Restaurant Manager - Ayr

Red Rooster; Ayr; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Rooster in Ayr, Queensland, is seeking a Manager to lead restaurant operations and ensure a high standard of guest experience. You will drive sales, oversee food quality and safety, and manage costs while building a positive team culture.

The role requires strong leadership in a fast-paced hospitality setting, with a focus on coaching crew, maintaining brand standards and delivering consistent customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Management experience in hospitality and quick-service environments.
• Strong understanding of customer service excellence and brand standards.
• Knowledge of wage awards and basic employee relations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant operations to meet brand, customer, quality and safety standards.
• Drive sales, control costs (food, labour, overheads) and optimise profitability.
• Coach and develop team members to deliver memorable guest experiences.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Food safety

Hospitality operations

Job description

Casual / Part-Time / Full-Time

Red Rooster is Australia’s first and favourite chicken shop, loved by Aussies for almost 50 years. We are passionate about our people - that is, our crew, customers and community – and we are here to satisfy Australia’s chicken cravings. At Red Rooster we are serious about creating craveable experiences that put smiles on our customers’ faces …. And that’s where you come in.

Do you love to bring joy to the everyday? Want to be part of an iconic Australian brand?

Working at Red Rooster is so much more than just a job. It’s a place where you will gain skills and experiences that will last a lifetime, create friendships and connections, be recognised and rewarded for making a difference and have access to careers within Red Rooster and the broader Craveable Brands family. (this includes our Restaurant Support Centre, Oporto and Chicken Treat.)

At Red Rooster we wanna have fun. We bring our swagger and generous spirit to work and put pride, passion and care into everything we do. We celebrate diversity and individuality and strive to be our best selves every day. The safety of our product, people and customers is always our top priority

We are looking for Managers right now!

As a Manager you will be responsible for all aspects of restaurant management and profitability in order to meet our high brand, customer promise, quality and safety standards, whilst delivering on key performance areas such as sales, food cost, labour spend and other controllable expenses. You will lead teams through providing clear direction, coaching and support to prepare and serve amazing food and create memorable customer experiences through every interaction. You will use your strong business acumen and commitment to continuously improve and optimise profit, create a positive culture and drive costs down all whilst improving the customer experience and maintaining our high standards.

Do you have what it takes to join our crew?

As a Manager, you will be an expert multi-tasker who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will have demonstrated management experience in the hospitality industry and strong commercial acumen, be able to translate direction into action, demonstrate a real knack for leading, inspiring and supporting the crew to be at their best every day and be committed to continuous improvement whilst always championing the customer experience. Demonstrated knowledge in the basics of employee relations, such as interpreting awards will be highly regarded.

If you love food, are results driven and passionate about leading people and performance in a fast paced environment, take pride in the presentation and quality of space and product and have a passion to be the best part of someone’s day, then The Rooster’s Calling You.