Bright Brewery is on the hunt for a Restaurant Manager to join our amazing team!

Bright Brewery is a local-family-owned business and fiercely independent brewery, bar, and restaurant, located in the heart of Bright, Victoria, which has been established for 20 years.

Our key values of ACTIVE- SUSTAINABLE -AUTHENTIC – INCLUSIVE are the cornerstones of everything we do at Bright Brewery. From brewing beers that reflect the bold and wild workplace in which they are crafted, to embracing the outdoor lifestyle that our region offers, Bright Brewery helps form the heart of our vibrant community.

Bright Brewery serves lunch and dinner 7 days a week, which helps showcase our beers to our fantastic customers.

The Position

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Restaurant Manager to lead our bar and front-of-house operations and team.

We require a team player who can help lead our Brewery Door staff and ensure customers always have a positive experience when visiting our venue.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Venue Manager and Head Chef and will be responsible for ensuring product and service standards are met, maintaining procedures for maximising operating efficiency and cost-effective purchasing and control of beverage and retail stock.

This is a full-time position and will involve evening and weekend hours, as well as working across public holidays.

In addition to a salary, Bright Brewery provides rewards and recognition programs to all staff, including active lifestyle subsidies, food & beverage discounts, equitable tip sharing and venue points program. All staff are supported with training and advancement opportunities.

This position offers a chance to live in a truly beautiful place, with world class mountain biking, cycling, hiking, camping, paragliding, snow and river sports.



We encourage broad and active lifestyles, and flexible working arrangements may be negotiated to accommodate this.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide leadership to the Brewery Door team
- Set and monitor quality and service standards
- Provide excellent and efficient customer service
- Train junior staff and ensure smooth daily operations of the bar
- Represent our values of authenticity, sustainability and active lifestyles.

Your Skills & Attributes

- Prior experience in a high-volume hospitality environment
- Minimum 2-3 years of management experience in hospitality is required
- Experienced at leading a team
- Experience in managing rostering across varying patterns of business and with team involving f/time, p/time and casual staff
- Demonstrated skills in high standards in customer service
- Ability to spot and resolve problems efficiently
- Ability to effectively prioritise, delegate tasks and manage time
- Set and monitor quality and service standards for staff and direct and manage staff members to meet standards and objectives
- Ability to maintain consistency of friendly and efficient service
- Ability to develop and document operating systems and procedures and comply with all company policies and procedures
- Mature attitude, honest, loyal and exceptional work ethic
- Computer savvy (POS systems, E-mail, MS Word, MS Excel)
- Minimum 2+ years experience with POS systems is required
- Experience with any hospitality POS system is acceptable, as training on our specific systems will be provided
- Current Responsible Service of Alcohol certificate
- A knowledge of, and passion for, craft beer and brewing are a bonus.

Bright Brewery is committed to equal opportunity and values diversity.

Australian citizens and permanent residents only are eligible to apply for this position.

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