Restaurant Manager

Explor Crater Lake, LLC; Oregon; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee housing

Benefits

Job summary

Explor Crater Lake, LLC is seeking a Restaurant Manager to lead daily dining operations, guest service, and staff development at our location. You will recruit, train, and supervise team members while ensuring high standards of quality and safety.

This role requires 5+ years in hospitality with 3+ years in leadership, familiarity with POS systems, budgeting, menu planning, and compliance with liquor regulations; strong communication and multi-tasking skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hospitality experience.
• 3+ years of restaurant manager or leadership experience.
• Current food handler’s card and other required certifications.
• Familiar with point-of-sale computers and software.
• Comfortable using a computer, navigating Windows, MS Office, and Outlook Email.
• High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Pleases customers by providing a pleasant dining experience.
• Leads HR objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, supervising, and disciplining employees; communicating expectations.
• Achieves restaurant objectives by contributing to plans, budgets, audits, and standard setting.
• Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, and analyzing variances.
• Plans menus by consulting with chefs and estimating costs and profits.
• Controls costs by portion control, waste reduction, and ensuring quality.
• Ensures compliance with liquor regulations and safety standards.
• Maximizes bar profitability by monitoring portions and charges accuracy.
• Publicizes the restaurant through advertising, outreach to editors, and local partnerships.
• Maintains a safe environment by sanitation standards and regulatory compliance.
• Maintains ambiance through lighting, music, dining ware, and presentation quality.
• Updates knowledge by education and professional networking.
• Enhances department reputation by ownership and exploring value-added opportunities.

Skills

People management

Planning

Self-motivated

High energy level

Multi-tasking

Resolving conflict

Verbal communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Food handler’s card

Tools

POS systems

Windows OS

MS Office / Outlook

Job description

At Explor Crater Lake, LLC, every day is an adventure — where tranquil beauty, scenic landscapes, and rich culture come together to create a truly unforgettable workplace. Offering competitive pay, employee housing and benefits.Now hiring for the 2027 season.

Restaurant Manager Job Responsibilities:

• Pleases customers by providing a pleasant dining experience.
• Accomplishes restaurant human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves restaurant operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; and implementing change.
• Meets restaurant financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Plans menus by consulting with chefs, estimating food costs and profits, and adjusting menus.
• Controls costs by reviewing portion control and quantities of preparation; minimizing waste; and ensuring high quality of preparation.
• Avoids legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission.
• Maximizes bar profitability by ensuring portion control and monitoring accuracy of charges.
• Publicizes the restaurant by designing and placing advertisements; inviting food editors to review the restaurant; contacting local, regional, and national magazines with feature ideas; and encouraging local businesses to hold social events at the restaurant.
• Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations; securing revenues; developing and implementing disaster plans; maintaining security and sprinkler systems; and maintaining parking lot and walkways.
• Maintains ambiance by controlling lighting, background music, linen service, glassware, dinnerware, and utensil quality and placement; and monitoring food presentation and service.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments

Restaurant Manager Skills and Qualifications:

• People management, fostering teamwork, and giving feedback
• Planning
• Self-motivated
• High energy Level
• Multi-tasking
• Resolving conflict
• Verbal communication

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• 5+ years of hospitality-related experience
• 3+ years of restaurant manager or leadership experience
• Current food handler’s card and other certification as required by federal/state/local law
• Familiar with point-of-sale computers and software
• Comfortable using a computer, navigating Windows, Microsoft Office, and Outlook Email
• High school diploma or GED

We maintain a drug-free workplace to ensure the safety and well-being of all employees.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status and all other status protected by law.