Kitchen Manager Back of House Operations
Columbia, ILFull-time$46–56K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Top Shooters, a high-volume sports bar and restaurant in Columbia, Illinois, is hiring a Kitchen Manager to run back-of-house operations and lead a kitchen team of approximately 12 employees. The role covers prep, line, expo, and closing procedures. The schedule is full-time and includes nights, weekends, game days, and high-volume events; compensation is a $46,000–$56,000 base salary depending on experience, plus a performance bonus.
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This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13627185 Full-Time | $46,000$56,000/year based on experience, plus performance bonus Top Shooters is a high-volume sports bar and restaurant in Columbia, IL. We're hiring a Kitchen Manager to run back-of-house operations, including prep, line, expo, and closing procedures, and to lead a kitchen team of approximately 12 employees. Schedule: Full-time, including game days and high-volume events. Hospitality schedule; not a standard MondayFriday shift. Pay: $46,000$56,000 base salary depending on experience, plus a performance bonus tied to food cost, labor cost, and overall kitchen performance. Responsibilities: - Oversee daily kitchen operations including prep, line, expo, and closing procedures - Train and develop line cooks and shift leads - Manage ordering, inventory, and waste tracking - Build BOH labor schedules, including coverage for game days and large events - Ensure compliance with health code, sanitation, and food safety standards - Manage food cost and monitor ticket times - Collaborate on menu updates, specials, and execution standards - Maintain a clean, organized kitchen that passes internal and external inspections Requirements: - Prior experience leading a back-of-house team, line, or kitchen in a busy bar or restaurant environment - Comfortable working nights, weekends, and high-volume event days - Strong organizational and training skills, with a focus on measurable results (food cost, labor, ticket times) - Comfortable jumping onto the line during high-volume periods only when needed
How this job compares
Set against the 848 open Restaurant Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$46–56K/yr
- US median$60–74K/yr140 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $51K, is 22% below the US median midpoint ($65K) — in the lowest quarter of Restaurant Operations salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 23 open Restaurant Operations jobs in Illinois and 848 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Papa John's International6 open
- McDonald's5 open
- Flynn Taco Bell4 open
- Experience
- Restaurant Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 8 years (293 postings).
- Education
- 3 of the 848 open Restaurant Operations jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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