Company Description

Barbacoa Mexican Grill is a family-owned restaurant company built on authentic Mexican food, strong hospitality, and high operational standards. We are focused on creating clean, energetic restaurants while building a culture centered around teamwork, accountability, and growth. With multiple locations across the Salt Lake Valley, we are continuing to invest in our people, systems, and long-term growth.

Role Description

The Restaurant Manager is responsible for the overall success of the restaurant location. This includes leading employees, maintaining food quality, ensuring excellent customer service, controlling daily operations, and helping the store achieve financial goals.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can confidently run a busy restaurant, develop a strong team, and uphold high standards every day. This role works closely with ownership and leadership and has significant opportunity for growth within the company.

Barbacoa Mexican Grill currently operates multiple locations across the Salt Lake Valley, and managers may have opportunities to grow within different stores and leadership roles over time.

Responsibilities

Lead, train, and develop team members while maintaining a positive and accountable store culture.
Hire, onboard, coach, and address employee performance when necessary.
Create and manage weekly schedules based on business needs, staffing levels, and labor goals.
Oversee daily restaurant operations including opening, closing, food prep, cleanliness, and shift execution.
Ensure all food quality, portioning, food safety, and operational standards are consistently followed.
Deliver an exceptional guest experience through fast service, customer interaction, problem resolution, and restaurant cleanliness.
Monitor store performance including sales, labor cost, food cost, inventory, and operational readiness.
Support business growth through catering, online ordering, vendor management, administrative responsibilities, and collaboration with marketing initiatives.

Qualifications

2+ years of restaurant management or hospitality leadership experience preferred
Experience with scheduling, employee supervision, and inventory management
Strong communication and team leadership skills
Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus

This is a full-time salary leadership position with an expected schedule of 45+ hours per week, including opening shifts, closing shifts, weekends, peak business hours.

Please apply by filling out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/5Cc7sFTg1n3FqTdb7

Benefits:

Employee discount
Flexible schedule
Paid time off
Paid training

Work Location: In person

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Restaurant Manager