Assistant Restaurant Manager
About The Position
At CEC Entertainment, the Assistant Restaurant Manager helps lead a team in delivering a safe, clean, enjoyable experience and ensuring every guest leaves happy. The role involves making daily decisions about time management, staff scheduling, cleanliness, and product and guest-service standards, while recruiting, training, developing, and motivating employees to meet company and guest expectations. The manager supports sales and profitability, understands cost control, inventory, financials, and labor management, and takes ownership of an Area of Impact, rotating through the Kitchen, Sales, Showroom, and Gameroom areas over time. In the Kitchen, the manager handles product ordering, food safety, scheduling, and cleanliness, and oversees preparation of pizza dough from scratch and cooking menu items. In Sales, the manager oversees the Cashier, Salad Bar, and Gift Shop, monitors sales and upselling, manages merchandise inventory and profitability, and ensures Salad Bar quality and preparation procedures. In the Showroom, the manager leads birthday party execution and planning, maximizes bookings and guest satisfaction, and optimizes seating. In the Gameroom, the manager partners with the Technical Manager to maintain games and restaurant equipment, reviews gameplay data and ticket payouts, and keeps the area clean and guest-ready. The position requires 40 hours of work per week. The work environment may include flashing and flickering lights, moving mechanical parts, loud noise, and exposure to non-weather-related wet, humid, extreme heat, and extreme cold conditions. Employees must be able to perform the listed physical activities and lift or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds during a scheduled shift.
Requirements
- Must be able to work 40 hours a week.
- Must have a high-school diploma or GED.
- Must be at least 21 years of age, subject to the stated RVP approval exception for hiring at the age permitted by local law for alcohol-related duties.
- At least one year of experience managing people, preferably in food service, or experience as an Opening Coordinator for at least six months.
- 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 involving time management, staff scheduling, cleanliness, and product and guest-service standards.
- Recruit, train, develop, and motivate the team to meet company and guest expectations and build sales and maximize profits.
- Coach and inspire the team to deliver outstanding guest service and maintain a safe, clean, guest-ready environment.
- Apply cost-control procedures and manage inventory, financials, and labor.
- Take ownership of an Area of Impact and rotate through the Kitchen, Sales, Showroom, and Gameroom areas over time.
- In the Kitchen, manage product ordering, food safety, scheduling, and cleanliness; oversee pizza dough preparation and cooking of menu items.
- In Sales, oversee the Cashier, Salad Bar, and Gift Shop; monitor sales, upselling, inventory, ordering, merchandise execution and profitability, and Salad Bar quality and preparation.
- In the Showroom, lead birthday party execution and planning, 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
- Telemedicine access
- Early wage access
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Employee meal discounts
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition savings
- Scholarships
- Financial relief resources
- For eligible full-time employees: comprehensive 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
- For part-time employees: access to fixed indemnity medical coverage, dental and vision options, and voluntary life and short-term disability benefits
- Paid sick leave and other benefits as required by applicable state and local laws
- Job training and career growth opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
