Kitchen Lead Trainee

  • Chick-fil-A
  • Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Full Time

Kitchen Lead Trainee

What You'll Do

As a Kitchen Team Trainee, you'll help drive daily kitchen operations and team success by:

  • Delivering craveable, highquality food with speed and accuracy while following ChickfilA standards
  • Upholding food quality, cleanliness, and foodsafety expectations
  • Coaching and developing Kitchen Team Members and Team Leaders
  • Leading with urgency to ensure fast, consistent service
  • Maintaining recipe accuracy, production consistency, and attention to detail
  • Keeping a clean, organized, foodsafe kitchen environment
  • Executing systems that support efficiency, safety, and operational excellence

Leadership Responsibilities

As a Restaurant Team Trainee, you will:

  • Lead daily operations with professionalism and accountability
  • Ensure guests consistently receive exceptional service
  • Take ownership of food quality, food safety, and operational standards
  • Manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment
  • Clearly communicate kitchen goals and expectations
  • Use handson leadership and problemsolving to drive improvement
  • Inspire, coach, and connect with a diverse team

What We're Looking For

Experience & Skills

  • 2-5 years of leadership experience in a restaurant or kitchen setting
  • Proven ability to develop and lead highperforming teams
  • Strong operational awareness and resultsdriven mindset
  • Excellent communication, coaching, and problemsolving skills
  • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Comfortable using basic technology (POS systems, Microsoft Office)

Personal Qualities

  • Warm, hospitable, and guestfocused
  • Positive, calm, and confident under pressure
  • Motivates others with energy and integrity
  • Committed to ongoing growth and development

Schedule

  • Up to 40 hours per week in a handson restaurant environment

Why ChickfilA?

At ChickfilA, leadership means service-serving our guests, our team, and our community. If you're ready to grow as a leader while making a meaningful impact every day, we'd love to meet you.

Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a family owned and privately held restaurant company founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy. Devoted to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate, and known for its original chicken sandwich, Chick-fil-A serves freshly prepared food in more than 2,300 restaurants in 47 states and Washington, D.C.

Job ID: 516989073
Originally Posted on: 4/11/2026

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