Southwest Careers:Food Runner AM-Urban Farmer(Hillsboro,OR,USA)

Urban Farmer is a premier farm-to-table steakhouse located on the 8th floor of the Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Known widely as Portland's most sophisticated steakhouse, Urban Farmer prides itself on sourcing ingredients from Oregon’s rich agricultural bounty to deliver high-quality, flavorful dishes. As part of the esteemed Sage Restaurant Group, Urban Farmer operates with a commitment to building independent restaurants and lounges that border prime hotel locations. This approach allows the group to connect deeply with the communities they serve by offering highly designed, innovative, and locally focused food and beverage experiences. Portland itself is renowned as a booming food city, surrounded by farms, forests, and the ocean, boasting year-round farmers' markets and artisans who create some of the most delicious goods in America. This makes it a chefs’ playground and an ideal environment for culinary excellence and innovation. The Food Runner AM (Part-Time) position at Urban Farmer is essential to maintaining the seamless and efficient operation of our dining service. This role is focused on ensuring the timely delivery of food to guests and upholding the highest standards of plate presentation and food quality. As a Food Runner, you will be expected to have complete knowledge of the restaurant’s table and station numbers, room capacity, hours of operation, proper table setups, and the restaurant’s dress code. You will also maintain comprehensive knowledge of all departmental policies and service procedures, as well as the various liquor brands, wines, beers, and non-alcoholic beverages offered, including their appropriate glassware and garnishes. Beyond this, a Food Runner must understand all menu items—covering prices, preparation methods, major ingredients, and quality standards related to taste, appearance, texture, serving temperature, portion size, and garnish. Compliance with state liquor regulations, particularly those that prohibit service to minors and intoxicated persons, is mandatory. The role also necessitates familiarity with the correct maintenance and use of restaurant equipment and the ability to assist other employees and departments to contribute to the overall success of the restaurant and hotel operations. This position requires physical stamina and detail-oriented efficiency, as the job involves lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying weights up to 50 pounds regularly, balancing, stooping, kneeling, and continuous standing during preparation and service hours. Strong communication skills in English are necessary for interaction with guests, coworkers, and management. While this is a part-time position, it offers an opportunity to be part of a passionate culinary team in one of Portland’s most esteemed dining establishments, where each employee contributes meaningfully to the guest’s exceptional experience. Urban Farmer values boldness, bright ideas, care, energy, drive, strategic thinking, and daring approaches to create outstanding dining moments.

• Ability to satisfactorily communicate in English (speak, read, write) with guests, co-workers and management to their understanding
• Ability to perform assigned duties with attention to detail, speed, accuracy, follow-through, courtesy, cooperation, and work with a minimum of supervision
• Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying up to 50 lbs to include serving trays, carts, tables, chairs, and small equipment up to 75% of the time
• Balancing, stooping kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching handling, fingering throughout the shift
• Mobility - Able to travel up to 300 feet on a regular basis throughout the shift
• Continuous standing - during preparation, during service hours or during expediting
• Must be able to see minute objects at arm’s length, to read meters and controls