Kitchen Manager

Sardi’s Pollo A La Brasa; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO - Paid Time Off

Free meals

Health Insurance contribution

Holiday Pay

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Sardi’s Pollo A La Brasa in Laurel, MD is seeking a hands-on Kitchen Manager to lead daily kitchen operations, ensure food quality, maintain safety standards, and deliver consistent results.

You will supervise back-of-house staff, schedule shifts, monitor costs, manage inventory, and uphold high guest service standards through clear communication and organized processes. This role requires resilience during busy periods and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers in a friendly, courteous manner.
• Oversee food standards, costs, safety, and related metrics.
• Lead back-of-house staff, rally for busy shifts, resolve conflicts.
• Manage costs, pricing, schedules, and related administrative tasks.
• Maintain schedules, shipments, and cleaning routines.
• Resolve stock issues and solve problems quickly.
• Share cooking standards and methods clearly with staff.
• Handle long shifts in hot kitchen with sustained stamina.

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Leadership

Management

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Speaking Skills

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.