THE RUST BELT MARKET

“Always a delightful mix of local vendors.”

~Khrys M.

 On-Site Manager Job Description

Job Title: On-Site Manager

Seeking: A hard-working, self-motivated individual with a positive can-do attitude who finds value in working in a multi-faceted, dynamic environment.

Hours: This position requires regular availability Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Part-time, approximately 27 hours weekly. Additional hours seasonally as well as opportunities for special-project hours.

Wage: $25.00 per hour. Optional 401k program.

Reports To: Events Manager, Bar Manager, Ownership, Accounting

Job Summary: Ensures The Rust Belt Market is operating at a high-level of excellence by working closely with ownership, management, staff, vendors/shopkeeps, and patrons to facilitate a clean, safe, and all-around well-functioning environment for both retail and hospitality.

Core Responsibilities: The following responsibilities are intended to provide a broad overview of position requirements—all of which include cleaning duties and security protocols.

  • Preparing and opening the market for public retail hours.

  • Maintaining a clean marketplace: this includes main corridors, entryways, restrooms, event space, green room, as well as outdoor areas (sidewalks, patio, pavilion, entrances).

  • Maintaining a safe marketplace: this includes proper cleaning and maintenance of facilities, regular trash removal, crowd management, as well as an astute awareness and capacity to handle any situation that may pose a threat to any team-member, vendor/shopkeep, and/or patron of the market.

  • Remaining onsite during all public market hours.

  • Showing pop-up vendors to the pop-up shop location and staying after market closes (Sundays only) until they’ve completed breakdown and load-out.

  • Preparing the market for close, closing, and securing the market.

  • Facilitating a smooth market-to-private-event transition.

  • Working closely with the Events Manager and Bar Manager to ensure everything is operating at peak performance.

  • Taking direction from and assisting the Events Manager to prepare the venue for private events (this includes many physical requirements).

  • Taking direction from and assisting the Bar Manager in any way that may improve bar service.

  • Outdoor seasonal maintenance such as blowing leaves, trash clean-up, assisting in seasonal decor set-up/tear-down, salting sidewalks, shoveling snow, planting, watering, weeding, etc.

  • Following security protocols (key-holder, access to security cameras).

  • Restocking restroom supplies.

  • Maintaining proper supply levels, including restroom supplies, general supplies, cleaning solutions, cleaning tools, frog food, salt, etc. (card-holder).

  • Maintaining a healthy terrarium habitat for frogs, including preparing food and regular feeding.

  • Tracking vendor attendance infractions with the use of an app.

  • Communicating with third-party service providers as needed.

  • Identifying areas of improvement and implementing/improving systems.

  • Communicating concerns/issues in a prompt and respectful manner.

  • Conducting general maintenance such as changing lightbulbs, providing temporary solutions for any leaks, promptly cleaning spills, painting, etc.

  • Generally stepping in to assist in any way that is helpful to the team and operations as a whole.

Education & Experience: High school diploma or equivalent.

Physical Requirements:

  • Regular ladder use

  • Regular bending and lifting (cleaning, trash removal, general maintenance)

  • Operation of electrical lift

  • Prolonged periods of walking and standing

  • Shoveling snow

  • Stacking wooden event chairs, moving them on a dolly, unstacking them

  • Lifting ~100 wooden event chairs from floor to top of event tables at least 1x per week

  • Assisting with moving solid wooden event tables, and at times deconstructing them to store/setting them up again

  • Must be able to lift up to 80 pounds at times

  • Trash removal requires lifting at head-level to toss bags into compactor

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