Busser

Job Title

Busser

Posted: 1/31/2026

Salary: $14.00 - $17.00 / hour

KS, Overland Park

7025 W 135th St
Overland Park, KS 66223

IMMEDIATELY HIRING. Service Assistants

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✦Great Pay and Great Tips

✦Overtime eligibility for schedules over 40 hours/week

✦Paid Sick Leave benefits available in applicable states

✦Benefits package with health, dental and life - View our full benefits page at

✦Authenticfamily recipes

✦Lots of other perks and discountsT

Job summary:

The busser is responsible for assisting the service team in achieving the optimum professional service to guests.

Essential functions:

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area to ensure safety
• Assist service team with food and beverage service
• Perform team service as instructed by team leader/manager
• Complete ice and water service as required by that restaurant
• Complete bread and butter/oil service as required by that restaurant
• Refill water glasses with both ice and water
• Refill bread and butter/oil
• Keep the tables free of dirty dishes, empty glassware, debris, empty bottles, etc.
• Crumb and/or wipe the table when appropriate
• Maintain silverware service, replacing as needed
• Remove used service dishes and utensils to bus tub or tray in a prescribed manner
• Perform more than one task at a time
• Complete all side work as assigned in a timely manner
• Wrap left over food to take home as requested
• Remove in a single trip, all final items remaining on the table of a party of four
• Clean and reset a table according to standing operating procedure within one minute
• Properly change co2 and soda dispensers
• Refrain from smoking for the duration of shift
• Perform calmly and effectively under pressure
• Communicate effectively with guests and co-workers

Accountabilities:

Must be willing and able to:

• Follow proper hand washing procedure (see sanitation article)
• Be an active team player
• Understand and follow supervisor’s instructions
• Acquire and wear uniform prescribed in training manual
• Maintain and clean uniform
• Maintain a well manicured appearance and persona that reflects the established image of the restaurant
• Perform under more than average stressful conditions
• Make appropriate judgment calls under stressful conditions

Qualification standards:

Prefer a minimum of 1-year full service restaurant bus experience or the equivalent. Must be willing and able to:

• Meet personal schedule requirements punctually
• Project a friendly, courteous and pleasant attitude
• Get along with co-workers
• Provide a clean, well-manicured persona that reflects the established image of the restaurant
• Safely transport containers that weigh up to 30 lbs. From any table to the dish washing area
• Sufficiently master English to respond properly to questions and directions
• Stand and/or walk for an entire shift
• Safely transport items to and from the kitchen on a slick and uneven surface
• Transport dishes, bus tubs and/or trays from the dish washing area to any table in the restaurant and vice versa
• Safely move about in all areas of the restaurant
• Work a variable and flexible schedule which may include nights, weekends and holidays

Rules:

• May not take or give away any unauthorized company property including food or beverage
• May not eat or drink certain unauthorized items during a shift
• May not work under the influence of alcohol or other mood altering substances
• May not keep any unauthorized items in personal locker
• May not resort to any physical violence or harassing behavior

Maggiano's Little Italy® truly is a very special group of restaurants. Technically, we're a "chain," but in principle, we're more like an extended family. Each restaurant is similar in menu and philosophy but is built to reflect the history of its host city. Inside, high-energy, full-service dining rooms reminiscent of pre-war Little Italy, elegant banquet facilities and customer-friendly carryout leave no doubt you're visiting an authentic Maggiano's Little Italy® restaurant.

Equal opportunity employer. Maggiano's Little Italy is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and e-Verify Employer.

At Maggiano's Little Italy we strive to celebrate the differences that make a good company great and to leverage individual strengths to create an innovative, inclusive and unified team.