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Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader
EL Pollo Loco —Costa Mesa, CA
- $90,000 - $100,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Hybrid work
- English
- Quick service & fast food restaurant
- Travel
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
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BJ's Restaurants —Cerritos, CA
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Senior Restaurant & Bar Manager
Pacific City Operations, LLC —Huntington Beach, CA
- $90,000 - $100,000 a year
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- Bar
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Senior Manager, Data Services
Panda Restaurant Group —Rosemead, CA
- $157,000 - $220,500 a year
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- 7 years
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- Bachelor's degree
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Senior Chef Manager
Eurest —Irvine, CA
- $90,000 - $95,000 a year
- Full-time
- ServSafe
- Customer service
- 5 years
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Senior Manager, Freight & Logistics
Panda Restaurant Group —Rosemead, CA
- $127,000 - $178,000 a year
- Email
- Hybrid work
- 7 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Food service experience
- AD&D insurance
- Disability insurance
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Senior Food & Beverage Manager
The Westin Anaheim Resort —Anaheim, CA
- $84,000 - $86,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Bar
- Ability to walk for extended periods
- Sanitation
- Opportunities for advancement
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Senior Manager
SC Wings Block, LLC —Orange, CA
- $25 - $35 an hour
- Full-time
- Bar
- 3 years
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- Store discount
- Flexible schedule
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Senior Kitchen Manager
BJ's Restaurants —Anaheim Hills, CA
- $74,000 - $79,000 a year
- Full-time
- Casual dining restaurant
- Sales
- Ability to walk for extended periods
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Sr. Ops Innovation Manager
Panda Restaurant Group —Rosemead, CA
- $127,000 - $178,000 a year
- Email
- Hybrid work
- 7 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Senior level
- AD&D insurance
- Disability insurance
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Senior Manager
SC Wings Block, LLC —Garden Grove, CA
- $25 - $32 an hour
- Full-time
- Bar
- 3 years
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- Store discount
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Senior Manager, Guest Care (Community Management)
Panda Restaurant Group —Rosemead, CA
- $127,000 - $178,000 a year
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- 7 years
- Marketing
- Bachelor's degree
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Senior International Partnership Operations Manager
Chipotle —Newport Beach, CA
- $133,000 - $187,000 a year
- Travel
- Senior level
- Health insurance
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Senior Operations and Infrastructure Manager
California Institute of Technology —Pasadena, CA
- Full-time
- ServSafe
- 5 years
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Senior Manager, Risk Governance and PMO
Panda Restaurant Group —Rosemead, CA
- $127,000 - $178,000 a year
- Email
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- 7 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Continuous improvement
- AD&D insurance
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SMG - Senior Manager
La Popular —Claremont, CA
- Full-time
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Sr. Team Leader
Zinc Cafe & Bar - Downtown Los Angeles —Los Angeles, CA
- From $40.17 an hour
- Weekends as needed
- Mid-level
- High school diploma or GED
- 2 years
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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Lead Server
Ivy Living —Laguna Woods, CA
- $18 - $19 an hour
- Part-time
- Criminal background check
- Older adults
- Pre-employment physical examination
- Store discount
- COVID-19 protective measures
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Shift Manager AND Senior Sandwich artist
Subway - 24758-0 —Lakewood, CA
- $20 - $23 an hour
- Part-time
- Mid-level
- High school diploma or GED
- Quick service & fast food restaurant
- Employee discount
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Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader

EL Pollo Loco -
Costa Mesa, CA

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Job Details

Full-time
$90,000 - $100,000 a year

Benefits

Health savings account
Paid holidays
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Opportunities for advancement
Paid sick time

Qualifications

Team leadership
Coaching
English
Leadership development
Team development
Hospitality industry experience
Team training
Leading team collaboration initiatives
Business operations
Managing food service teams
General management
Professional development training
Food service management

Full Job Description

At El Pollo Loco, we are on a mission to be the nation’s leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant. When it comes to our people, we are all about growth. Whether that means specialized training, a clearly laid out career trajectory or collaborating cross-functionally, we are committed to the success of our people the same way we’ve been committed to the success of the El Pollo Loco brand for the last 50 years. In fact, we see you as our secret ingredient. While our chicken is fire, it’s our people who set us ablaze.

Our restaurants are only the tip of the flame! If you’re looking for an innovative, winning, and welcoming workplace, then a flamin’ good career in our Restaurant Support Center is right for you.

At our Support Center, we believe our best work is done Together, when departments collaborate and everyone is confident in contributing their ideas. This is why we are in the office 3 days per week.

Let’s Get Loco!

What’s in it for you!

STRONG office culture recognized as a Great Place to Work® and driven by our core values: Simple. Together. Relentless. Ownership. Nimble. Growth
Career growth opportunities
Competitive pay and bonus potential
Medical + Dental + Vision Insurance + HSA Savings Account
401(K) Retirement Plan with company match and immediate vesting
Paid Vacation + Sick Pay + 12 Paid Holidays
Employee Assistance Program
Free El Pollo Loco food + restaurant discounts
PerkSpot discounts program

POSITION PURPOSE:
The Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader leads the Restaurant Opening team as a player and a coach. This role personally leads the most critical and complex New Restaurant Openings — coaching elite General Manager performance and establishing operational excellence from Day 1 — while simultaneously directing, developing, and elevating the team of Restaurant Opening Leaders. Like the Restaurant Opening Leaders the role oversees, the Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader does not replace the permanent GM at new restaurant openings; it coaches them through targeted focus and support.

