Team Leader

Chick-fil-A; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off

Free meals on shift

Scholarship opportunities through CHOF

Job summary

Chick-fil-A in Charleston, SC is seeking a Team Leader to own shifts across drive-thru, front counter or kitchen. You'll learn a position, get certified, and then lead a shift with authority and accountability.

You’ll deploy the team, uphold food safety and quality standards, coach teammates in the moment, and keep the shift moving during busy periods. Prior leadership helps but isn’t required.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience is preferred but not required.
• Ability to coach team members in the moment and communicate clearly.
• Willingness to train and become Team Leader after certification.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced dining environment.

Responsibilities

• Run shifts across positions (drive-thru, front counter, or kitchen).
• Deploy the team to cover stations and maintain flow during busy periods.
• Uphold food safety and quality standards and customer service you lead.

Skills

Leadership

Reliability

Customer service

Communication

Job description

The shift is yours.

Team Leaders run shifts at Chick-fil-A. You'll set the pace, deploy the team across positions, hold the standard on food and service, and be the person everyone looks to when it gets busy. It's a real leadership job with real authority.

WHO WE ARE

We're a two-restaurant organization in West Ashley: Chick-fil-A Ashley Crossing and Chick-fil-A Bees Ferry.

We pursue elite performance in how we execute and intentional care in how we treat people. That second part isn't only about guests. It's the promise we make to everyone who works here: your time with us will be a positive one that prepares you for the next chapter of your life, whatever that turns out to be.

HOW YOU'LL GET THERE

First, learn a position properly. You'll train and get certified in one area of the restaurant - drive-thru, front counter, or kitchen - and run it to our standard. Short, focused, and hands-on, not a tour.

Then, operations management training. Food safety and quality, kitchen and front-counter execution, managerial tasks, our POS and systems, and how a shift actually gets run. You'll finish certified as a Team Leader, cleared to lead shifts on your own.

WHAT YOU'LL DO ONCE YOU'RE LEADING

Run shifts. Deploy the team across positions. Hold food safety and food quality standards. Coach team members in the moment, kindly and directly. Solve whatever's in front of you and keep the shift moving.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• You hold a high standard for your own work
• You treat every person - guest, teammate, vendor - with dignity
• You show up when you say you will
• You'd rather be trusted with something hard than left alone with something easy
• Prior leadership experience helps, but it isn't required

PAY AND SCHEDULE

• $17.00-$20.00 per hour, based on experience
• Full-time or part-time - we'll build around what you can give us
• Closed Sundays - always
• We build schedules around class, family, and other commitments. Tell us what you need and we'll work with it.

BENEFITS

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Paid time off
• Free meals on shift
• Scholarship opportunities through Chick-fil-A's Remarkable Futures program

REQUIREMENTS

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Some evening and weekend availability. We staff the restaurant from 5:00am to 11:00pm, Monday through Saturday.

Working at Chick-fil-A® Ashley Crossing and Chick-fil-A® Bees Ferry means being part of a team that values people first—both inside our restaurants and throughout our community. We strive to serve with excellence, lead with humility, and make a lasting impact through genuine care and intentional hospitality. Together, we aim to be elite in how we work and authentic in how we serve.