Team Leader

Chick-fil-A; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Free meals on shift

Scholarship opportunities

Job summary

Chick-fil-A in Cincinnati, OH is recruiting a Team Leader for a brand-new location. This full-time role offers a starting hourly wage of $18.00–$20.00, with Sundays closed, and includes paid training, health/dental/vision benefits, and free meals on shift.

You will lead a section during shifts, help manage rushes, coach staff, and ensure guest satisfaction while upholding food safety and cleanliness standards.

Qualifications

• No restaurant experience required.
• 18 years or older.
• Opening or closing availability, including Saturdays.
• Reliable and punctual.
• Calm under pressure and able to direct others.
• Willing to perform any job needed.
• Able to lift 40 pounds and stand for a shift.
• Past leadership or team roles count toward experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a section of the restaurant during your shift.
• Set the pace during rushes and maintain order.
• Coach team members on what to do and why.
• Handle guest issues directly and resolve.
• Open or close shift including setup, cash handling, and cleaning.
• Ensure food safety and cleanliness on your shift.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Guest service

Communication

Reliability

Job description

Team Leader

Chick-fil-A | Cincinnati, OH Full-time | $18.00-$20.00/hour | Closed Sundays

We're opening a brand-new Chick-fil-A, and we're hiring the team that opens it.

Grand opening week is unlike anything else in this business: lines around the building, a full house from open to close, and a team thrown into it together and coming out the other side tight. People who work an opening talk about it for years. You'd be one of the leaders running it.

What you'll do

• Lead a section of the restaurant during your shift: kitchen, front counter, or drive-thru
• Set the pace during rushes and keep orders accurate when it gets loud
• Coach team members in the moment: what to do, how to do it, and why it matters
• Handle guest issues directly and make them right
• Run the open or the close: setup, cash handling, cleaning standards, and the keys to the building
• Own food safety and cleanliness on your shift

What we're looking for

You don't need restaurant experience. Most of our best leaders didn't have any.

• 18 or older
• Opening or closing availability, including Saturdays
• Reliable - you show up when you said you would
• Calm when it's busy, and comfortable telling someone what to do next
• Willing to do any job you'd ask someone else to do
• Able to lift 40 pounds and stay on your feet through a shift

Experience that counts, even if it was never a job: any role where people depended on you, sports teams, band, ROTC, childcare, church volunteering, or anything that taught you to show up on time and finish what you start.

If you've never led anything officially but people tend to listen to you anyway, apply.

Pay and benefits

• $18.00-$20.00 per hour based on experience and availability
• Paid training before we open
• Health, dental, and vision; free meals on shift
• Chick-fil-A scholarship opportunities

  This restaurant is an independently owned and operated Chick-fil-A franchise and an equal opportunity employer.

  Working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant is more than a job - it's an opportunity for teamwork and leadership development in a positive, people-focused environment. Most Chick-fil-A restaurants are locally owned and operated by independent, franchised Operators who invest in the future of their Team Members and give back to their communities.