Senior Manager

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Aliso Viejo, CA, USA
In-Office
70K-75K Annually
Senior level
Food • Hospitality
The Role
Leads restaurant operations, financial performance, cost control, staffing, safety, sanitation, regulatory compliance, guest experience, and team development. Oversees budgeting, scheduling, inventory, waste reduction, restaurant ambiance, and continuous improvement while supporting company initiatives and culture. Requires physical work in a fast-paced restaurant environment, occasional travel, and staff training.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities

At Eureka! we make people feel good and feel alive through our shared values of Energy, Discovery, Community. Eureka! is an expression of delight in finding, discovering, or solving something and this exclamation of joy starts with you.

Our values driven culture is full of passionate people serving those hungry to discover a local blend of America’s best. Many of our guests are joining us for the items they crave or offerings they wish to explore. Our aim is to attract and hire talent that provides an enthusiastic experience for all our guests while being a great co-worker for their teammates.

If this sounds like you, keep reading!

THE PERKS!:

  • Competitive Salary (70-75K annually)
  • Weekly Pay
  • Quarterly Bonus Incentive
  • Fun & Fast Paced Environment
  • Company contests that include experiential trips to exciting beverage and food destinations.
  • Growth Opportunities - We promote 65% from within
  • Management Development
  • Benefits that include access to medical, dental and vision coverage (Full Time)
  • Employee Assistance Program - focusing on mental health providing licensed counseling, community support and much more

 

Purpose of the Position

The Senior Manager provides strategic leadership and operational support to drive business performance, team development, and organizational success. This role partners with cross-functional leaders to execute company initiatives, improve operational effectiveness, and ensure alignment with Eureka!’s culture, values, and long-term goals. The Senior Manager leads complex projects, develops solutions to business challenges, coaches teams and leaders, and supports continuous improvement across the organization. This position serves as a key contributor in driving results, fostering collaboration, and elevating the overall employee and guest experience.

Essential Job Functions

  • Sets the pace and Energy Level for the entire shift!
  • Discovers something new everyday
  • Consistent Community involvement

Job Description

  • Financial operations: Achieve restaurant objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions; Effective use of schedule templates
  • Cost control: Review portion control and quantities of food preparation; minimize food, paper (non-food goods) and labor waste; execute accurate inventories on a regular basis.
  • Litigation control: Avoid legal challenges by conforming to Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) regulations; federal, state, county and city codes, laws and regulations; and landlord lease requirements
  • Safety/Sanitary standards: Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures; comply with all safety/sanitary legal regulations; develop and implement disaster plans; maintain security and sprinkler systems; maintain parking lot, walkways and exits.
  • Ambiance control: Maintain restaurant ambiance by controlling restaurant lights, light dimmers, background music; proper table set up with table tents, sugar caddies, silverware; monitoring proper temperature on thermostat and window doors open/closed; live music setup and maintenance
  • Continuing education: Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations.

 

Physical Demands & Work Environment Position requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting products and supplies weighing, and repetitive hand and wrist motion; working with and around hot, cold, and hazardous equipment in a fast paced and congested environment that will occasionally be loud, hot, cold and/or physically demanding. Position requires occasional travel that may consist of driving and/or airplane flights for a period of one or more days therein requiring one or more overnight stays; notice of travel may be given with very short notice. Position requires occasional training that may take place on or off-site, by phone and/or online.

At-Will Statement & Job Description Disclaimer: This position is at-will. Senior Managers have the right to resign at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. Likewise, Eureka! has the right to terminate employment at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. This at-will employment relationship will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any changes that may occur in position, title, pay or other terms or conditions of my employment with Eureka! This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Nonessential functions of the job may be required to perform other related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Displays a strong example and passion for our culture on every shift – EDC!
  • At least 21 years of age
  • Food Manager certified
  • TIPs Certified
  • Minimum 2 years management experience in high-volume restaurant
  • Entrepreneurial attitude

Skills Required

  • At least 21 years of age
  • Food Manager certification
  • TIPS certification
  • Minimum 2 years of management experience in a high-volume restaurant
  • Entrepreneurial attitude
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The Company
HQ: Hawthorne, CA
302 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

All-American scratch kitchen & craft bar specializing in gourmet burgers where guests discover a local blend of America's best. Eureka! is defined as expressing delight on finding, discovering or solving something. Those that truly appreciate great food, craft beer and small-batch spirits are discovering a better restaurant experience and Eureka! has elevated it to an art form. In our rustic industrial environment, we create craveable dining experiences in an approachable atmosphere while leaving enduring memories one burger at a time. Our aim is to attract and hire talent that provides an enthusiastic experience for all our guests while being a great co-worker for their teammates. Our goal is to make others FEEL GOOD & FEEL ALIVE through our ENERGY! DISCOVERY! & COMMUNITY!

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