Dining Room Manager

Rose Senior Living Carmel; Addison (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clarendale of Addison is seeking a Dining Room Manager to lead dining room operations in the Culinary Services Department. This role ensures high-quality service and a clean, welcoming dining environment for residents and guests.

Responsibilities include staffing, training, and overseeing serving staff, maintaining standards for food quality and presentation, and scheduling to meet budgetary requirements. This is a full-time, on-site position at 1651 West Lake St, Addison, IL 60101.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years restaurant or senior living experience, or equivalent serving and staff management experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee the overall operation, coordination, appearance, and maintenance of dining room and serving staff to create a positive customer experience.
• Provide leadership, development and training, counseling, scheduling and oversight of all serving staff.
• Uphold cleanliness, sanitation and organization according to Community standards.
• Adhere to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, operation and stocking of the dining room.
• Demonstrate serving standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Train servers in customer service, serving techniques, table settings and workstation maintenance.
• Prepare server schedules according to operational needs and budget.

Skills

Staff management

Customer service

Leadership

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

When you work at The Clarendale of Addison, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

The Clarendale of Addison is recruiting for a hospitality focused Dining Room Manager to join our team! This position provides full-scope, hands‑on dining room management in the Culinary Services Department. Responsible for maintaining a superior level of quality service and cleanliness at all times.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Dining Room Manager:

• Responsible for the overall operation, coordination, appearance, and maintenance of dining room and serving staff in order to create and maintain a positive experience for all customers.
• Provide leadership, development and training, counseling, scheduling and oversight of all serving staff.
• Exemplify at all times the Community’s standards of cleanliness, sanitation and organization.
• Responsible for adhering to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
• Ensure company standards for an appropriately staffed, operational and stocked dining room.
• Exhibit serving standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Train servers in customer service, efficient serving techniques, setting tables and how to maintain workstations in proper order.
• Responsible for preparing server schedules according to operational needs and budgetary compliance.
• Set tables and maintain workstations in proper order. Take orders, provide service and requested items both graciously and courteously. Answer pertinent questions about menu items.
• Clear dishes from tables during and after meal service and assist with dish washing.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High school diploma/GED or the equivalent education, training and experience
• Minimum of 3 years restaurant or senior living experience, or equivalent serving and staff management experience

EEO Employer

Job Info

• Job Identification 39830
• Job Category Culinary Services
• Posting Date 09/10/2026, 06:50 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 1651 West Lake St, Addison, IL, 60101, US