
Assistant Restaurant Leader - New Restaurant Opening
Jacksonville, FLFull-time$55K/yrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today
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The Assistant Restaurant Leader supports the Restaurant Leader with day-to-day restaurant operations and upholds Raising Cane’s standards and culture. The role oversees hourly crewmember hiring, onboarding, scheduling, payroll, and performance management; manages shifts, cash handling, and customer service; and helps maintain restaurant cleanliness and operations. The position requires 3+ years of restaurant or retail management experience. New restaurant opening experience is preferred.
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Company Description
Starting from $55,000 annually plus monthly training incentive of $750*
*Pay is based on location, experience, and qualifications etc.
*Monthly incentives after training vary and are based on restaurant profitability At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers®, we serve only the most craveable chicken finger meals – it’s our One Love! Known for our great Crew and cool Culture, we follow a Work Hard. Have Fun. philosophy. Raising Cane’s is the fastest-growing chicken concept around and is on track to be a Top 10 Restaurant Brand in the United States. Each Crewmember is important to our rapid growth and enduring success. Now is your chance to join the Team and Raise The Bar! Benefits offered for all Full-time Restaurant Managers:
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Pharmacy Benefits
- Dependent Care & Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts
- Company-provided Life and Disability insurance
- Hospital Indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness
- 401(k) With Employer Match (age 21 & older)
- Access to financial advisors for budget and retirement planning
- One Pass Gym Membership Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Crewmember Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
Perks & Rewards for Restaurant Managers:
- Weekly Pay!*
- Competitive pay + monthly bonus
- Paid Time Off & Sick time
- 8 paid Holidays a year**
- Early closure for company events
- Casual Work Attire
- Perkspot Employee Discount Programs• *Raising Cane's pays weekly, except in some states (e.g., California) where the company pays bi-weekly.
- **Some locations may vary
Job Description
Your Role at Raising Cane’s: The Assistant Restaurant Leader is responsible for supporting the Restaurant Leader in day-to-day operations of the restaurant and upholding Raising Cane’s standards and culture in all areas of restaurant operations. The physical work environment includes working in a fast-paced kitchen environment (which requires extended periods of physical exertion, such as walking, standing, lifting and bending) and interacting with customers. It also includes both inside and outside work in varied temperatures, working with and around food products, common allergens, industrial equipment, commercial cleaning products that require the use of personal protective equipment and physical activities necessary to complete the responsibilities of the job. Your Impact and Responsibilities Purpose of the position:
- Hires and terminates all hourly, non-management crewmembers
- Owns the onboarding, status change and payroll process for all hourly crewmembers
- Creates crewmember work and training schedules
- Manages the performance of all hourly crewmembers (e.g. development, coaching, redirective communication and documentation, and other performance management tasks)
- Acts as manager on duty and opens and closes the restaurant
- Manages cash handling and ensures accountability
General to the role:
- Enforces Raising Cane’s policies and standards
- Executes shift management meeting Raising Cane’s operations and safety standards
- Uses required tools, forms and logs to support shift execution, document results and take corrective action when needed
- Deploys crewmembers during a shift
- Provides exemplary customer service
- Utilizes reward and recognition program for the crewmembers in the restaurant
- Authorizes employee functions requiring manager approval (e.g. discounts, promotions, timeclock overrides, etc.)
- Ensures cleanliness of the restaurant and ensures the facility is in good working order
- Completes other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Requirements for Success:
- Detail-oriented, organized and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing
- Self-driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively
- Able to recognize and analyze problems, set goals, create plans and convert plans into action to solve problems
- Proficient in a variety of technology systems including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook) and ability to learn and adapt to new systems quickly
- Able to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings and weekends and travel as needed for work-related functions and training
- 3+ years of restaurant or retail management experience
- New restaurant opening experience preferred
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- High school diploma or equivalent required, some college preferred
- Possess a valid driver’s license
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How this job compares
Set against the 13,203 open Restaurant Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55K/yr
- Florida median$61–68K/yr76 salary ranges
- US median$58–70K/yr1,756 salary ranges
This rate, $55K, is 17% below the Florida median midpoint ($66K) — in the lowest quarter of Restaurant Manager salary ranges in Florida.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 780 open Restaurant Manager jobs in Florida and 13,203 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Florida
- McDonald's331 open
- Flynn Pizza Hut127 open
- Chipotle Mexican Grill44 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Restaurant Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 4,527 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,400 of the 13,203 open Restaurant Manager jobs (11%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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