Shift Lead For Evening Kitchen Operations

Position Highlights:

• We are hiring for team members who can work 20-40 hours a week
• You will be the leader for your shift, responsible for managing the team and keeping the kitchen running smoothly, and reporting directly to the restaurant manager
• Potential for promotions into leadership positions, raises, and bonuses as you demonstrate excellence in your role and your ability to work well in your team
• You will be cross-trained on all functions in the restaurant to lead shifts and operate the restaurant with a small team and/or on solo shifts. You will be responsible for assembling meals, preparing food, cleaning, operating all equipment, and opening and/or closing the restaurant

Benefits:

• Be an early employee at a highly rated growing restaurant startup with huge potential for promotions and raises as you grow with the company
• Friendly, fun work environment with a kind and supportive team
• Be a part of a mission-first company registered as a benefit corporation
• Competitive pay with opportunities for overtime hours & extra shifts
• Ongoing opportunities for raises, bonuses, and promotions
• Retirement 401k investment matching
• Free healthy, delicious shift meals
• Guaranteed one day off each week

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive, collaborative team environment throughout each shift
• Manage team break schedules according to BFF policy and local regulations
• Assemble meals quickly, consistently, and accurately
• Prep food in large quantities following restaurant recipes
• Maintain knife, food safety, and sanitation safety standards
• Keep restaurant operating with your team food levels on the line and communicate with teammates to ensure adequate stock levels
• Clean and sanitize throughout the restaurant, including regular dishwashing
• Operate ovens, rice cookers, and refrigeration equipment
• Set cook times and temperatures of food in ovens
• Cool and reheat food safely
• Cut vegetables using knives and food processors, marinate proteins, measure ingredients, and operate various kitchen equipment

Required qualifications:

• Able to follow instructions, recipes, and written customer requests with accuracy
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Have a food handlers certificate
• Legally authorized to work in the US
• Able to physically move in tight spaces quickly and efficiently
• Able to stand on your feet for 8+ hours
• Able to lift 50+ pounds regularly
• Can handle hot food and knives safely
• Must be comfortable working in a startup environment at times running solo shifts

We’re looking for people who fit our values:

• Live the Mission: we’re dedicated to helping ourselves and our communities live healthier, more joyful lives.
• Be a BFF: we’re caring, empathetic, and thoughtful toward everyone we meet.
• Embrace the Journey: we’re committed to constant improvement of ourselves, our restaurants, and our communities as we progress toward our full potential.
• Be a Standard Setter: we’re creating new standards of excellence for the food we make, the hospitality we show, and the way we operate.

Ben’s Fast Food provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job Type: Full-time