Assistant Restaurant Manager
- Surrey, BC, Canada
$61,000 to $75,000 CAD / year
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Job details
- Pay
- $61,000 to $75,000 CAD / year
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Build your restaurant management career with Red Robin with positions available in the Lower Mainland.
We’re hiring an Assistant Restaurant Manager to lead busy shifts, coach and develop team members, and help run the day-to-day operations of a high-volume, full-service restaurant.
This is a hands-on leadership position. You’ll spend most of your time on the restaurant floor supporting the team, solving problems, connecting with guests, and helping deliver strong operational results.
Compensation
- Base salary of $61,000–$75,000 annually (inclusive of tip-pool share)
- Average tip-pool share represents approximately $6,000–$10,000 annually
- Estimated total annual earnings of $61,000–$75,000 before additional bonus opportunities
- Performance bonus and profit-sharing opportunities
Why Join Red Robin?
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Structured eight-week leadership training program
- Meal benefits and team member discounts
- Support from an experienced restaurant leadership team
- Clear development path toward Restaurant Manager
- Future career opportunities as Red Robin expands across Western Canada
What You’ll Do
- Lead opening, closing, and high-volume restaurant shifts
- Coach, support, and develop shift leaders and team members
- Create a positive, accountable, and team-focused workplace
- Maintain high standards for hospitality, food quality, cleanliness, and safety
- Resolve guest concerns quickly and professionally
- Support scheduling, staffing, labour management, and daily operations
- Monitor sales, labour, costs, and other restaurant performance measures
- Help execute promotions, local marketing initiatives, and operational priorities
- Work alongside the Restaurant Manager and management team to improve restaurant results
What We’re Looking For
- At least one year of leadership experience in a restaurant, hospitality, or similar customer-focused environment
- Experience as an Assistant Manager, Shift Leader, Supervisor, or comparable team leader
- Full-service restaurant experience is preferred
- Strong communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills
- A hands-on leadership style and willingness to lead from the floor
- Ability to stay organized and make good decisions during busy shifts
- A genuine interest in developing people and delivering a great guest experience
- Availability to work a full-time schedule that includes evenings, weekends, and holidays
You do not need to know everything on day one. We are looking for a capable restaurant leader with strong people skills, good judgment, and the drive to keep learning and growing.
Career Growth
This role offers a direct development path toward becoming a Restaurant Manager.
As Red Robin grows across Western Canada, we are focused on preparing strong internal leaders for future restaurant-management opportunities.
Location and Schedule
This is a full-time, in-person position at Red Robin with location to be discussed.
The schedule includes a combination of days, evenings, weekends, and holidays based on restaurant needs.
Apply today and tell us about your restaurant leadership experience. We look forward to learning more about you.
Each franchisee is independently owned and operated and is solely responsible for all employment decisions regarding its employees. All job postings for franchised restaurants are the sole responsibility of the franchisee operating that restaurant, including the application and hiring process.
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Responsibilities
The Assistant Restaurant Manager will lead opening, closing and busy shifts, coach shift leaders and team members, and keep standards high for hospitality, food quality and safety. They will resolve guest concerns, help run scheduling and daily operations, and monitor sales and labour costs.
Requirements
Candidates need at least one year of leadership experience in a restaurant or customer-focused setting, such as assistant manager or shift leader. Full-service restaurant experience, strong communication and coaching skills, good judgment and availability for evenings, weekends and holidays are required.
Skills
- Team leadership and coaching
- Shift leadership
- Guest service and complaint resolution
- Labour cost management
- Scheduling and staffing
- Sales and cost monitoring
- Food safety and cleanliness standards
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Decision-making under pressure
- Promotion and local marketing execution
- Staff development
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision benefits
- Structured eight-week leadership training program
- Meal benefits and team member discounts
- Performance bonus and profit-sharing
- Clear development path toward Restaurant Manager
Categories
- Hospitality
- Food & Beverage
- Management & Leadership
- Retail
Keywords
- Assistant Restaurant Manager
- restaurant management
- shift leader
- assistant manager
- full-service restaurant
- hospitality
- food service
- team leadership
- coaching
- guest experience
- labour management
- scheduling
- food cost
- restaurant operations
- Red Robin
- Lower Mainland
- retail management
- food safety
Seniority
Entry level
Perks
- Performance bonus
- Employee discount
- Meals
- Paid training