Shift Leader

Summerwood Corporation; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 20,664 - 34,440; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

401k benefits

Potential bonuses

Job summary

Summerwood Corporation is hiring a Shift Manager in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The Shift Manager plays a crucial role in supporting daily restaurant operations, ensuring the highest standard of customer service and food safety.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership in coaching crew members and maintaining quality standards. This hourly role includes various responsibilities, from conducting audits to overseeing food preparation and inventory. Employees working 30 hours or more can enroll in medical, dental, and 401k benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service or similar management role.
• Strong understanding of food handling and safety standards.
• Ability to provide effective training and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Assist management in daily operations and administrative tasks.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and product quality.
• Conduct daily inventory and food safety audits.

Skills

Customer service

Food safety procedures

Inventory management

Team training and coaching

Job description

Note: This description only documents the time that is allocated to management tasks. The remaining hours are allocated to deployed hourly tasks in food preparation, production, guest service and cleaning.

Basic Purpose and Objectives of the Position

The Shift Manager (SM) Is An Hourly Position That Serves To Assist Management In Routine Administrative And Operational Tasks Within The Restaurant. Focal Points Include

• Driving excellence in customer service
• Maintaining company standards in product and facility specifications
• Reviewing food handling procedures
• Assessing operational processes

The human resources responsibilities of a Shift Manager are limited to crew training and ongoing coaching and feedback for hourly employees. In addition, the Shift Manager may assume full responsibility for the opening and closing of the restaurant when management is unavailable. In these instances, the Shift Manager maintains administrative control of the restaurant but is not authorized to serve in a managerial capacity.

Principle Accountabilities

Customer Satisfaction/Product Quality

• Maintains fast, accurate service, positive guest relations and ensures products are consistent with company quality standards.
• Conducts periodic food safety audits.
• Provides on-going coaching and feedback to crew on customer service, product quality and speed of service.

Financial

• Shares with the Management team day‑to‑day responsibility for cash procedures such as bank deposits, making change, opening/closing safe and verifying drawers.

Operations

• Conducts daily inventory, completes shift-to-shift food safety audit and sets up daily control sheets.
• Reviews facility and equipment readiness.
• Monitors inventory, food preparation and order fulfillment on a daily basis to ensure adherence to company standards.
• Monitors speed with service (SWS) performance and resolves bottlenecks to achieve SWS goals.
• In the absence of management, responsible for food and supplies deliveries and restaurant opening and closing.

Human Resources

• Provides ongoing coaching and feedback for crew employees.
• Provides “hands‑on” training for crew in Learning Zone.

Benefits

• 30‑hour week are entitled to enroll in medical, dental and 401k benefits; 32‑hour week are entitled to PTO; 36‑hour week are entitled to short‑term disability.
• Period bonus potential up to $1.00 per hour for every hour worked.