Description

Luke’s Lobster is a Maine-inspired, fast-casual lobster shack known for its award-winning seafood rolls. Our seafood is traceable to its source, sustainably caught and processed by our own team to our own high standards.

Role – Assistant Kitchen Manager – Portland Pier

As we prepare for a busy 2025 summer season, we are currently looking for a qualified Assistant Kitchen Manager to support BOH operations, lead and develop a team to succeed in this high-volume, full-service location. We are a founder-run, mission-driven organization with a fun, supportive atmosphere, but we take our food and guest service seriously.

If you're passionate about great food, craft drinks, and being part of a dynamic, growing company, we'd love to have you on board for this exciting next chapter!

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $65,000 - $70,000 + competitive bonus program
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance on a national PPO network with company premium contributions after one month
• Access to an Health Savings Account (HSA) and supplemental insurance policies (Accident Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Insurance)
• Low-asset fee 401k retirement plan after one month
• Mobile phone stipend program
• Company sponsored laptop
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Discounts
• Casual dress code and environment
• Opportunities for advancement in a growing company

Do you care about working for an ethical, environmentally-focused company? Do you thrive working in a supportive and collaborative environment that values and solicits open and honest communication? Then you will love working at Luke’s Lobster! We believe all boats rise when you put people, community, and the environment at the heart of all decision-making.

Duties & Responsibilities

We offer delicious, high-quality seafood that our guests love. To make that happen you’ll be -

• Ability to promote a positive work environment
• Managing kitchen staff and coordinating food orders
• Ability to be hands on with cooking and prep when necessary
• Assist with weekly inventory
• Establish daily food prep plan
• Checking food plating and temperatures
• Scheduling kitchen staff shifts
• Ordering food supplies and kitchen equipment, as needed
• Train kitchen staff
• Storing food products in compliance with safety
• Maintaining sanitation and safety standards in the kitchen area
• Communicating Luke's mission of serving sustainable, traceable seafood (We’re a certified B-Corp!) What does that mean? Check it out here: https://www.bcorporation.net/community/lukes-lobster

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience as an Assistant Kitchen Manager or Chef in a high volume environment
• Knowledge of a wide range of recipes
• Familiarity with kitchen sanitation and safety regulations
• Excellent organizational skills
• Conflict management abilities
• Ability to manage a team in a fast-paced work environment
• Flexibility to work during evenings and weekends
• Certification from a culinary school or degree in Restaurant Management is a plus
• Ability to handle shellfish / tolerate exposure to shellfish allergen (required)

The Luke's Lobster Story

Luke’s Lobster was born out of the dream of Maine native and third-generation lobsterman, Luke Holden, to bring the quality lobster rolls of his youth to the big city. He and business partner, Ben Conniff, opened their first lobster shack in NYC’s East Village in October 2009. Now, 15 years later, Luke’s Lobster brings traceable, sustainable seafood to guests across the globe. We work directly with fishermen to hand pick the best seafood, bring it straight to our own seafood company in Saco, Maine and then ship directly to our shacks, grocery partners, and consumers. From the dock to our guests, we’ve cut out the middleman. This means higher quality, better tasting seafood for you to enjoy and a fairer price for our fishermen. We know our fishermen, we know where and how they fish, and we work together to protect our oceans for tomorrow.

We are proud and passionate about the work environment we have fostered and are excited to see it continue to grow. We value diversity, creativity, transparency and open communication from all levels. Please visit www.lukeslobster.com for more information.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Luke's Lobster provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to any status, including but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Luke's Lobster complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Luke's Lobster expressly prohibits all forms of workplace harassment. Improper interference with the ability of Luke's Lobster employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. Essential job functions include standing for sustained periods of time, lifting objects from lower to higher positions, ascending or descending stairs, and bending, crouching, and reaching to low and high places. Luke's Lobster is a participant of E-Verify.

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