Benefits:

Employee discounts
Paid time off

HELP BUILD THE BAR - NOT JUST WORK BEHIND IT

The Apex Grille at M1 Concourse's X Center is seeking an experienced Lead Bartender to help establish our opening beverage program and bar culture. We're looking for a beverage professional who understands that speed comes from organization and great bartending combines craft, hospitality and leadership. You'll help establish cocktail execution, mise en place, presentation, cleanliness, responsible alcohol service, opening/closing standards and guest experience while helping develop the rest of the bar team. Strong knowledge of classic cocktails, spirits, beer and wine is expected. Opening experience and leadership experience are valuable. Most importantly, we're looking for someone who stays composed when the bar gets busy and leads through competence and consistency rather than ego. If you'd like the opportunity to help establish a new bar program instead of simply inheriting one, we'd like to talk.
The Apex Grille | M1 Concourse's X Center | Pontiac, Michigan

JOB SUMMARY
The X Center Apex Grille Lead Bartender is responsible for coordinating daily beverage operations and maintaining beverage quality, consistency, profitability, organization and execution across restaurant, terrace, catering and private-event service. In addition to performing all Bartender responsibilities, this position reinforces cocktail and service standards, supports Bartender training, monitors inventory and par levels, coordinates preparation and batching, manages glassware and promotes effective waste and spillage controls. The Lead Bartender serves as the primary operational resource behind the bar and works closely with management to support efficient service and a premium guest experience. The X Center Apex Grille Lead Bartender shall represent M1 Concourse with the highest level of professionalism and decorum.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Communicates performance, training, conduct and operational concerns to management promptly and objectively.
Conducts routine product counts and supports accurate beverage inventory records.
Confirms that assigned closing Team Members complete required duties - communicates unresolved matters to management.
Coordinates bar setup, beverage preparation, batching and garnish production based on anticipated volume and event requirements.
Coordinates beverage support for terrace service, catering bars, private events and other temporary service locations.
Coordinates restaurant closing duties within the assigned area, including cleaning, restocking, product storage, inventory security and checklist completion.
Coordinates service-well production and adjusts assignments or priorities to support restaurant ticket-time expectations.
Identifies anticipated product needs and provides timely, data-informed ordering recommendations to management.
Leads daily bar setup, service execution, shift transitions and closing activities across assigned beverage-service areas.
Maintains awareness of beverage costs and identifies recurring waste, over-portioning, inventory or product-control concerns.
Maintains established pars for spirits, beer, wine, mixers, garnishes, glassware and operating supplies.
Maintains garnish quality, freshness, quantity and presentation standards across beverage-service areas.
Monitors bar cleanliness, sanitation, organization and readiness throughout service.
Monitors beverage preparation and service to ensure recipe consistency, product quality and timely execution.
Monitors glassware availability, cleanliness, condition, distribution and storage across restaurant, terrace and event operations.
Organizes beverage products and storage areas to support security, accessibility, rotation and inventory accuracy.
Performs all Bartender responsibilities and provides direct bar guest, food and service-well support as operational needs require.
Provides practical training, demonstrations, coaching and shift guidance to Bartenders and other beverage-service Team Members.
Reinforces approved cocktail recipes, measurements, preparation methods, glassware, garnishes and presentation standards.
Reinforces proper pouring, measuring, portioning and product-handling practices to support beverage-cost objectives.
Responds to guest concerns professionally and involves management when resolution exceeds the position’s authority.
Supports compliance with M1 Concourse policies, Apex Grille procedures and applicable alcohol-service, health, sanitation and safety requirements.
Tracks and reports breakage, spillage, comps, voids and product waste according to established procedures.
Verifies that bar equipment is functioning properly and reports maintenance, repair or replacement needs promptly.
Verifies that prepared and batched products are accurately measured, labeled, dated, rotated and stored.
Performs all other duties as may be required and assigned.

About M1 Concourse
M1 Concourse blends style and speed, offering the perfect automotive events and entertainment venue at our 87-acre property including a motorsports community of Private Garages and its own private Motorsports Club. This state-of-the-art facility features indoor and outdoor spaces that overlook the 1.5-mile Champion Motor Speedway performance driving track. M1 can transform any event into a one-of-a-kind exclusive experience. The M1 Concourse is conveniently located on the legendary Woodward Ave. in the city of Pontiac and is less than 35 miles from Detroit’s Metropolitan International Airport. In short, M1 Concourse is the epicenter of all things automotive in Metro Detroit, providing a place where enthusiasts can keep, show, and exercise their vehicles in the company of other enthusiasts!

M1 Concourse sits on a historic site that has been home to a series of auto manufacturing facilities for the past 100+ years. In 1905, a large portion of the property was developed into a factory by the Rapid Motor Company for the production of municipal vehicles. In 1908, a combination of Rapid, Reliance Motor Truck and Crescent Motors became General Motors Truck Co. During the decades GM owned the property, it was home to a variety of manufacturing plants and quality assurance facilities. The facility was decommissioned in 2008 and all but one building on the property was demolished. In 2011, the property was transferred to the RACER Trust, which was created by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to position for redevelopment properties and other facilities owned by the former General Motors Corp. before its bankruptcy. After completing a significant amount of due diligence on the suitability of the property for the intended development and obtaining the proper clearances and approvals from the Environmental Protection Agency, State of Michigan, Oakland County and the City of Pontiac, M1 Concourse acquired the land on August 6, 2014. Now the property has been reconnected with its 100+ year automotive history.

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