Bilingual Kitchen Manager - High-Volume Ops Lead

Hirebridge; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Hirebridge is seeking a Kitchen Manager in Charleston, SC to oversee day-to-day BOH operations, staffing, systems, and execution in a high-volume kitchen.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, staff development, and strong food cost control with a focus on safety and standards; English/Spanish bilingual is strongly preferred. Reporting to culinary leadership, you will drive efficiency and consistency across all kitchens operations.

Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of Kitchen Manager, Sous Chef, or comparable BOH supervisory experience in a high-volume restaurant.
• Strong operational knowledge of staffing, scheduling, prep, production, inventory, receiving, sanitation, and service execution.
• Experience supervising and developing hourly kitchen employees.
• Working knowledge of food cost, labor management, waste controls, and kitchen productivity.
• Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, and regulatory standards.
• Highly organized, dependable, proactive, and comfortable holding standards in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on leadership style with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Help manage daily BOH operations and ensure the kitchen is organized, staffed, prepared, and ready for service.
• Lead cooks, prep staff, dish team members, and other BOH employees during assigned shifts.
• Manage station setup, prep levels, production needs, opening and closing procedures, and shift readiness.
• Support BOH scheduling, staffing, attendance, shift coverage, and labor deployment based on projected volume.
• Monitor kitchen labor and productivity and identify opportunities to improve efficiency without compromising execution.
• Assist with ordering, receiving, inventory counts, storage, product rotation, and organization.
• Help control food cost through proper portions, recipe adherence, inventory controls, waste reduction, and production planning.
• Maintain strong standards for cleanliness, sanitation, food safety, labeling, storage, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure cleaning schedules and organizational standards are consistently completed and maintained.
• Train and onboard new BOH employees and reinforce ongoing operating and culinary standards.
• Coach employees in real time and address performance, attendance, communication, and execution issues with appropriate leadership.
• Reinforce recipes, portions, food quality, presentation, and consistency in partnership with culinary leadership.
• Communicate staffing, product, equipment, maintenance, and operational needs proactively to senior leadership.
• Coordinate with FOH leadership to support smooth service, appropriate communication, and timely resolution of operational issues.
• Support private events, high-volume shifts, seasonal changes, and other operational needs.
• Maintain a hands-on presence during service and step into the operation wherever support is needed.
• Help strengthen BOH systems, SOPs, checklists, communication, and accountability.
• Support broader culinary responsibilities as needed based on the final leadership structure.

Skills

Kitchen Management

Staffing & Scheduling

Food Cost Control

Food Safety

Bilingual English/Spanish

Job description

Hirebridge is seeking a Kitchen Manager in Charleston, SC to oversee day-to-day BOH operations, staffing, systems, and execution in a high-volume kitchen.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, staff development, and strong food cost control with a focus on safety and standards; English/Spanish bilingual is strongly preferred. Reporting to culinary leadership, you will drive efficiency and consistency across all kitchens operations.