Assistant Kitchen Manager

PILF Restaurant Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Bonus Eligibility

Dental insurance

Employee discount

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

PILF Restaurant Group is seeking an Assistant Kitchen Manager to support multiple Dallas and Fort Worth locations.

You will lead kitchen teams, uphold safety and sanitation standards, manage scheduling and cost control, and drive training and development while ensuring consistent quality and guest satisfaction.

This full-time role offers competitive pay, benefits including health/dental/vision, paid time off, and opportunities for ongoing professional growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in varied kitchen roles; at least 6 months in leadership.
• Excellent communication with managers, kitchen staff and guests.
• Able to work in fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively.
• Able to stand long hours and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must hold a food service sanitation certificate.
• Experience with POS, inventory programs and online ordering.

Responsibilities

• Implements and enforces kitchen policies and procedures.
• Oversees training of new kitchen staff and maintains a positive work environment.
• Ensures safety, sanitation and proper operation of equipment and utensils.
• Schedules BOH labor to meet activity while controlling costs.
• Complies with health, safety and labor regulations for the restaurant and guests.
• Maintains food quality, portioning, and serving standards.
• Maintains inventory logs and tracks waste; ensures proper dating.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strong communication

Food safety certification

POS system & inventory

Multi-tasking

Stamina to work long hours

Education

Food service sanitation certificate

Tools

POS system

Inventory software

Online ordering platform

Job description

PILF Restaurant Group is looking for an Assistant Kitchen Manager for multiple locations throughout Dallas and Fort Worth!

PILF Restaurant Group is the mastermind behind the concepts of Cane Rosso, Zoli's NY Pizza, Thunderbird Pies, and Side Hustle!

What's in it for you:

• Competitive salary depending on industry experience.
• One full week of paid vacation in the first year.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance is available
• Eligible for quarterly bonus!
• Thorough training and ongoing development to enhance career.
• Managers eat free!

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Implements and maintains rules, policies and procedures.
• Helps to oversee training of new kitchen employees. Creates a positive, productive, and empowering/motivating work environment.
• Ensures kitchen personnel are trained in the safe operation of all kitchen equipment and utensils, and in cleanliness and sanitation practices, processes, and requirements.
• Shares responsibility for scheduling BOH labor as required by anticipated business activity, while ensuring that all positions are staffed when and as needed, while ensuring labor cost objectives are met.
• Fully understands and complies with all federal, state, county and municipal regulations that pertain to the health, safety and labor requirements of the restaurant, employees, and guests.
• Achieves company objectives in service, quality, consistency, and appearance of facility. Upholds all sanitation and cleanliness standards and requirements. Helps to prepare required paperwork, including forms, reports and schedules, as it relates to PILF Restaurant Group, federal, state, county, municipal, and health department requirements/regulations, in an organized and timely manner.
• Implements and maintains appropriate cleaning schedules for kitchen floors, mats, walls, hoods, other equipment, and food storage areas.
• Ensures that all equipment is kept clean and kept in excellent working condition through personal inspection and by following the restaurant’s preventative maintenance programs.
• Ensures that all products are ordered according to predetermined product specifications and received in correct unit count and condition, on a timely-basis, and deliveries are performed in accordance with the restaurant’s receiving policies and procedures.
• Ensures food/products/orders are consistently and accurately prepared and served according to PILF Restaurant recipes, portioning, cooking and serving standards.
• Manages and maintains food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, and standard recipe and waste control procedures.
• Performs weekly inventory logs, creates daily prep lists, and records waste after each shift.
• Checks and maintains proper food holding and refrigeration temperature control points along with proper dating procedures and product rotation.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in varied kitchen positions including food preparation, line cook, fry cook, and expediter; minimum 6 months in a leadership/management position.
• Must have excellent communication skills, and be able to clearly communicate with managers, kitchen and dining room personnel, and guests.
• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to multi-task
• Be able to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 9 hours).
• Be able to reach, bend, stoop and frequently lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must have the stamina to work 45-50 hours per week.
• Experience with working with a POS, inventory program, and online ordering
• Must have a food service sanitation certificate.

We're proud to be a discrimination‑free, Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to equality and kindness.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Quarterly Bonus Eligibility
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off