Kitchen Leader

About the Role Chipotle’s Kitchen Leader helps ensure the quality and safety of Food With Integrity by preparing great food, grilling meats, and sautéing vegetables. This role trains others to become future Kitchen Leaders, keeps the kitchen clean, organized, and well stocked, and maintains equipment in good condition while modeling teamwork for Crew members. What You'll Do

• Ensuring food quality by cooking and prepping food to order, and following kitchen procedures
• Monitoring food waste and inventory levels, and resolving food quality issues
• Supporting a strong team dynamic between back of house Crew and front of house Crew
• Developing Crew members to be future Kitchen Leaders
• Communicating with Crew members and customers effectively in order to ensure great customer service and throughput
• Ensuring the kitchen is properly cleaned and sanitized
• Monitoring kitchen equipment and ensuring it is kept in good repair; making sure malfunctioning equipment is repaired as quickly as possible
• Ensuring that the kitchen itself and all Crew members meet the necessary guidelines to ensure there are no injuries or accidents
• Filling out Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Inventory Rotation (FIFO) What We're Looking For
• Have the ability to understand and articulate Chipotle’s Food With Integrity philosophy
• Have the knowledge and ability to speak, write, and understand the primary language(s) of the work location
• Have a high school diploma
• Have restaurant experience Compensation & Benefits
• Salary: $17.15 - $19.06 per hour (base pay range)
• Digital Tips
• Tuition assistance (100% coverage for select degrees or up to $5,250/year)
• Free food (yes, really FREE)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Holiday closures
• Competitive compensation
• Opportunities for advancement (80% of managers started as Crew)