Banquet Captain

Banquet Captain

ummary of Duties and Responsibilities/Essential Functions: 

Note: Per the Americans with Disabilities Act, essential functions are the basic job duties that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Helps oversee all the logistics of events; responsible for ensuring that vendors perform well (including florists, caterers, musicians, videographers, photographers, cleaning professionals, and others); creates and manages events’ budgets; produces outlines of events’ needs such as space, lodging, food and drink accommodations, telecommunications, audio-visual needs and transportation; ensures the execution of the event goes well; measures event success; performs other related duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and talk or hear.  The associate frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.  The associate is occasionally required to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, push, pull, reach, handle or grip items.  Associate may be required to stand for lengthy periods of time.  The associate must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, reasonable color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 2 years of training or experience directly related to events/supervising/Banquets and coordination.
• Completion of a program or certificate in meetings management or directly related field is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.

Performance Expectations

• Maintains an attitude focused on satisfying guests whether or not it is “our job.”
• Personally demonstrates a commitment to guest service by responding promptly to guests’ needs with an interest and concern in satisfying every guest.
• Stays aware of safety requirements and works in an accident-free manner.

Founded in 1919, privately-held Woodbury Corporation is one of the oldest and most respected hospitality and real estate development companies in the Intermountain West. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Woodbury Corporation owns and manages hundreds of commercial and residential properties plus several Marriott and Hilton hotel properties. 

We have developed a remarkable legacy of “integrity over income” over our more than 100 year history.  We maintain a talented team of professionals to serve the accounting, architecture, asset management, consulting, development, hotel management, legal, sales, and leasing needs of our dynamic organization.