Bilingual Kitchen Manager - High-Volume Ops Leader

Hirebridge; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Hirebridge is seeking a strong Kitchen Manager to oversee the day-to-day organization, staffing, systems, and execution of a high-volume restaurant kitchen in Charleston, SC. The role emphasizes pre-service planning, inventory control, and staff leadership to ensure top-quality service.

This operations-focused position requires hands-on leadership, effective communication with senior culinary and restaurant leadership, and a strong commitment to food safety and cost control.

Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of Kitchen Manager or BOH supervisory experience in a high-volume restaurant.
• Strong knowledge of staffing, scheduling, prep, production, inventory, sanitation, and service execution.
• Experience supervising hourly kitchen staff.
• 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 able to hold standards in a fast-paced environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee BOH operations; ensure kitchen is organized, staffed, prepped, and ready for service.
• Lead cooks, prep staff, dish team members, and other BOH employees on shifts.
• Manage station setup, prep levels, production needs, opening/closing procedures, and shift readiness.
• Support BOH scheduling, staffing, attendance, shift coverage, and labor deployment based on volume.
• Monitor labor 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 portions, recipe adherence, inventory controls, waste reduction, and production planning.
• Maintain cleanliness, sanitation, labeling, storage, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure cleaning schedules and standards are consistently met.
• Train and onboard new BOH employees and reinforce operating and culinary standards.
• Coach employees in real time; address performance, attendance, communication, and execution issues.
• Reinforce recipes, portions, food quality, presentation, and consistency with leadership.
• Communicate staffing, product, equipment, and maintenance needs to senior leadership.
• Coordinate with FOH leadership for smooth service and issue resolution.
• Support private events, high-volume shifts, seasonal changes, and other operational needs.
• Maintain a hands-on presence during service and support the operation as needed.
• Strengthen BOH systems, SOPs, checklists, communication, and accountability.

Skills

Kitchen management

Staff supervision

Food cost control

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Tools

None

Job description

Hirebridge is seeking a strong Kitchen Manager to oversee the day-to-day organization, staffing, systems, and execution of a high-volume restaurant kitchen in Charleston, SC. The role emphasizes pre-service planning, inventory control, and staff leadership to ensure top-quality service.

This operations-focused position requires hands-on leadership, effective communication with senior culinary and restaurant leadership, and a strong commitment to food safety and cost control.