Restaurant manager

Guac Mexi Grill; Port Elgin; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Guac Mexi Grill in Ontario is seeking a Restaurant Manager to oversee daily operations in a rural setting. You will manage budgets, supervise a team, and ensure high standards of service and safety.

The role requires 1–2 years of restaurant experience, strong English communication, and the ability to recruit and train staff while coordinating marketing efforts. You will work 30–40 hours per week in a permanent position, with duties spanning cost control, inventory, and delivering excellent

Qualifications

• Secondary school graduation certificate.
• 1 year to less than 2 years of experience in restaurant management or supervisory role.
• English required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze budget to boost and maintain profits.
• Develop budgets for food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies.
• Plan and organize daily operations.
• Recruit, train and supervise staff.
• Monitor revenues and labour costs.
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed.
• Address customer complaints and provide service.

Skills

Budget analysis

Staff supervision

Operations planning

Customer service

Marketing planning

Education

Secondary school graduation certificate

Job description

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Analyze budget to boost and maintain the restaurant's profits
• Develop budget to determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies
• Evaluate daily operations
• Monitor revenues to determine labour cost
• Monitor staff performance
• Plan and organize daily operations
• Recruit staff
• Set staff work schedules
• Supervise staff
• Train staff
• Determine type of services to be offered and implement operational procedures
• Conduct performance reviews
• Cost products and services
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• Negotiate with clients for catering or use of facilities
• Participate in marketing plans and implementation
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Provide customer service

Supervision

• 5-10 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Safe Food Handling certificate
• Food Safety Certificate

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Employment terms options

• Morning
• Night
• Day
• Weekend

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities