Senior Kitchen Manager - Newark
Company: BJ's Restaurants - Jobvite
Location: Newark
Posted on: August 1, 2022
Job Description:
**NOW HIRING**$67,000 - $77,000 / year plus quarterly bonus
potentialCommensurate with experienceAre you ready for craft beer,
great food, and an all-around "WOW" experience?! -BJ's Restaurants
is looking for talented, passion-driven managers to join our
Management Teams.LET'S TALK ABOUT CULTURE AND CAREER GROWTH!
- Lucrative compensation package
- Growing company with 200+ restaurants and several new
restaurant openings yearly across the country
- Career advancement and leadership conferences and development
programs
- Comprehensive benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision & Life
Insurance and 401K
- Paid vacation time
- Culture that celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion with
our WeCAN & IDEA groups
- Community involvement -and philanthropy - We love giving back
to our communities
- Quarterly bonus potential
- Daily Pay - On demand access to earned pay
- Fun environment
- Relocation opportunities throughout the country
- And more! - -Apply now so we can tell you about it!SENIOR
KITCHEN MANAGERThe Senior Kitchen Manager is responsible for
managing all functions of the restaurant during opening, mid or
closing shifts. Key responsibilities include hiring, managing,
supervising and training restaurant team members, provide direction
to the kitchen manager and kitchen team members, ensuring a gold
standard guest experience, ensuring the safety of our guests, team
members and property, overseeing the quality of our food and
beverage offerings, and preparing and modifying team member work
schedules and food and beverage orders to ensure appropriate
inventory. - The Senior Kitchen Manager is responsible for
directing the operation of the restaurant, attaining sales,
controlling costs, achieving profit objectives, and maintaining the
highest standards of food quality, service, cleanliness, safety,
and sanitation in partnership with the other managers.The position
of Senior Kitchen Manager is classified as exempt. - As an exempt
manager, the Senior Kitchen Manager must spend more than 50% of his
or her time performing managerial duties in California and must and
must ensure that exempt management activities are their primary
duty outside of California. The Senior Kitchen Manager must
regularly exercise independent judgment and discretion on matters
of consequence to the restaurant. - Duties &
Responsibilities:Operational -Execution
- Perform Open/Mid-Day/Closing duties
- Conduct daily briefings on matters of importance to the kitchen
manager and team members
- Manage all necessary repair and maintenance issues, and
supervise cleaning and maintenance of equipment
- Ensure the production of high-quality foods on a consistent
basis
- Ensure team member and kitchen manager compliance with all
audit standards (internal and external audits)
- Update the daily communication board with key restaurant and
promotion announcements
- Facilitate and direct all in-restaurant training programs
- Exercise discretion and independent judgment in facilitating
zone management (Hospitality, Guest Relations, Quality Fast)
- Ensure 100% compliance with all Company policies and laws,
including health and safety standards
- Ensure compliance with BJ's Code of Integrity, Ethics, and
Conduct, BJ's Seven Cs, and BJ's Principles of Professional
ServiceFood & Beverage Execution
- Ensure safety and sanitation in the restaurant
- Monitor food and beverage quality and execution and direct team
members and kitchen manager to ensure compliance with BJ's
standards
- Assign and direct team member execution of cleanliness and
safety procedures
- Provide coaching and general direction to Kitchen Manager(s) to
ensure their effective leadership
- Conduct RAFTT (Recipe-Appearance-Flavor-Temperature-Texture)
per BJ's culinary guidelinesTeam Member Relations - - - - - - - - -
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- Coach, mentor, and discipline hourly team members
- Provide feedback to kitchen manager for career development and
overall compliance with BJ's standards
- Monitor and facilitate team member recognition
- Make recommendations concerning development, promotion, and
disciplinary action affecting team members and kitchen manager(s)
that are given serious weight by the Executive Kitchen Manager and
General Manager
- Make hiring and termination decisions and/or making
recommendations to General Manager regarding hiring and termination
decisions which are given serious weight
- Cooperate with Team Member Relations Department and management
team in investigating Team Member Hotline and Restaurant Support
Center inquiries relating to restaurant
- Promote and develop in-restaurant training team and career
progression (culinary mastery) -Service Execution and Guest
Relations
- Train, coach and develop team members and Kitchen Manager(s) to
ensure they are providing Gold Standard service to BJ's guests and
to each other in execution of their responsibilities within the
kitchen
- Manage guest relations and guest recoveryNecessary Skills and
Requirements:
- A minimum of 2 years full service, high volume, casual dining
restaurant management experience
- High personal integrity, professionalism and maturity
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Solid relationship management and performance management
skills
- Ability to motivate and direct team members and work
effectively in management team
- Strong understanding of BJ's goals and objectives
- Good communication skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on listening and
questioning skills
- Strong writing and documentation skills
- Ability to absorb and retain information quickly
- Keen attention to detail
- Proven problem-solving abilities
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks with an
appropriate sense of urgency in a high-performance, fast paced
environment
- Exceptional guest service orientation
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative
environment
- Ability to speak, read and write EnglishSalary: -Commensurate
with experience
Keywords: BJ's Restaurants - Jobvite, Newark , Senior Kitchen Manager - Newark, Executive , Newark, California
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