Position: Kitchen Manager
Reports To: General Manager
Job Summary:
We are a rapidly growing restaurant looking for Kitchen Managers to enhance our company. The Kitchen Manager is responsible for assisting the General Manager in supervising Heart of the House restaurant operations. The Kitchen Manager will uphold the company’s vision and culture.
We’re looking for creative, motivated professionals who can lead their stores to success. The Kitchen Manager works in accordance with the Company’s goals, established policies and standards in support of the General Manager. Primary duties include shift supervision focused on providing excellent guest service and giving direction to team members ensuring quality product, safety, and health department compliance.
Requirements:
• Be able to be on your feet for 4-8 hours
• Demonstrate ability to safely prepare all prepped and menu items by following company procedures, recipes, menu specifications and complete final plate check to ensure proper presentation.
• Direct heart of house team members in properly preparing recipes. Validate appropriate menu specifications are followed and productivity standards are met.
• Assist with managing food costs by properly ordering, receiving and storing all food products weekly according to specifications and guidelines. Maintain food product inventory levels in accordance with established company guidelines.
• Complete opening and/or closing duties. Conduct daily checklist and use appropriate planner on each shift.
• Must be mentally alert, detailed oriented with good reasoning skills
• Must be able to read, write and speak English in a clear understandable voice
• Knowledge of service standards
• Serve Safe Certified
Responsibilities:
• Oversee opening and closing duties
• Provide training and coaching for heart of the house team members
• Order supplies, food and ingredients based on rapidly shifting demands and maintain inventory levels and conduct weekly inventory and reporting
• Communicate professionally and openly with all team members and other managers. Hold pre-shift meetings daily and monitor work environment to ensure team members are communicating respectfully at all times.
• Monitor work environment promoting safety, security, and cleanliness. Follow established company procedures and comply with applicable laws and health department requirements.
• Hire and train kitchen staff in specific stations, and cross-train as necessary
• Build and maintain an efficient and productive kitchen team through training, retention, coaching and development of both individual and group learning opportunities.
• Create schedules for kitchen staff to ensure there are always enough workers to meet the demands, particularly for the lunch/dinner rushes
• Schedule and oversee necessary maintenance and repairs on kitchen equipment and appliances
• Complete inventories of food, supplies, and smallwares. Verify appropriate par levels are maintained.
• Ensure standards for preventive maintenance on equipment and building are followed. Coordinate with General Manager to contact vendors for maintenance/repairs as needed.
• Promote and further communicate between all departments, always seeking to improve procedures
• Ensure that our guests always receive the finest products and services that Angry Carb Shack has to offer with a friendly smile that will set us apart as a restaurant and give our guests reason to come back time after time
Qualifications:
• 2- 5 years restaurant experience
• Able to delegate tasks and maintaining fast speed of service
• Capable of conducting and assessing restaurant inventory
• Willing to work a flexible schedule
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Dependable, punctual & honest
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands of this position described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. When performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand and walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; including fine dexterity (e.g. to prepare food and drinks, handle money, write and operate a computer) and gross dexterity (e.g. to carry items); reach with hands and arms; climb stairs and ladders; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds or more on occasion. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee may be required to attend business meetings or conferences. The work environment is that of a restaurant operation, including moderate to varying noise, crowds, and temperatures.
The essential functions and requirements listed in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the restaurant.
Job Type: Full Time
Wage: DOE
Bonus Structure: DOE
Benefits: Full Time Employees only