Station House BBQ (Smoke Showin' Catering LLC) is a fast-growing BBQ + catering company in Tampa, FL, with a passionate following (47K+), a Good Morning America feature, nationwide Goldbelly shipping, and sold-out catering. We run two sides of the house: a Seminole Heights location and a dedicated commissary kitchen that powers our full-service catering.
We're looking for a hands-on General Manager to run the day-to-day across both locations so the owner can focus on growth. You are the person who makes the operation hum — leading the team, executing catering flawlessly, keeping food cost and labor tight, and making sure every shift and every event runs on time and on standard. This is a floor-and-phone job, not a desk job.
What You'll Own:
- Daily operations — open-to-close accountability for the Seminole Heights location and the commissary/catering kitchen.
- Catering execution — every event staffed, packed, prepped, and delivered on time and on standard.
- Team leadership — schedule, train, and lead the crew across both locations.
- Cost discipline — own food cost and labor targets; tighten purchasing, portioning, and waste.
- Systems of record — keep orders flowing across CaterZen, Square, and our Manus fire sheets.
- Quality & guest experience — protect the product and brand from the counter to a 500-guest event.
- Vendors & inventory — ordering, par levels, receiving, and supplier relationships.
What We're Looking For:
- 3+ years managing a restaurant, catering operation, or multi-unit food business; high-volume experience strongly preferred.
- A true operator — calm under pressure, leads from the front, holds a standard without drama.
- Strong on the numbers — comfortable owning food cost, labor %, and schedules.
- Organized and systems-minded — fluent (or fast to learn) with catering/POS software.
- Available nights, weekends, and event days, especially in busy season.
- Bonus: catering and BBQ experience, and a genuine love for hospitality and great food.
Compensation is competitive and based on experience, and we're open to structuring the right package — including performance incentives tied to catering growth and cost targets.
To apply, send a short note about your operations background and a resume, and tell us about a time you ran a busy service or event and kept it on the rails.
Work Location: In person
