{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4402f03bbe2779f5dd1a3c40","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4402f03bbe2779f5dd1a3c40","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4402f03bbe2779f5dd1a3c40","title":"Assistant Kitchen Manager","description":"At Eureka! we make people feel good and feel alive through our shared values of Energy, Discovery, Community. Eureka! is an expression of delight in finding, discovering, or solving something and this exclamation of joy starts with you.\nOur values driven culture is full of passionate people serving those hungry to discover a local blend of America's best. Many of our guests are joining us for the items they crave or offerings they wish to explore. Our aim is to attract and hire talent that provides an enthusiastic experience for all our guests while being a great co-worker for their teammates.\nIf this sounds like you, keep reading!\nTHE PERKS!:\nCompetitive Salary (70-80k)\nWeekly Pay\nQuarterly Bonus Incentive\nFun & Fast Paced Environment\nCompany contests that include experiential trips to exciting beverage and food destinations.\nGrowth Opportunities - We promote 65% from within\nManagement Development\nBenefits that include access to medical, dental and vision coverage (Full Time)\nEmployee Assistance Program - focusing on mental health providing licensed counseling, community support and much more\nPurpose of the Position\nThe Assistant Kitchen Manager plays a key role in supporting the overall success of the restaurant by promoting and upholding Eureka!'s values and culture. This position provides hands-on leadership to the kitchen team, ensuring consistent quality, efficiency, and compliance with company standards. The role is classified as non-exempt and reports directly to the General Manager/Regional Operations Manager, while also maintaining indirect communication with corporate management.\nEssential Job Functions\nSets the pace and Energy Level for the entire shift!\nDiscovers something new everyday\nConsistent Community involvement\nPassion for the brand\nStrong leadership qualities\nPositive Attitude\nAbility to develop all team members and managers\nConsistent attendance and punctuality\nStrong understanding of corporate mission and purpose\nAbility to articulate corporate vision\nProject competency and confidence\nGrowth mindset (i.e., a “can-do” attitude)\nEffective teamwork skills\nStrong communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, and electronic)\nGenuinely friendly interpersonal skills\nStrong analytical skills\nInspiring personality\nCertified to conduct inventory of china/glassware/silverware\nQualifications\nDisplays a strong example and passion for our culture on every shift – EDC!\nAt least 18 years of age\nPass Food Safety Manager certification\nHuman Resources: Recruit, train, coach, counsel, and discipline employees; communicate job expectations; monitor, appraise, and review job contributions; enforce policies and procedures.\nStrategic restaurant operations: Contribute accurate information and thoughtful recommendations to the company's strategic plan through daily dialog and at formal reviews with colleagues and superiors; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends; determine system improvements; implement change.\nJob Description\nFinancial operations: Achieve restaurant objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions; Effective use of schedule templates\nCost control: Review portion control and quantities of food preparation; minimize food, paper (non-food goods) and labor waste; execute accurate inventories on a regular basis.\nLitigation control: Avoid legal challenges by conforming to Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) regulations; federal, state, county and city codes, laws and regulations; and landlord lease requirements\nSafety/Sanitary standards: Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; comply with all safety/sanitary legal regulations; develop and implement disaster plans; maintain security and sprinkler systems; maintain parking lot, walkways and exits.\nAmbiance control: Maintain restaurant ambiance by controlling restaurant lights, light dimmers, background music; proper table set up with table tents, sugar caddies, silverware; monitoring proper temperature on thermostat and window doors open/closed; live music setup and maintenance\nContinuing education: Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations.\nPosition Duties – Daily\nOpening and closing checklists\nDaily “Taste-Plate” log\nOrder accurately and to par\nSupport line operations\nPrep List\nPosition Duties – Weekly/Monthly\nPlace Food orders\nChemical ordering\nPaper goods order\nBuilding maintenance\nPhysical Demands and Work Environment\nPosition requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting products and supplies weighing, and repetitive hand and wrist motion; working with and around hot, cold, and hazardous equipment in a fast paced and congested environment that will occasionally be loud, hot, and/or physically demanding.\nAt-Will Statement & Job Description Disclaimer\nThis position is at-will. Line cooks have the right to resign at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. Likewise, Eureka! has the right to terminate employment at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. This at-will employment relationship will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any changes that may occur in position, title, pay or other terms or conditions of my employment with Eureka! This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Nonessential functions of the job may be required to perform other related duties as assigned.\nRequirements:\nQualifications\nDisplays a strong example and passion for our culture on every shift – EDC!\nAt least 18 years of age\nPass Food Safety Manager certification\nHuman Resources: Recruit, train, coach, counsel, and discipline employees; communicate job expectations; monitor, appraise, and review job contributions; enforce policies and procedures.