Kitchen Manager

Sardi’s Pollo A La Brasa; Capitol Heights (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Free meals

Health Insurance contribution

Holiday Pay

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Sardi's in Maryland is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead daily kitchen operations, ensure food safety, and maintain high service standards. You will supervise staff, manage costs, schedules, and inventory while promoting a positive work environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong communication, and the ability to handle busy shifts with composure and professionalism. Join a team focused on quality meals and excellent customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers in a friendly, courteous manner to uphold service standards
• Keep food safety, costs, and safety measures aligned with policy
• Lead the back-of-house team, manage shifts and resolve conflicts
• Oversee costs, pricing, schedules, and daily restaurant operations
• Maintain organized schedules, shipments, and cleaning routines
• Resolve stock, staff, and customer issues with quick solutions
• Clearly communicate standards and cooking methods to staff
• Work long days on your feet in a high-activity kitchen

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Speaking

Stamina

Job description

We're hiring Kitchen Managers!

Responsibilities

• Customer-Service: Kitchen managers might have to interact with customers. Being friendly and courteous will help keep customers coming back
• Attention to Detail: Kitchen managers have to keep their eyes on a lot of elements: food standards, costs, safety, etc.
• Leadership: Kitchen managers must be leaders in the back of house, rallying their team during heavy shifts, resolving conflicts and getting the job done
• Management Skills: Kitchen managers not only deal with food, they also have to deal with costs, pricing, creating work schedules and more.
• Organizational Skills: Keeping work schedules, shipments, cleaning schedules and more organized is crucial to the job
• Problem-Solving Skills: Dealing with employee conflict, irate customers and wrong stock orders is part of a kitchen managers job. Being able to come up with a solution quickly is a needed skill
• Speaking Skills: Kitchen managers need to accurately and easily communicate standards and cooking methods to staff, give orders and speak with customers clearly
• Stamina: Kitchen managers can expect long days around hot cooking elements, much of it on their feet

Why work with us?

We offer great benefits to our team members including:

• PTO- Paid Time Off
• Free meals
• Health Insurance contribution
• Holiday Pay
• Weekly Pay

Sardi’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or military or veteran status in accordance with federal law. In addition, Sardi’s complies with applicable state and local laws governing non discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Sardi’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

Disclaimer - Sardi's values diversity among our team members and the unique perspective this brings to the Company

Disclaimer - It is unlawful in Maryland to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.