Kitchen Manager

Position

Kitchen Manager at McDonald's

This posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. The franchisee will be your employer, not McDonald’s USA. The franchisee is the sole responsible employer for all employment matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. McDonald’s USA has no control over employment matters at the restaurant.

McDonald’s Works for Me. I’m 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 inspires your best and moves you forward. Choose your hours, pursue your education, build your skills and be yourself. The team wants to say YES to working with energy, purpose, coaching and direction, honing leadership skills and helping run a business that serves delicious food and feel‑good moments.

The company offers college tuition assistance, valuable job training, retirement benefits, and more.

This position requires a passionate, mature leader with the ability to lead a kitchen operations team to routinely provide Gold Standard Food, manage inventory, adhere to strict food safety standards, and provide a great work environment.

• Create daily routines that produce predictable and well‑coordinated kitchen operations at all times.
• Training and coaching to ensure quality food, achieve targeted food cost, improve waste from products that are not prepared to Gold Standard.
• Ensure proper product levels are maintained by daily, weekly and monthly inventories and proper ordering procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure optimum staffing daily to ensure food production keeps up with busy periods. Motivate and keep team members engaged by reviewing schedules and ensuring the kitchen is staffed both day and night and new staff members are well trained.
• Keep all equipment serviceable and clean; communicate with leadership when repairs are needed. Grills are cleaned regularly and “recovered” on a monthly basis to prevent carbon build‑up. Vats are filtered daily and boiled out monthly.
• Maintain an immaculate workspace. All daily, weekly and monthly cleaning schedules are followed and completed. Smallware are present and ordered as needed and used per grill tool organizer and table setup.
• Ensure food safety in the kitchen is ongoing. Daily food safety checklists are completed. Ensure refrigerators and freezers are at proper temperatures. Grills and fryers are checked routinely for calibration to cook all products to the right temperature.
• Establish daily routines for WHO, WHEN and HOW all products are correctly tempered and pulled for thawing each day.
• Ensure all kitchen staff are in the correct, neat and clean uniform daily and keep a professional appearance and demeanor at all times.

• 14 days paid vacation
• Education through Archways to Opportunity: opportunities to earn a High School degree, college tuition assistance and English classes as a second language
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Pre‑tax flexible spending accounts
• Short‑ and Long‑Term Disability, life and accident insurance
• Paid Leaves of Absence
• Service awards
• Employee Resource Connection
• 401K program

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Restaurants

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 for evaluation. I acknowledge that McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of my application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions regarding me.