Bilingual Kitchen Manager - Lead High-Volume BOH

Hirebridge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Medical & Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Hirebridge seeks a Kitchen Manager in Charleston, SC to oversee day-to-day BOH operations in a high-volume kitchen. You will lead cooks, prep staff, and dish team members, ensuring stations are prepared, organized, and set for service.

Work closely with senior culinary leadership; manage staffing, inventory, and cost controls while upholding food safety and quality standards. Strong English/Spanish skills preferred.

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 employees.
• Working knowledge of food cost, labor management, waste controls, and kitchen productivity.
• Strong understanding of food safety and regulatory standards.
• Hands-on leadership 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.

Skills

Kitchen management

Staff supervision

Food cost control

Bilingual English/Spanish

Job description

Hirebridge seeks a Kitchen Manager in Charleston, SC to oversee day-to-day BOH operations in a high-volume kitchen. You will lead cooks, prep staff, and dish team members, ensuring stations are prepared, organized, and set for service.

Work closely with senior culinary leadership; manage staffing, inventory, and cost controls while upholding food safety and quality standards. Strong English/Spanish skills preferred.