Restaurant Project Coordinator – Openings & Implementation

Kei Concepts; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Employee dining discounts

Job summary

Kei Concepts is seeking a Project Coordinator – Projects & Implementation to support company projects across new restaurant openings, post-opening follow-up, construction coordination, and other cross-department initiatives.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, proactive, and able to maintain project trackers, collect updates, and prepare meeting notes. In-office base with potential limited work-from-home flexibility after training.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in project coordination, restaurant operations, administration, construction coordination, hospitality, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Project Management boards and project trackers for assigned projects.
• Track open items, owners, due dates, next steps, pending decisions, and project risks.
• Follow up with internal departments, vendors, and Field teams.
• Support new restaurant opening and post-opening project follow-up.
• Help organize layout, equipment, construction, and Field feedback updates.
• Support communication between Field Operations Team, Concepts Development Team, Marketing, IT, Accounting, vendors, and leadership.
• Prepare meeting notes, project recaps, and action-item lists.
• Support Standard Operating Procedure rollouts, software launches, packaging projects, catering projects, and other company initiatives.
• Collect files, quotes, invoices, photos, plans, vendor updates, and approval records for reference.
• Escalate delays, missing information, and decision-needed items to leadership.
• Keep project communication clear, organized, and easy for others to follow.

Skills

Project coordination

Restaurant operations

Cross-department collaboration

Vendor coordination

Construction coordination

Field operations

Tools

Monday.com

Teams

Excel

Google Drive

SharePoint

Job description

Kei Concepts is seeking a Project Coordinator – Projects & Implementation to support company projects across new restaurant openings, post-opening follow-up, construction coordination, and other cross-department initiatives.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, proactive, and able to maintain project trackers, collect updates, and prepare meeting notes. In-office base with potential limited work-from-home flexibility after training.