McDonald's General Manager Up to $70k per year plus bonus

McDonald's; Thomaston (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 Weeks paid vacation

Closed on Christmas Day

Education programs

Medical, dental and vision

Disability and life insurance

Performance bonuses

Uniforms provided

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

McDonald’s in Thomaston, GA seeks a General Manager to lead a high‑volume restaurant. You’ll drive profitability, uphold Quality, Service and Cleanliness, and coach a team of Department and Shift Managers to hit goals with strong operational discipline.

Ideal candidates have GM experience in quick service or hospitality, are 18+, and know how to develop people while delivering outstanding guest experiences.

Qualifications

• GM experience in quick service or hospitality required.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume restaurant operations.
• 18 years or older with strong leadership and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-volume McDonald’s restaurant to achieve profitability and guest standards.
• Coach and develop Department and Shift Managers to meet goals.
• Set goals, monitor progress, and implement improvements across the restaurant.
• Hire, schedule, and train staff to ensure smooth operations.

Skills

General management

People leadership

Hospitality experience

Team coaching

Operations excellence

Job description

This job posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. This franchisee owns a license to use McDonald’s logos and food products, for example, when running the restaurant. However, this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. If you are hired for the job described in this posting, the franchisee will be your employer, not McDonald’s USA. Only the franchisee is responsible for employment matters at the restaurant, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervisions, staffing, and scheduling employees. McDonald’s USA has no control over employment matters at the restaurant. McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of your employment application and it will have no involvement in any employment decisions, including whether you receive an interview for the job or whether you are hired.

Description

McDonald’s Works for Me.

I’m going places. I want a satisfying career with good benefits and great opportunities for advancement. I have a lot to offer and I want to grow.

The Job for Me – Get a job that inspires your best and moves you forward. Choose your hours. Pursue your education. Build your skills and be yourself.

The Team for Me – Our people want to say YES — to working with energy and purpose, finding new talent, providing coaching and direction, honing their leadership skills, and helping to run a business that serves up delicious food and feel‑good moments. Does this sound like you? You’ll fit right in.

The Company for Me – From here, you can go further than you thought possible. Reach your goals and build your future with college tuition assistance, valuable job training, and retirement benefits.

Requirements

The General Manager is responsible for running a profitable restaurant and for making sure the restaurant meets McDonald’s critical customer standards of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness. These standards are high, so this is a big job! The General Manager works with his/her leader to set the restaurant’s goals and creates a plan to achieve the goals.

To meet restaurant goals, the General Manager doesn’t work alone. He or she leads a team of Department Managers that has specific responsibilities in the restaurant. This means helping the Department Managers to set their own goals, following up on their progress, and providing coaching and direction to improve their Departments. By improving the Departments, the restaurant improves!

The General Manager may also be responsible for hiring and developing Department and Shift Managers to make sure that the restaurant has the right team to lead into the future.

Ideal candidates should have previous General Manager experience running high volume locations. A background in quick service restaurants is strongly desired, or experience in hospitality or retail. You must be 18 years or older to be a manager in our corporate owned and operated restaurants.

Additional Info

Along with competitive pay, a General Manager at a McDonald’s Corporate owned restaurant is eligible for incredible benefits including:

• 3 Weeks paid vacation
• Closed On Christmas Day
• Education through Archways to Opportunity including opportunities to earn a High School degree, college tuition assistance and English classes as a second language
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Short- and Long-Term Disability, life and accident insurance
• Performance Bonus Awards $8k plus per year
• Free Uniforms
• Growth Platform - Grow within the organization every 6 months
• Employee points recognition system with rewards for all managers and crew to increase productivity and employee morale

The organization is structure with OTP Pro, Internal maintenance time to limit down time on equipment, virtual crew orientations and onboarding and people manager to help the training and development of the crew and managers. All shifts are covered with 2 shift managers minimum to reduce stress, increase productivity and customer satisfaction.

This job posting contains some information about what it is like to work in a McDonald’s restaurant, but it is not a complete job description. People who work in a McDonald’s restaurant perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of this job.

By applying to this position, I understand that I am applying to work at a restaurant that is owned and operated by an independent franchisee, not McDonald’s USA. I understand that this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. Any information I provide in this application will be submitted only to the independent franchisee, who is the only company responsible for employment matters at this restaurant. I recognize that the independent franchisee alone will make all decisions concerning employment matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. By applying for a job at a franchisee operated restaurant, I understand that the information I provide will be forwarded to the franchisee organization in order for that organization to reach out to me and process and evaluate my application. I acknowledge that McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of my employment application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions regarding me, including whether I receive an interview or whether I am hired to work for the franchisee. I understand that I need to contact the franchise organization for information about its privacy practices.