Shift Manager

McDonald's Restaurants Limited; Centereach (NY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Service awards

Free meals

Flexible scheduling

Discount programs

Job summary

McDonald’s Restaurants Limited in Centereach, NY is seeking a Shift Manager to lead crew and support managers across shifts, ensuring quality, service and cleanliness in a fast-paced, franchisee-operated restaurant. You will drive performance, safety, and guest satisfaction while mentoring teammates.

Salary ranges from $19.50 to $28.00 per hour with competitive benefits and flexible scheduling, reflecting the franchisee’s operating model. Join a team that values growth and customer focus.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in a restaurant/retail or hospitality setting preferred.
• Positive team player with a flexible schedule and strong communication skills.
• Must be 18 years or older to qualify for the role.

Responsibilities

• Lead weekly shifts to ensure fast, accurate, friendly service.
• Plan each shift, monitor performance, and maintain standards.
• Ensure safety, security, profitability, and proper communication to the next shift manager.
• Help departments meet goals and coaching as needed.
• Manage crew, scheduling, and training activities.
• Maintain food quality and exceptional customer service.

Skills

Food Safety

Internal Communication

Inventory Management

Scheduling

Training

Customer Service

Leadership

Team Management

Quality Focus

Job description

This job posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. This franchisee owns a license to use McDonald’s logos and food products, for example, when running the restaurant. However, this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. If you are hired for the job described in this posting, the franchisee will be your employer, not McDonald’s USA. Only the franchisee is responsible for employment matters at the restaurant, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervisions, staffing, and scheduling employees. McDonald’s USA has no control over employment matters at the restaurant. McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of your employment application and it will have no involvement in any employment decisions, including whether you receive an interview for the job or whether you are hired.

Description

McDonald's Works for Me.

I am going places. I want a satisfying career with good benefits and great opportunities for advancement. I have a lot to offer and I want to grow.

The Job for Me - Get a job that inspires your best and moves you forward. Choose your hours. Pursue your education. Build your skills and be yourself.

The Team for Me - Our people want to say YES - to working with energy and purpose, finding new talent, providing coaching and direction, honing their leadership skills, and helping to run a business that serves up delicious food and feel-good moments. Does this sound like you? You will fit right in.

The Company for Me - From here, you can go further than you thought possible. Reach your goals and build your future with college tuition assistance, valuable job training, and retirement benefits.

Let’s talk. Make your move.

Requirements

Managers lead shifts every week, making sure customers get a fast, accurate, friendly experience every visit. A Shift Manager provides leadership to crew and other managers during a shift to ensure great Quality, Service and Cleanliness to customers.

Shift Managers perform a variety of tasks, which may include planning for each shift, monitoring performance during the shift, taking action to ensure the team is meeting McDonald’s standards, monitoring safety, security, and profitability, and communicating with the next Shift Manager to help prepare him/her to run a great shift, too. Shift Managers may also be responsible for meeting targets during their shifts and for helping their assigned Departments meet their goals.

As a Shift Manager, you may be responsible for:

• Food Safety
• Internal Communication
• Inventory Management
• Daily Maintenance and Cleanliness
• Managing Crew
• Quality Food Production
• Exceptional Customer Service
• Safety and Security
• Scheduling
• Training

Previous McDonalds leadership experience is preferred, ideally within a restaurant, retail or hospitality environment. We’re looking for positive team players with a flexible schedule who like to have fun, with the passion to work the famously fast paced McDonald’s environment. You must be 18 years or older to be a manager in Franchisee operated restaurants.

Additional Info

Along with competitive pay, a Shift Manager at a McDonald’s Corporate owned restaurant is eligible for incredible benefits including:

• Paid Vacation through time served (up to 4 weeks)
• Service awards
• Employee Resource Connection

Additional benefits include:

• Free Meals
• Flexible Scheduling
• Discount Programs
• Food Discounts

Pay Rate

Shift Managers can make $19.50 up to $28.00 per hour ($40,560 up to $58,420 yearly)

This job posting contains some information about what it is like to work in a McDonald’s restaurant, but it is not a complete job description. People who work in a McDonald’s restaurant perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of this job.

By applying to this position, I understand that I am applying to work at a restaurant that is owned and operated by an independent franchisee, not McDonald’s USA. I understand that this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. Any information I provide in this application will be submitted only to the independent franchisee, who is the only company responsible for employment matters at this restaurant. I recognize that the independent franchisee alone will make all decisions concerning employment matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. By applying for a job at a franchisee operated restaurant, I understand that the information I provide will be forwarded to the franchisee organization in order for that organization to reach out to me and process and evaluate my application. I acknowledge that McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of my employment application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions regarding me, including whether I receive an interview or whether I am hired to work for the franchisee. I understand that I need to contact the franchise organization for information about its privacy practices.

McDonald’s provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, disability status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, protected military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Nothing in this job posting or description should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.