Bench General Manager

Company: Five Guys
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Location: Chester
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Job Description

BURGERS & FRIES AND INCREDIBLE CAREERS!n We’re the burger restaurant with the uncomplicated formula: burgers and fries cooked to perfection, with no frozen ingredients. And we’ve stuck to the same ‘perfect and serve’ philosophy since our family business began in 1986.n In some of our stores, there is a talented Bench General Manager who is waiting for their own store. While waiting for your own store you will be based at one of our existing stores supporting the current General Manager and potentially other stores within the district. You will be accountable for the stores day to day operations and results. This includes; leading, inspiring and coaching the teams to ensure the restaurant delivers profitability, and optimises all sales opportunities while delivering an excellent level of customer service.n Our Bench General Managers are our brand ambassadors, they ensure we deliver an excellent level of customer service while demonstrating leadership, coaching and direction. They will bring our values to life for their team and our customers.n REWARDSn n

An achievable 20% bonus scheme – paid quarterlyn

An additional Secret Shopper bonus worth up to £2,000n

High Performer Awards and Bonus’sn

Long service Love2Shop voucher reward – 5 years £500, 10 years £1,000n

33 Days paid holidayn

Paid breaksn

Free burgers, fries and shakes while on shiftn

Private medical via Vitalityn

Life assurancen

All employees get access to Stream. The financial wellbeing app with simple-to-use, flexible benefits built around your payn n OTHER AWESOME PERKSn n

Days out and social eventsn

Invite to the annual General Manager conferencen

Team competitions – Fry Cup and Olympicsn

Five Guys Perks – employee discount programn

Access to wellbeing support and employee assistance programme (EAP)n

Development opportunities to grow a career with us!n

Apprenticeships to gain recognised qualifications, skills and progression opportunitiesn

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leaven

Pension schemen n AS A BENCH GENERAL MANAGER YOU’LL BEn n

Accountable and responsible for your entire store and the people withinn

Developing and managing the store team, while supporting the delivery of perfect burgers and friesn

You will be expected to lead from the front, you will be hands-on at times which means jumping in and working on the line shoulder to shoulder with our Crew and Managersn

Having full ownership of your P&L, which means you will need to drive sales whilst controlling costsn

Your store will need to run smoothly on the day-to-day operations and think about long term planningn

Spotting potential and developing your team to ensure there is a strong talent pipelinen

Drive the Five Guys culture by always role modelling our valuesn

Creating an awesome working environment where people are happy to come to work and have funn

Responsible for reward and recognitionn

Demonstrate close attention to detailn n AS A BENCH GENERAL MANAGER YOU’LL BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUTn n

Perfect Burgers and Friesn

Our values; Competitive, Enthusiastic, Family, Get It Done and Integrityn

People – Experienced hands-on leadership skillsn

Customer servicen

Having your people’s development at heartn n INCREDIBLE CAREERS WITH FIVE GUYSn n

Your next step would be taking on a higher volume store, New Store opening, Area Trainer, District Manager or a role in the Support Officen

Five Guys isn’t just a job – it can be a career!n

If you are ambitious and want to grow – we can provide you with support and the right tools to build a career with usn…

Posted: October 15th, 2026