Kitchen Manager - Surly Pizza and Taproom

Surly Brewing Co.; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Surly Brewing Co. is seeking a talented Kitchen Manager for their new pizza and beer hall in Grand Forks. This hands-on role includes managing kitchen operations, training staff, and delivering high-quality service in a fast-paced environment. With competitive pay and excellent benefits, this position is perfect for a passionate leader in the culinary field.

Benefits

Medical/Dental benefits

401k + matching

Paid time off (PTO)

Free beer

Food and merchandise discounts

Cell phone reimbursement

Bonus based on performance

Qualifications

• Kitchen veteran with management experience (pizza experience is a bonus).
• Comfortable in a fast-paced scratch kitchen.
• A people person who leads from the kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Hiring, scheduling, and managing the kitchen team.
• Training new staff to Surly standards.
• Maintaining a clean and organized kitchen.
• Handling payroll reporting and inventory.

Skills

Management experience

High-volume service

Creativity

Attention to detail

Calm under pressure

Job description

You settle all the time. On bad dates. Crappy landlords. Airplane seats. But your job? That shouldn’t be one of them.

At Surly, not settling is the whole point. It’s what drove us from a two-person operation in a Brooklyn Center abrasives factory to one of the Top 50 Craft Breweries in the country. We don’t hire warm bodies. We hire passionate, talented people, give them the tools to crush it, and back them with solid pay, killer benefits, and a culture that doesn’t suck. If that sounds like your kind of place, let’s talk.

About the gig:

Surly Pizza is our award-winning pizza and beer hall in Minneapolis, Minneapolis. Now, we’re bringing the heat to Grand Forks—and we need a badass Kitchen Manager to lead the charge. This is a hands-on role. You’ll be in the kitchen, managing the team, keeping the trains running on time, and making damn good pizza.

Before we open, you’ll train with our team at the mothership in Minneapolis (up to 6 weeks) to get fully dialed in on recipes, prep systems, and the Surly way of doing things. Surly will be picking up the tab to cover housing costs associated with the training in Minneapolis. As this is a satellite location, there will be some extra admin duties, so being organized and proactive is key.

You are:

• A kitchen vet with management experience (bonus points if you’ve worked with pizza)
• Comfortable in a scratch kitchen with high-volume service
• Creative, detail-obsessed, and calm under pressure
• A people person who leads from the line, not the office
• Able to handle heat (literally—it’s a kitchen)
• Ready to stand, hustle, and do what it takes to lead a top-tier crew
  
  
  

You’ll handle:

• Hiring, scheduling, and leading the hourly team
• Training new staff to Surly standards
• Maintaining a clean, organized, high-output kitchen
• Admin work like payroll reporting and inventory
  
  
  

Perks + Pay:

• Salary: $55k–$65k
• Bonus: Up to $10k based on sales, labor, and food cost
• Benefits: Medical/Dental, 401k + match, PTO, free beer (yep), food + merch discounts, cell phone reimbursement, and more