority
- Assisting in the final preparation of dishes
- Check dishes before delivery for accuracy, presentation and temperature
- Eliminate obstacles in service, food preparation lines or dishwashing
- Inspect the premises according to quality and sanitation standards and assist in cleaning
- Transfer important information between the kitchen and the wait staff (e.g. when a customer has a particular request)
- Deliver orders to maintain fast service
- Maintain short pleasant rapport with guests and answer any questions or listen to their concerns
- Support other tasks as needed
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
Food Runners often act as a connection between the FOH and BOH which makes an impact in the timeliness of service. The main responsibility for this position is to deliver food to guests in a friendly, professional & knowledgeable manner. The ability to work well under pressure, be professional, efficient, detail-oriented, and courteous is necessary. Food Runners eliminate a lot of stress and discord by communicating information between the kitchen or Expo and servers, and delivering food orders promptly.
General Job Description:
Food Runners receive direction from the kitchen, and the FOH managers. Runners must be organized, good listeners and even tempered. Some responsibilities include:
- Help prepare the expo station for service through cleaning, stocking, and other tasks
- Assist with cleaning and resetting tables, ensure tables are level, wipe down chairs, keep floors clean
- Clean and stock designated kitchen and server stations
- Knowledge of all the ingredient details of every dish on the menu
- Knowing table numbers, seat numbers and service stations
- Follow all instructions from expeditor
- Garnish and prepare dishes for presentation as needed
- Promptly deliver each course as it is prepared to the correct table and in seat order
- Communicate clearly any additional orders or needs the guests may have to server or expeditor
- Remove dirty dishes, glasses and silverware from tables and take them to the kitchen
- Maintain short pleasant rapport with guests and answer any questions or listen to their concerns
- Assist in maintaining general cleanliness of the entire restaurant
The Windlass is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
A Busser works primarily in the front of the house and is required to tend to many needs of the dining room before, during and after service. Bussers assist the servers in keeping the customer’s needs met. They also help to keep a clean and properly maintained dining room. A Bussers speed and efficiency helps turn over tables contributing to increased sales volume. As Bussers have direct contact with customers, it is important that they speak clearly and make eye contact with colleagues and customers alike. Bussers also play a role in helping maintain and uphold sanitation and cleanliness standards.
General Job Description:
Bussers receive direction from servers, the kitchen, and the FOH managers. Bussers must be organized, good listeners and even tempered. Some responsibilities include:
- Knowing table numbers, seat numbers and service stations
- Help prepare the dining room for service through cleaning, stocking, setting, bussing and other tasks
- Clean and reset tables, ensure tables are level, wipe down chairs, keep floors clean
- Clean and stock designated kitchen and server stations
- Remove dirty dishes, glasses and silverware from table and take them to the kitchen
- Stock/restock stations with items needed for service; glasses, coffee mugs, silverware, assorted spoons, sugar caddies, salt, pepper, lemons, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, calamari sauce, steak knives, soup spoons, tablespoons and cocktail forks.
- Polish silverware and glasses in sanitary manner in service bar area to remove spots and water stains
- Maintain short pleasant rapport with guests and answer any questions or listen to their concerns
- Assist in maintaining general cleanliness of the entire restaurant
Lake Hopatcong News is seeking hardworking individuals to join their team!
General Job Description:
Lake Hopatcong News is looking for a commission-based ad representative with some experience. Compensation is based on ads generated from local businesses. This job requires traveling to different locations within the lake region, so applicants must have their own vehicle. This is a great part-time job for extra income.
Please call 973-663-2800 with any questions.