Restaurant / Kitchen Manager

NADC Burger; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Wellness resources

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Job summary

NADC Burger is seeking a hands-on General Manager to run a single store in Charlotte, NC, with growth potential as we expand. You’ll own the kitchen and dining floor, ensure quality and speed, and lead a team that takes pride in their work.

You’ll hire and train staff, manage schedules, and coach the crew to sustain high standards. Growth into multi-unit leadership is baked into the plan, rewarding performance with more scope and pay.

Qualifications

• Real hands-on culinary experience across line, chef, or kitchen management.
• 2+ years managing a restaurant kitchen, shift, or team in QSR, fast-casual, or full-service.
• Genuine hospitality instinct that shows in guest interactions.
• Track record of building a crew that wants to be there.
• Comfort with the pace, heat, and standards of a high-volume kitchen.
• Basic comfort with labor %, food cost, ordering, or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Own the kitchen and the floor: food quality, ticket times, cleanliness, and guest experience, every shift.
• Taste and check product; identify and fix issues before reaching guests.
• Hire, train, schedule, and coach a crew that takes pride in the workplace.
• Run store numbers: labor, food cost, waste, and ordering as if it were your business.
• Maintain food safety and health standards without overburdening the team.
• Resolve guest issues on the spot to encourage return visits.
• Partner with ownership to train managers for future locations.

Skills

Culinary experience

Restaurant management

Hospitality mindset

Crew development

High-volume kitchen

Basic financial literacy

Job description

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Wellness resources
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance

NADC Burger is looking for the person who will run it- someone who can taste a mouth watering smashed burger and know instantly whether it's right, and who makes every guest and every crew member feel like they matter the second they walk in. This is a ground-floor role: run one store exceptionally well, and you'll be first in line to run several.

About NADC Burger

NADC Burger is a fast-growing quick-service concept built around one thing: a genuinely great hamburger, made consistently, served fast, by people who are glad to be there. We're starting with our first store, with plans to expand to multiple locations in market in the near term. We're building the leadership team now that will carry that growth, which means the person we hire for this role has real room to grow with us.

About the Role

Twelve months in, this store is running like a well-oiled machine: food comes out right every time, tickets move fast, the crew is trained and takes pride in the shift, and guests notice the difference the moment they order. You've built a team that likes coming to work and holds itself to a high bar without you having to stand over their shoulder. Ownership trusts you enough to start handing you the next location.

What You’ll Do

• Own the kitchen and the floor: food quality, ticket times, cleanliness, and guest experience, every single shift.
• Taste and check product throughout the day. When something's off, seasoning, oil temp, hold times, catch it, name it, and fix it before it ever reaches a guest.
• Hire, train, schedule, and coach a crew that's proud of where they work. Set the tone: friendly and warm with guests, fair and firm with the team.
• Run the store's numbers, labor, food cost, waste, and ordering, like it's your own business, because the better you run it, the more of them you'll get to run.
• Hold the line on food safety and health standards without turning it into a chore for the team.
• Resolve guest issues on the spot, turning a bad moment into a reason to come back.
• Partner directly with ownership as we open new locations, helping train the managers who'll run them.

What We’re Looking For

Required

• Real hands-on culinary experience. Whether that's from working the line, cooking as a chef, or managing a kitchen. You know what “right” tastes like, and you know how to fix it when it isn't.
• 2+ years managing a restaurant kitchen, shift, or team, in QSR, fast-casual, or full-service.
• A genuine hospitality instinct, you like people, you like making their day better, and it shows without you having to try.
• A track record of building a crew that actually wants to be there, not just one that shows up.
• Comfortable with the pace, heat, and standards of a high-volume kitchen.
• Basic comfort with the financial side of running a store, including labor percentage, food cost, ordering. Or the drive to learn it fast.

Preferred

• ServSafe Manager Certification or equivalent food safety certification.
• Experience opening a new restaurant or helping scale a growing brand.
• Prior exposure to multi-unit operations, or a clear stated ambition to get there.

Where This Role Goes

This job starts as a general manager of one store. It won't stay that way for long. As NADC Burger adds locations in market, our first call for area manager and multi-unit leadership roles goes to the people already proving they can run a great store — with more responsibility, more pay, and more benefits following as fast as you can grow into them. How far this goes is really up to you.

Compensation & Benefits

Salaried, exempt position. Compensation is competitive and based on experience, with a clear path to increases tied to store performance and growth into multi-unit responsibility. Full details provided during the interview process.