Bilingual Kitchen Manager | High-Volume Ops & Leadership

Hirebridge; Virginia Beach (VA); 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 in Charleston, SC is seeking a strong Kitchen Manager to oversee day-to-day BOH operations in a high-volume restaurant. You will lead cooks, prep staff, dish team, and other BOH employees, ensuring stations are ready for service and inventory is controlled.

This role emphasizes hands-on leadership, staff scheduling, production planning, food cost control, sanitation, and adherence to food safety standards, with bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of Kitchen Manager or 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.
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee 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 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.

Skills

Kitchen Leadership

Staffing

Scheduling

Labor management

Food safety

Bilingual English/Spanish

Communication

Problem-solving

Job description

Hirebridge in Charleston, SC is seeking a strong Kitchen Manager to oversee day-to-day BOH operations in a high-volume restaurant. You will lead cooks, prep staff, dish team, and other BOH employees, ensuring stations are ready for service and inventory is controlled.

This role emphasizes hands-on leadership, staff scheduling, production planning, food cost control, sanitation, and adherence to food safety standards, with bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.