Kitchen Manager: High-Volume Leadership & Growth

Socket.dev; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: $65k-$75k

Monthly bonus plan

Insurance (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) with discretionary match

Life & disability insurance

Paid vacation

Family Fund

Growth opportunities

Leadership development

Job summary

Jim 'N Nick's Community Bar-B-Q in North Charleston, SC, is seeking a hands-on Kitchen Manager to lead back-of-house operations in a high-volume barbecue restaurant. You will manage pit, line, prep, and dish shifts, coach staff on quality, safety, and standards, and drive cost controls and labor planning.

You will build schedules that meet labor goals while ensuring guest satisfaction and team development, reporting to the General Manager and Local Owner.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of kitchen management experience in a high-volume, full-service restaurant.
• Scratch-kitchen experience strongly preferred; scratch-kitchen pride required.
• A teacher and a standard-setter: your kitchen runs your way even when you're off.
• Disciplined with numbers: food cost, labor, waste, and inventory.
• Calm, clear, and candid when the board is full.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Run effective shifts across the whole kitchen: pit, line, prep, and dish.
• Coach and develop assistant managers and team members on quality, safety, sanitation, and standards.
• Manage BOH budgets, forecasting, inventory, and cost controls, and teach your assistants to do the same.
• Build BOH schedules that hit labor goals without ever shorting the guest.
• Interview and hire to keep the kitchen staffed with people who have real fire.
• Set and communicate goals with the General Manager and Local Owner.
• Keep the kitchen clean, stocked, safe, and ready, because Bar-B-Q is a job that's never truly finished.

Skills

Kitchen management

High-volume restaurant

Food safety & sanitation

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Jim 'N Nick's Community Bar-B-Q in North Charleston, SC, is seeking a hands-on Kitchen Manager to lead back-of-house operations in a high-volume barbecue restaurant. You will manage pit, line, prep, and dish shifts, coach staff on quality, safety, and standards, and drive cost controls and labor planning.

You will build schedules that meet labor goals while ensuring guest satisfaction and team development, reporting to the General Manager and Local Owner.