Kitchen Manager
Stucko’s Pub & Grill – Marquette, MI
$50,000–$60,000 per year | Full-Time
Stucko’s Pub & Grill is looking for an experienced, dependable Kitchen Manager to lead our back-of-house team.
We’re a busy, established local restaurant with a fast-paced kitchen, a loyal customer base, and a team that takes pride in putting out good food consistently. We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of the kitchen, lead by example, keep things organized, and work alongside the team when needed.
This is a hands-on management position. We want someone who is comfortable leading a shift, coaching employees, managing food and labor costs, solving problems, and jumping on the line when business demands it.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Leading and supervising day-to-day kitchen operations
- Managing, training, coaching, and developing BOH employees
- Creating and maintaining kitchen schedules
- Maintaining appropriate staffing levels and helping cover gaps when necessary
- Ensuring food is prepared consistently according to Stucko’s recipes and standards
- Maintaining food quality, presentation, portioning, and ticket-time standards
- Overseeing food prep and making sure the kitchen is prepared for each service
- Ordering food and kitchen supplies
- Managing inventory, product rotation, waste, and food costs
- Monitoring labor costs and making staffing decisions based on business volume
- Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe kitchen
- Ensuring compliance with food safety, sanitation, and health department requirements
- Helping maintain kitchen equipment and communicating repair or maintenance needs
- Working closely with ownership and front-of-house management
- Addressing employee concerns, performance issues, and conflicts professionally
- Helping develop stronger systems, procedures, and training as the restaurant continues to grow
- Being available to respond to reasonable calls or messages from management regarding urgent kitchen issues
What We’re Looking For
Our ideal candidate is someone who:
- Has previous restaurant kitchen experience, preferably in a high-volume environment
- Has previous kitchen leadership or management experience
- Is confident working multiple kitchen stations and willing to work alongside the team
- Can stay calm and make decisions during busy services
- Knows how to hold employees accountable without creating an unnecessarily negative work environment
- Is organized and able to manage scheduling, ordering, inventory, prep, and daily operations
- Understands food cost, portion control, waste reduction, and labor management
- Communicates well with both BOH and FOH employees
- Is dependable and takes ownership when something needs to be handled
- Can balance maintaining standards with building a kitchen people actually want to work in
ServSafe certification or similar food-safety certification is preferred.
Schedule
This is a full-time salaried management position. The Kitchen Manager should expect a schedule that includes a combination of days, evenings, weekends, and holidays based on the needs of the restaurant.
Restaurant management isn’t a Monday-through-Friday desk job, but we also believe a good kitchen should not require its manager to live at work. Building a reliable team, developing strong leaders, and creating systems that keep the kitchen running smoothly are important parts of this position.
Compensation
$50,000–$60,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.
About Stucko’s
Stucko’s Pub & Grill has been part of the Marquette community for decades. We’re a casual, locally owned neighborhood restaurant with a strong regular customer base and a team-oriented atmosphere.
We’re entering a new chapter under new ownership while keeping the personality and traditions that have made Stucko’s what it is. At the same time, we’re working to improve our systems, technology, training, and overall efficiency.
We’re looking for a Kitchen Manager who wants to be an important part of that next chapter, not simply someone to fill a schedule.
If you have strong kitchen experience, enjoy leading people, and want a management position where you can have a real impact on how the kitchen operates, we’d like to hear from you.
Pay: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
