5 Restaurant Manager Jobs in Waterville, ME
Gecko Hospitality is Hiring a Restaurant Manager Near Waterville, ME
Job Description
We are seeking a Restaurant Manager for our full-service, upscale dining restaurant, within our award-winning, 50-room full-service, independent boutique hotel in beautiful Waterville, Maine. Our Restaurant features creative cuisine with locally sourced ingredients, highlighted by an all-encompassing craft cocktail program, a high-end wine list, and an award-winning Chef of the Year by Maine Hospitality. Our Restaurant Manager must be a hands-on operator who works hip-to-hip with the team, strengthening teamwork and guest service, creating an incredible visit for every guest. Our Restaurant Manager will deliver an unrelenting pursuit to develop our team and enhance the overall guest experience at every turn during their time with us!
Responsibilities
- Oversee a team of employees including assisting in hiring, development, scheduling, and training
- Ensure a high level of service in all aspects of operations and give each guest a memorable dining experience from start to finish.
- Create a service-first work environment.
- Ensure cleanliness of the front of the house areas including windows, light fixtures, and entrance as assigned.
- Assign service-related tasks to servers.
- Ensure dining tables are properly prepared for service.
- Communicate to staff all current menu choices, specials, and menu deviations, or if the kitchen staff is running out of items.
- Assist with special events as needed.
- Adhere to grooming and appearance standards consistently.
- Understand and communicate products and services available at the hotel.
- Follow all company safety and security policies and procedures.
- Report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to Human Resources
- Ensure team members uniforms are neat and professional and grooming standards have been followed
- Maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
- Anticipate and address guests service needs.
- Thank guests with genuine appreciation.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others.
- Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3-5 years of Restaurant Management experience.
- Ability to direct and coordinate the organizations goals and objectives.
- Hands-on leadership style, ability to build, coach, and develop a team.
- Exceptional customer service and problem-solving skills.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on quality, performing all duties as required or requested.
- Be willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays when the restaurant is open and based upon the needs of the business.
- Familiarity with POS system
- Previous experience scheduling FOH Team
- Previous experience with End of Night Reporting
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- PTO
- LTD and STD Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401K w/ Matching
Job Summary
Full Time
$48k-59k (estimate)
05/02/2024
05/15/2024
geckosgrill.com
BRADENTON, FL
<25
1992
MIKE GOWAN
<$5M
Restaurants & Catering Services
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About Gecko Hospitality
Great Food, Smooth Spirits, Good Fun! Whether out on your own, with your family or joining a group of friends, Geckos Grill & Pub is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the camaraderie of a favorite neighborhood grill and sports bar. Serving lunch, dinner and a complete late-night menu, Geckos features American pub food with a gourmet twist, nightly chef specials, sports trivia and a full bar with daily happy hours, the coldest beer and smoothest spirits not to mention the friendliest bar and wait staff around. As part of the locally owned & operated Gecko's Hospitality Group family of resta...urants, the Geckos mission is to provide exceptional hospitality, fresh locally sourced fare with a gourmet twist, and a menu that is accessible to everyone. Geckos has long been a partner with Sarasotas Honeyside Farms, a fourth-generation Florida family-owned sustainable farm, which coordinates their crop plantings to supply our restaurants with their delicious produce & fruit. The GHG family of restaurants also partners with family-owned Three Suns Ranch in Punta Gorda, which provides our restaurants with 100% grass fed Bison, and Dakin Dairy Farm in Parrish which supplies our dairy products at all six Geckos locations, and at our Better Burger concept, Smacks Burgers & Shakes, which joined the Geckos family in 2013. In 2015, GHG acquired the Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, a local gem situated on the coast of Sarasota Bay on Longboat Key and in May, 2016 Dockside Waterfront Grill on Dona & Roberts Bay in Venice became the newest sibling in the GHG family. Mike & Mikes Polished Casual, Local Seafood and Better Burger concepts are also joined by a legendary local Bar & Package store, The Red Barn Bar which complete the Geckos Hospitality Group family. Locally owned & operated by Mike & Mike since 1992, Gecko's has been consistently awarded and honored with Best of The Best awards, including Best Happy Hour, Best Sports Bar, Best Business Lunch, Best New Restaurant, Best Burger, Best Fries, Best Wings, Best Ribs, Best Take Away, Best Dinner Under $10, Coldest Beer, Best Lunch, Best Bang for Your Buck, Best Place to Take the Kids, Taste of Sarasota Peoples Choice Awards, Best Entre, Best Appetizers and more! Additionally, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation honored Geckos by selecting it as a Florida Restaurant Neighbor & Cornerstone Humanitarian Award Winner for five consecutive years and as the National Restaurant Neighbor in 2017. The Restaurant Neighbor awards recognize outstanding restaurants around the country and honor restauranteurs who go above and beyond in community service. Their aim is to inspire other restaurateurs to get or stay involved in their local communities. Biz941 Magazine awarded Geckos Hospitality Group with the inaugural Greater Good Award for the Hospitality industry, recognizing those businesses who act upon their belief that they have an obligation to help the community that helped them succeed; and they not only believe thisthey embrace it. In 2018, SRQ Magazine named Mike & Mike as a LocalPreneur of the Year, an award honoring trailblazers and innovators in our community. For contact and more information about the Geckos Hospitality Group family of restaurants, please visit our FB pages or our website: www.GeckosGrill.com Geckos truly is Sarasota and Bradenton's own Cheers a place where everyone knows your name!
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