Assistant Restaurant Manager

CEC Entertainment•Houma, LA

21d

About The Position

At CEC Entertainment, the Assistant Restaurant Manager helps lead a team in delivering a positive experience for families and ensuring every guest leaves happy. The role involves daily operational decisions, staff scheduling, cleanliness, and maintaining product and guest-service standards. The manager recruits, trains, develops, and motivates the team to build sales and maximize profits, while managing cost control, inventory, financials, and labor. The Assistant Restaurant Manager takes ownership of an Area of Impact and rotates through four areas over time: Kitchen, Sales, Showroom, and Gameroom. Kitchen responsibilities include ordering, food safety, scheduling, cleanliness, dough preparation, and cooking menu items. Sales includes oversight of the cashier, salad bar, and gift shop, along with sales results, upselling, inventory, ordering, merchandise profitability, and salad bar quality. Showroom work focuses on planning and executing birthday parties, bookings, guest satisfaction, and seating. Gameroom work includes partnering with the Technical Manager to maintain games and equipment, reviewing game-play data and ticket payouts, and keeping the area clean and guest-ready. The position requires 40 hours per week, a high-school diploma or GED, and at least one year of experience managing people (preferably in food service), or six months of experience as an Opening Coordinator. Applicants must generally be at least 21 years old, subject to the stated approval and local-law exception. The role involves physical activity and exposure to flashing lights, moving mechanical parts, loud noise, and varying indoor environmental conditions.

Requirements

Must be able to work 40 hours a week.
Must have a high-school diploma or GED.
Must generally be at least 21 years old; RVP approval may allow hiring at the age permitted by local law for selling, ringing up, checking identification, and serving alcohol.
At least one year of experience managing people, preferably in food service, or at least six months of experience as an Opening Coordinator.
Must be able to lift or carry objects weighing 0–50 pounds during a scheduled shift.
Must be able to stand, bend, kneel, reach, push or pull, walk, and squat during a scheduled shift.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing people in the food service industry.

Responsibilities

Make daily decisions concerning time management, staff scheduling, cleanliness, and product and guest-service standards.
Recruit, train, develop, and motivate team members to build sales, maximize profits, and meet company and guest expectations.
Coach and inspire the team to deliver outstanding guest service and maintain a safe, clean operating environment.
Manage cost control procedures, inventory, financials, and labor.
Take ownership of an Area of Impact and rotate through Kitchen, Sales, Showroom, and Gameroom areas over time.
In the Kitchen, manage product ordering, food safety, scheduling, and cleanliness; oversee dough preparation and cook menu items.
In Sales, oversee the cashier, salad bar, and gift shop; monitor sales and suggestive-selling programs; manage merchandise inventory, ordering, execution, and profitability; and ensure salad bar quality and preparation standards.
In the Showroom, lead birthday party planning and execution, maximize party bookings and guest satisfaction, and optimize seating.
In the Gameroom, partner with the Technical Manager to maintain games and restaurant equipment, minimize downtime, analyze gameplay data and ticket payouts, and keep the area clean and guest-ready.

Benefits

Access to telemedicine and early wage access.
401(k) retirement plan.
Employee meal discounts.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Tuition savings, scholarships, and financial relief resources.
Part-time employees may enroll in fixed indemnity medical coverage, dental and vision options, and voluntary life and short-term disability benefits.
Eligible full-time employees averaging 29.5 or more hours per week may receive medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid sick and vacation time; paid holidays where applicable; FSA/HSA options; life and disability insurance; voluntary benefits; legal coverage; and additional education and student loan support.
Paid sick leave and other benefits as required by applicable state and local laws.
Job training and career growth opportunities.
Eligible U.S. employees may receive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits and a 401(k) retirement savings plan.
Commission potential for membership and Fun Pass sales, paid bi-weekly unless state law requires otherwise.