General Manager

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This job posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. The franchisee owns the license to use McDonald’s logos and food products. If you are hired for the job described in this posting, the franchisee will be your employer.

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 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’ll 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.

The General Manager is responsible for running a profitable restaurant and for ensuring the restaurant meets McDonald’s critical customer standards of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness. The General Manager works with his/her leader to set the restaurant’s goals and creates a plan to achieve them.

To meet restaurant goals, the General Manager leads a team of Department Managers. This involves helping the Department Managers to set their own goals, following up on their progress, and providing coaching and direction to improve their Departments.

The General Manager may also be responsible for hiring and developing Department and Shift Managers.

Ideal candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of General Manager experience running high‑volume locations. A background in quick‑service restaurants is strongly desired, or experience in hospitality or retail. Applicants must be 18 years or older.

• Paid vacation
• Education through Archways to Opportunity including opportunities to earn a High School degree, college tuition assistance and English classes as a second language
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Service awards
• Employee Resource Connection
• Matching gifts program

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 employer. Any information I provide in this application will be submitted only to the independent franchisee, who is responsible for all employment matters.
  
  McDonald’s USA will not receive my application and is not involved in any employment decisions.

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