As the senior leader, the Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader sets the cultural tone, demonstrates ownership, accountability, and STRONG Values in action, and builds the capability of incoming leadership teams across multiple openings. In addition to targeted coaching in the field, this role is accountable for the readiness, performance, and growth of the Restaurant Opening Leaders, ensuring a consistent standard of excellence is delivered at every opening before each restaurant transitions to its permanent leader. This role requires availability of travelling extensively and for long consecutive durations of time.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader will lead the Restaurant Opening team while remaining personally responsible for opening new restaurants and stabilizing at-risk restaurants. As a player-coach, this role carries its own opening and stabilization assignments — typically the highest-priority and most complex — and is simultaneously responsible for assigning, directing, coaching, and developing the Restaurant Opening Leaders. When not opening new restaurants, the Sr. Restaurant Opening Leader will support stabilizing Field Operations with restaurants and Managers (at all levels) in need of support and guidance in achieving company goals, and will deploy and support the opening team to do the same.

Lead and Develop the Restaurant Opening Team (Player-Coach)

Serve as a working player-coach — personally leading priority openings and stabilizations while leading the team of Restaurant Opening Leaders.
Assign Restaurant Opening Leaders to openings and stabilization assignments based on business priority, complexity, and individual development needs.
Set, communicate, and hold the team to a single, consistent standard of opening excellence across all markets.
Onboard, train, and continuously develop Restaurant Opening Leaders; build bench strength and readiness for future growth.
Conduct in-field observation, coaching, and real-time feedback on each Restaurant Opening Leader’s execution, leadership presence, and judgment.
Manage team performance — set clear expectations, provide accountability, recognize strong performance, and address gaps promptly.
Partner with Operations, Training, and HR to forecast the opening pipeline and ensure the team is staffed, deployed, and prepared.
Capture and share best practices, tools, and playbooks to standardize and continuously improve the opening process.

Model Best-In-Class Leadership

Lead and coach on-site operational execution for all phases of restaurant development from pre-opening, training, opening, and through stabilization.
Partner with Operations, Training, HR, and Facilities to ensure readiness in staffing, systems, food safety, and compliance.
Coach hands-on modeling of standards at all levels in the organization.
Demonstrate what strong labor deployment, food cost control, and operational discipline look like.
Coach how to lead with urgency and accountability.
Coach how to protect company assets and uphold EPL STRONG Values in all environments.
Coach how to hold leaders to standards respectfully but firmly.
Coach timekeeping, food and workplace safety, and compliance discipline.

Establish Loco Love Culture

Model Loco Love in every interaction with guests and team members.
Coach how hospitality should feel — not just be spoken about.
Demonstrate professional leadership presence.
Set expectations around communication, accountability, and teamwork.

Build the Permanent GM’s Capability

Coach all Managers in real time.
Coach and model team conversations, pre-shift meetings, team performance management, and recognition.
Provide feedback on leadership presence, operational judgment, and standards execution.
Transfer systems knowledge (ordering, inventory, scheduling, deployment).
Reinforce duty-to-report standards and escalate concerns immediately.
Ensure the permanent GM is confident and competent before handoff.

Leave Behind Structure

Confirm restaurant management team and team members understand compliance responsibilities.
Validate staffing readiness and role clarity.
Ensure labor, food cost, and inventory controls are executed precisely.
Ensure strict adherence to food safety, workplace safety, timekeeping, and break compliance.
Ensure systems are running correctly.

QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, the candidate must be in good standing with HR approval. Must have prior General Manager, Area Leader, or Field Training Manager experience with El Pollo Loco, along with proven success as a Restaurant Opening Leader or equivalent multi-restaurant, new-restaurant-opening, or above-restaurant leadership experience, including:

Enthusiastic and positive demeanor, with a genuine passion for providing exceptional team and guest experiences.
Strong communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills; ability to speak, write, and comprehend basic English.
Strong coaching capability with proven ability to train new team members effectively.
Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop other leaders — not just front-line team members.
Proven track record leading multiple new restaurant openings and/or restaurant stabilizations with consistent, measurable results.
Ability to set direction for and manage the performance of a team operating across multiple markets at the same time.
Strong operational judgment and decision-making skills.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership of a shift and hold self and others accountable.
Demonstrated high performance.
Certified in all restaurant positions.
Ability to lead confidently in unfamiliar or newly built environments.
Flexibility to work various shifts, including weekends and holidays.
Commitment to upholding EPL values and standards of excellence.
Ability to travel 100% of the time.

Our Company

In 1980 the first American El Pollo Loco opened on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, quickly becoming a destination for the best citrus-marinated, fire-grilled pollo in town. Over the past four decades, El Pollo Loco has grown into more than 500 restaurants across 9 states, becoming an L.A. mainstay and cultural benchmark along the way. Today, we continue to work just as hard to always provide our customers with Quality Chicken. Fast. Easy. Affordable.

The pay range identified is the hourly or salary rate El Pollo Loco expects to pay for the posted position. This range does not include any benefits or bonus opportunities that might be available for the position based on position and eligibility criteria. At El Pollo Loco, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range. Individual pay decisions will vary based on a variety of factors including years of experience, industry experience, education, geography, etc.

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