\nStrategic restaurant operations: Contribute accurate information and thoughtful recommendations to the company's strategic plan through daily dialog and at formal reviews with colleagues and superiors; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends; determine system improvements; implement change.","company":"Eureka","rawCompany":"eureka","city":"Irvine","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T15:56:16.267Z","occupations":[{"code":"35-1012.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-food-preparation-and-serving-workers"},{"code":"11-9051.00","title":"Food Service Managers","slug":"food-service-managers"},{"code":"35-1011.00","title":"Chefs and Head Cooks","slug":"chefs-and-head-cooks"}],"industries":[{"code":"722511","title":"Full-Service Restaurants","slug":"full-service-restaurants"},{"code":"722513","title":"Limited-Service Restaurants","slug":"limited-service-restaurants"},{"code":"722514","title":"Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets","slug":"cafeterias-grill-buffets-and-buffets"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Assistant Kitchen Manager","description":"At Eureka! we make people feel good and feel alive through our shared values of Energy, Discovery, Community. Eureka! is an expression of delight in finding, discovering, or solving something and this exclamation of joy starts with you.\nOur values driven culture is full of passionate people serving those hungry to discover a local blend of America's best. Many of our guests are joining us for the items they crave or offerings they wish to explore. Our aim is to attract and hire talent that provides an enthusiastic experience for all our guests while being a great co-worker for their teammates.\nIf this sounds like you, keep reading!\nTHE PERKS!:\nCompetitive Salary (70-80k)\nWeekly Pay\nQuarterly Bonus Incentive\nFun & Fast Paced Environment\nCompany contests that include experiential trips to exciting beverage and food destinations.\nGrowth Opportunities - We promote 65% from within\nManagement Development\nBenefits that include access to medical, dental and vision coverage (Full Time)\nEmployee Assistance Program - focusing on mental health providing licensed counseling, community support and much more\nPurpose of the Position\nThe Assistant Kitchen Manager plays a key role in supporting the overall success of the restaurant by promoting and upholding Eureka!'s values and culture. This position provides hands-on leadership to the kitchen team, ensuring consistent quality, efficiency, and compliance with company standards. The role is classified as non-exempt and reports directly to the General Manager/Regional Operations Manager, while also maintaining indirect communication with corporate management.\nEssential Job Functions\nSets the pace and Energy Level for the entire shift!\nDiscovers something new everyday\nConsistent Community involvement\nPassion for the brand\nStrong leadership qualities\nPositive Attitude\nAbility to develop all team members and managers\nConsistent attendance and punctuality\nStrong understanding of corporate mission and purpose\nAbility to articulate corporate vision\nProject competency and confidence\nGrowth mindset (i.e., a “can-do” attitude)\nEffective teamwork skills\nStrong communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, and electronic)\nGenuinely friendly interpersonal skills\nStrong analytical skills\nInspiring personality\nCertified to conduct inventory of china/glassware/silverware\nQualifications\nDisplays a strong example and passion for our culture on every shift – EDC!\nAt least 18 years of age\nPass Food Safety Manager certification\nHuman Resources: Recruit, train, coach, counsel, and discipline employees; communicate job expectations; monitor, appraise, and review job contributions; enforce policies and procedures.\nStrategic restaurant operations: Contribute accurate information and thoughtful recommendations to the company's strategic plan through daily dialog and at formal reviews with colleagues and superiors; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends; determine system improvements; implement change.\nJob Description\nFinancial operations: Achieve restaurant objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions; Effective use of schedule templates\nCost control: Review portion control and quantities of food preparation; minimize food, paper (non-food goods) and labor waste; execute accurate inventories on a regular basis.\nLitigation control: Avoid legal challenges by conforming to Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) regulations; federal, state, county and city codes, laws and regulations; and landlord lease requirements\nSafety/Sanitary standards: Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; comply with all safety/sanitary legal regulations; develop and implement disaster plans; maintain security and sprinkler systems; maintain parking lot, walkways and exits.\nAmbiance control: Maintain restaurant ambiance by controlling restaurant lights, light dimmers, background music; proper table set up with table tents, sugar caddies, silverware; monitoring proper temperature on thermostat and window doors open/closed; live music setup and maintenance\nContinuing education: Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations.\nPosition Duties – Daily\nOpening and closing checklists\nDaily “Taste-Plate” log\nOrder accurately and to par\nSupport line operations\nPrep List\nPosition Duties – Weekly/Monthly\nPlace Food orders\nChemical ordering\nPaper goods order\nBuilding maintenance\nPhysical Demands and Work Environment\nPosition requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting products and supplies weighing, and repetitive hand and wrist motion; working with and around hot, cold, and hazardous equipment in a fast paced and congested environment that will occasionally be loud, hot, and/or physically demanding.\nAt-Will Statement & Job Description Disclaimer\nThis position is at-will. Line cooks have the right to resign at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. Likewise, Eureka! has the right to terminate employment at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. This at-will employment relationship will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any changes that may occur in position, title, pay or other terms or conditions of my employment with Eureka! This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. 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