Shift Leader-Team Captain

Smoothie King (SKFI); Waco (TX); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Free smoothies

Office lunches and parties

Monthly fitness challenges

Free gym access

Job summary

A leading smoothie chain in Waco, Texas, is seeking a Shift Leader / Team Captain to join their team. This role is ideal for those passionate about healthy lifestyles and customer service. Responsibilities include blending smoothies, ensuring customer needs are met, and managing team members. Candidates should be at least 16 years old, with fast-food experience preferred. The company offers a supportive and vibrant workplace with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Ability to connect and communicate with guests and team members.
• Minimum age requirement: 16 years or older.
• Experience in a fast-food environment preferred, but not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Blends delicious tasting smoothies.
• Ensures guest satisfaction during orders.
• Greets and engages the guest for a friendly experience.
• Prepares fruits, vegetables, and other ingredients.
• Performs opening and closing duties.
• Completes store checklist tasks.
• Promotes the culture and values of Smoothie King.
• Assists in team member management.
• Handles cash and inventory tasks.

Skills

Guest communication

Team management

Fast-food experience

Job description

If you’re looking for a purpose and not just a job, join the Smoothie King team and turn your purpose into a fulfilling passion!

We’re not just the pioneers of the nutritional smoothie; we’re the champions of inspiring people to live a healthy and active lifestyle. With over 1300 stores and counting, we’ve grown to become the largest nutritional smoothie bar in the nation, with a simple recipe for success:

Hire the best people, use the best ingredients, and blend with a purpose.

At Smoothie King, we’re serious about our clean ingredients and passionate about our guests’ health and wellness journeys—but that doesn’t mean we don’t know how to have a good time. Here, you’ll find work that’s equal parts challenging and rewarding, all within a culture that’s as amazing as our smoothies. We’re committed to continuous improvement, achieving our goals, and fostering a supportive and collaborative environment where every team member can thrive.

What We Offer

Join our team and enjoy an unusually fun work environment with an upbeat atmosphere and great team members. It is our purpose to maintain an environment our team members can brag about, where our focus and belief are built on our core values: We Are Better Together, We Keep Evolving, We Live Our Mission, We Do the Right Thing, and We Focus and Finish. With our core values at the forefront of every decision we make, it allows for collaboration, passion, and a no‑limits mindset when it comes to your future! We keep our team happy with our great benefits package, free smoothies, flexible work schedules, office lunches and parties, monthly fitness challenges, free gym access, and more fun activities to make Smoothie King a happy and healthy place to work.

Overview

IMMEDIATELY HIRING

Are you…?

A smoothie fan?

Tired of working in fast‑food and smelling like grease?

Looking for a purpose and not just a job, join the Smoothie King team and turn your purposes into a fulfilling passion.

We are looking for purpose-driven Shift Leader / Team Captain to become an ultimate ambassador of our brand. As a Leader / Team Captain you will help Guests meet their fitness and nutrition goals by assisting them to help select smoothies and retail products that inspire them to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle, but also provide guidance to Team Members when General Managers are not in the store. The successful Shift Leader / Team Captain will be passionate about the brand and demonstrate willingness to take on new challenges.

Responsibilities

• Blends delicious tasting smoothies.
• Ensures Guest’s purpose is met when smoothies are ordered.
• Greets and engages the Guest to provide a friendly experience.
• Properly preps all fruits, vegetables, frozen items, powders, and liquids.
• Performs opening and/or closing duties.
• Performs store checklist tasks.
• Shows up on time and ready to work.
• Lives and promotes the culture, values, and mission of Smoothie King.
• Assists in Team Member management throughout shift.
• Fulfills cash handling, inventory, and open/closing store assignments.

Qualifications

• Ability to connect and communicate with guests, team members, with a “guest comes first” attitude.
• Minimum Age Requirement: Candidates must be at least sixteen (16) years of age or older to apply. Please note that while this is the minimum age requirement for employment, the Team Captain role may require additional qualifications and experience beyond age.
• Experience in a fast‑food environment preferred, but not necessary.

At Smoothie King, when we say inspire people, we mean everyone. We champion a diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the guests we serve. We blend the unique members of our organization, celebrating what is both common and different to grow better together and Rule the Day. The foundation of our diversity efforts is closely tied to our core values, which includes “We Are Better Together” and “We Do the Right Thing”. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, or medical condition or disability. If you are a person with a disability and you need assistance in applying for a position with Smoothie King, please call our Human Resources Department at 214‑935‑8900 and direct assistance will be provided.