Assistant Kitchen Manager

Bosselman Enterprises

Assistant Kitchen Manager at Thunder Road Grill managing kitchen operations and food quality. Responsible for team management, scheduling, and ensuring standards are met in a busy environment.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeGrand Island • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $40,000 - $50,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Works directly with the Kitchen Manager to maximize food quality, quick ticket times, labor efficiency and food/supply cost minimization
Prepares schedules for kitchen, bus and dish Team Members in order to achieve labor budgets
Provides proper training and retraining to all new kitchen Team Members
Completes daily inventory counts and verifies with the Manager
Assists in monitoring and implementing housekeeping and sanitation standards, which includes cleaning of the entire kitchen; responsible for maintaining appropriate cleaning schedules for the entire kitchen: floors, mats, walls, hoods, ceiling, other equipment, and food storage areas
Executes monthly food inventory and utilizes the inventory software reporting to follow up with food variances and is accountable for food cost
Assists the Kitchen Manager in conducting regular departmental meetings
Adheres to checklists and maintenance schedules
Receives, verifies and delivers items to the proper storage areas while dating items received
Completes food order from suppliers in the absence of the Kitchen Manager
Rotates food products to preserve quality and control waste
Assists Kitchen Manager with food orders
Preserves the food’s value through proper ordering, rotation, and defrosting procedures
Monitors food preparation along with ensuring the freshness of the food to only serve quality food
Ensures kitchen Team Members have all the tools necessary to perform their jobs
Ensures all daily sidework is completed by staff and checked out by management before leaving the building
Generates fun and excitement through personality and positive attitude to help ensure a positive team environment
Reports for work in a timely manner when scheduled
Assists in other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of six months kitchen experience is required
Supervisory experience is preferred
Serv-Safe Certified
Strong culinary aptitude from work and/or educational experiences
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle stressful situations
Must be highly motivated, organized and able to handle multiple priorities while meeting deadlines
Understand safe food handling and safety procedures in the kitchen
Strong attention to detail with a sense of urgency
Must conduct self in a professional and respectful manner at all times
Must have PC Software experience
Must possess a positive, enthusiastic attitude to promote teamwork
Must be flexible with the ability to adapt to change when required
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Must work a minimum of 50 hours per week
Must have reliable transportation and phone
Must be able to communicate in English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid vacation
401K and matching contributions
Health, dental and vision insurance
Short and long term disability insurance
Life insurance
A clearly defined path for growth
On-demand pay with PayActiv (access to earned but not yet paid wages)
And much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

food inventory managementfood cost controlfood rotation proceduressafe food handlingculinary skillskitchen schedulinghousekeeping standardssanitation standardsinventory softwarefood preparation

Soft Skills

team leadershiporganizational skillstime managementattention to detailpositive attitudeinterpersonal communicationflexibilitymotivationstress managementprofessionalism

Certifications

Serv-Safe Certified