Night Foreman Cleaning Crew

Kitchen Guard of San Diego; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Kitchen Guard of San Diego is seeking a Night Operations Manager to oversee the overnight department. Responsibilities include managing team performance, ensuring safety, and maintaining high-quality service standards. Ideal candidates will have management experience and strong communication skills, along with the ability to meet physical demands of the role.

Compensation ranges from $50,000 to $70,000 per year, with benefits including health and dental insurance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of management responsibility.
• Hood cleaning experience preferred but not required.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor overnight department employees.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and safety during night shift.
• Assist in conducting briefings for night shift staff.

Skills

Management responsibility

Communication skills

Organization and time-management skills

Computer skills (Word, Excel)

Job description

Who are we?

Kitchen Guard, an EverSmith Brand, is a leading kitchen exhaust cleaning company dedicated to ensuring the safety and cleanliness of commercial industrial kitchens. Kitchen Guard Services started in 2009 as a cold water, kitchen, and bar cleaning service. With a strong commitment to quality service and fire safety, we’ve built a reputation for excellence in our industry. Kitchen Guard Services is one of the largest kitchen exhaust and deep cleaning providers in California.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Vision insurance

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor activities of all employees in the overnight department ensuring they adhere to the standards of excellence, guidelines in the employee handbook, enforcing policies and procedures, coaching, training, correcting where needed.
• Direct and oversee all operations during the night shift to ensure customer satisfaction and safety.
• Assist in conducting briefings for all staff during night shift.
• Maintain a professional and high‑quality service‑oriented environment at all times.
• Manage the night shift route, ensuring all employees perform the tasks assigned to them and coordinate with other departments as needed.
• Assist overnight crew with exhaust cleaning (power washing, scraping, wiping down equipment, vacuuming, climbing ladders, hinging fans, covering kitchen equipment in plastic, etc.).
• Actively participate in decision‑making processes when issues arise to ensure seamless service.
• Monitor and develop team member performance, providing supervision, scheduling, assigning nightly work, training, counseling, evaluations and delivering recognition and reward.
• Show initiative, problem‑solving ability, staff training, and team‑leading skills.
• Enforce all safety policies and procedures.
• Remain current in all updates about new procedures and training.
• Any other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of growing management responsibility.
• Hood cleaning experience preferred but not required.
• Computer skills – Word, Excel, internet, other applications.
• Organization and time‑management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication.
• Previous experience working nights a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Be physically able to climb ladders to gain rooftop access to commercial establishments.
• Ability to squat, lift, and carry 50 lbs., a minimum of 100 feet.
• Able to stand for 10 hours at a time.
• Have excellent attention to detail and work fast and efficiently.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Kitchen Guard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal or state law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity.

Compensation

$50,000.00 — $70,000.00 per year