Assistant Restaurant Manager

CEC Entertainment•Spokane, WA

About The Position

At CEC Entertainment, the Assistant Restaurant Manager helps lead a team focused on making sure every guest leaves happy. This is a high-energy management role at a family dining and entertainment business. The manager makes daily decisions about time management, staff scheduling, cleanliness, and product and guest-service standards, while recruiting, training, developing, and motivating team members to meet company and guest expectations. The role also involves coaching the team to provide outstanding service and maintain a safe, clean restaurant, and understanding cost controls, inventory, financials, and labor management. The Assistant Restaurant Manager takes ownership of an Area of Impact (AOI), rotating over time through the Kitchen, Sales, Showroom, and Gameroom. Kitchen responsibilities include product ordering, food safety, scheduling, cleanliness, dough preparation, and cooking menu items. Sales responsibilities include oversight of the Cashier, Salad Bar, and Gift Shop, monitoring sales and suggestive selling, managing merchandise inventory and profitability, and ensuring Salad Bar quality and preparation standards. Showroom responsibilities include planning and executing birthday parties, maximizing bookings and guest satisfaction, and optimizing seating. Gameroom responsibilities include partnering with the Technical Manager to maintain games and restaurant equipment, analyzing game-play data and ticket payouts, and keeping the area clean and guest-ready. The position requires 40 hours of work per week. The listed hourly compensation is $18.63–$20.70, with commission potential based on sales of Memberships and Fun Passes. The company describes a safety-focused operation, rigorous health and sanitation standards, and procedures designed to meet or exceed local requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Requirements

Must be able to work 40 hours per week.
High school diploma or GED required.
Must be at least 21 years old; RVP approval may permit hiring at the age allowed 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.
Able to lift or carry objects weighing 0–50 pounds during a scheduled shift.
Able to stand, bend, kneel, reach, push or pull, walk, and squat during a scheduled shift.

Nice To Haves

People-management experience in the food service industry.
Experience as an Opening Coordinator.

Responsibilities

Make daily decisions involving time management, staff scheduling, cleanliness, and product and guest-service standards.
Recruit, train, develop, and motivate team members to meet company and guest expectations, build sales, and maximize profits.
Coach and inspire the team to provide outstanding guest service and maintain a safe, clean, and well-run environment.
Understand and apply cost-control procedures, inventory management, financials, and labor management.
Take ownership of an Area of Impact and rotate over time through the Kitchen, Sales, Showroom, and Gameroom.
In the Kitchen, manage product ordering, food safety, scheduling, and cleanliness; oversee dough preparation and cook pizza and other menu items.
In Sales, oversee the Cashier, Salad Bar, and Gift Shop; monitor sales results and upselling or suggestive-selling programs; manage merchandise inventory, ordering, execution, and profitability; and ensure Salad Bar quality and preparation procedures.
In the Showroom, plan and lead birthday-party execution, maximize party bookings and guest satisfaction, and optimize seating.
In the Gameroom, partner with the Technical Manager to keep games and restaurant equipment in good condition with minimal downtime; analyze game-play data and ticket payouts; and keep the gameroom and surrounding areas clean and guest-ready.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Life and accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance at one times salary, with virtual visits.
Health Savings Account and Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Access to supplemental life insurance.
Vacation for eligible managers; the posting notes an exception for Opening Coordinators.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage and buy-up options.
Voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, employee assistance, legal plan, group home and auto plans, employee relief fund, pet insurance, and commuter benefit.
Scholarship opportunities and referral program.
Early access to earned wages.
Discounts, including UAGC, Google Career Certificates, credit union, and Benefit Hub perks and discounts.
Washington sick and safe leave pay, accrued at one hour for every 40 hours worked.
Paid Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
Employee meal discounts.
General Manager bonus at either 10% or 20%, depending on location revenue.
401(k) plan with company match for eligible non-highly compensated employees; the posting describes vesting of 50% after one year, 75% after two years, and 100% after three or more years.
Commission potential for each Membership and Fun Pass sold, with payout amounts varying by exempt or non-exempt status and paid biweekly unless state law requires otherwise.
Job training and career growth opportunities.
Work Today, Get Paid Tomorrow program.