General Manager

RESTAURANT GENERAL MANAGER – CULVER’S DUPONT ROAD

Fort Wayne, Indiana

$65,000–$70,000 Base Salary

10% First-Year Bonus + Quarterly Performance Bonuses

Approximately 50 Hours Per Week

Two Weeks Paid Vacation

Health, Dental & Vision

401(k) Match

BUILD THE TEAM. OWN THE RESULTS. HELP SHAPE WHAT COMES NEXT.

You are responsible not just for today’s shift, but for what this restaurant becomes.

At our family-owned Culver’s on Dupont Road in Fort Wayne, we believe we are in the people business—we just happen to serve great food.

Every guest who walks through our doors has already made a choice. Our responsibility is to give them a reason to come back.

As General Manager of our Dupont Road restaurant, you are responsible for building the kind of restaurant that earns that choice again and again.

That means developing strong leaders, protecting our culture, delivering exceptional guest experiences, and owning the business results that allow the restaurant to grow.

We are not looking for someone to inherit a restaurant and simply maintain it.

We want someone who wants to build something they are proud of.

We are also actively investing in the leadership structure at our Dupont Road restaurant, including adding an Assistant General Manager. Our GM will have a meaningful voice in shaping that leadership team and developing the people beside them.

With the potential to expand into additional locations, we want leaders who are excited to build something today and grow beside us as new opportunities are created.

WHAT LEADERSHIP MEANS HERE

Our General Manager leads through the people they develop.

The goal is not to become the person everyone depends on for everything.

The goal is to build a team capable of succeeding because of the leadership, systems, standards, and culture you have created together.

Every leader is a coach first.

As General Manager, you are the head coach—developing your leadership team, strengthening the bench, and building future leaders who can carry the culture forward.

We believe great culture and great performance should reinforce each other.

Build the right team. Coach them well. Set clear standards. Create an environment where people know what winning looks like.

You will not be asked to build this alone. We are investing in the leadership bench around you so you can lead through strong people—not simply become the person expected to personally cover every gap.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

As General Manager of our Dupont Road restaurant, you will take ownership of the people, culture, operations, and business performance of the restaurant.

You will:

• Recruit, develop, and retain the kind of people we want to build our culture with.

• Build a strong leadership bench by developing your Assistant General Manager, Shift Leaders, Assistant Managers, First Assistants, and future General Managers.

• Create clear expectations and reinforce them through consistent coaching and accountability.

• Protect Culver’s standards for food quality, accuracy, cleanliness, hospitality, food safety, and brand presentation.

• Deliver an exceptional guest experience that gives our community a reason to choose us again and again.

• Own scheduling, labor, inventory, food cost, maintenance, and daily restaurant execution.

• Understand the key drivers of profitability, review performance, and turn opportunities or problems into clear action plans.

• Hold leaders accountable through coaching, follow-up, and weekly manager meetings.

• Run the restaurant as if your name were on the building—and build something you’re proud of.

YOU’LL PROBABLY THRIVE HERE IF YOU:

• Think like an owner/operator, not simply a shift manager.

• Understand that your greatest responsibility is developing leaders who can lead when you are not there—and who become a reflection of your leadership.

• Take ownership of both people and business results.

• Remain calm, decisive, and focused when the restaurant gets busy.

• Recognize urgency and help the people around you move with purpose.

• Set high standards, coach directly, and follow through when those standards are not met.

• Understand that great operations and strong financial performance are connected.

• Think ahead instead of waiting for problems to force action.

• Accept feedback, keep learning, and build trust through consistency and follow-through.

We are not looking for a manager who wants authority.

We are looking for a leader who accepts responsibility.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Six months from now, success should look like this:

• Your leadership team is stronger than when you arrived.

• Your Assistant General Manager and leadership team are increasingly capable of owning the restaurant when you are not there.

• Team members understand what is expected of them and receive consistent coaching.

• Guests receive a reliable, high-quality experience regardless of which leader is working.

• Labor, food cost, inventory, cleanliness, speed, accuracy, and operational standards are actively managed.

• Problems are identified and addressed before they become emergencies.

• The Dupont Road restaurant performs consistently without ownership managing the day-to-day.

• Future leaders are being identified, developed, and given opportunities to grow.

Your job is not simply to operate the restaurant we have today.

Your job is to help build the restaurant—and develop the kind of leadership bench we want beside us as we grow tomorrow and beyond.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US

You will work directly with ownership and receive clear expectations, honest feedback, support, and the autonomy necessary to lead the Dupont Road restaurant.

You will have a meaningful voice in building and developing your leadership team.

You will not be six layers removed from the people making decisions. We want our General Managers to have a voice in the operation and in what our organization becomes.

We will challenge you, coach you, and continue developing you as both a leader of people and a business operator.

As our organization grows, we want our strongest leaders to have opportunities to grow with it.

We do not expect perfection.

We expect ownership, sound judgment, effort, and a willingness to improve.

If you invest in your people and your restaurant, we will invest in you.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Previous General Manager experience is preferred, particularly in quick-service, fast-casual, or high-volume restaurant operations.

We are also willing to consider an exceptional Assistant General Manager, First Assistant, or senior restaurant leader who has demonstrated the ability, judgment, and readiness to take full ownership of a restaurant.

Strong candidates should bring:

• Proven restaurant leadership experience.

• Experience developing managers and building strong teams.

• Strong operational judgment and problem-solving ability.

• Knowledge of labor management, food cost, inventory, scheduling, and restaurant profitability.

• Strong communication, organization, and follow-through.

• Dependable, flexible availability consistent with leading a restaurant.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• $65,000–$70,000 annual base salary, based on experience and leadership ability.

• 10% first-year bonus, paid at the completion of your first year and not tied to restaurant performance.

• Separate quarterly performance bonus program, with total annual earnings typically ranging from approximately $1,500–$3,400 based on restaurant results.

• Full-time salaried position averaging approximately 50 hours per week.

• Two weeks of paid vacation during the first year.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) with company match.

• Meal discounts.

• Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas off.

• Ongoing leadership and operational development.

• Direct access to ownership.

• Opportunity to grow alongside an organization with the potential to expand into additional Culver’s locations.

SCHEDULE AND AVAILABILITY

General Manager responsibilities require dependable and flexible availability, including days, evenings, weekends, and opening or closing shifts based on the responsibilities of the restaurant.

The role also requires the flexibility to provide senior leadership support when unexpected staffing, operational, or guest-service challenges arise.

READY TO LEAD WHAT COMES NEXT?

You may be an experienced General Manager looking for greater ownership, a stronger culture, and an organization where your leadership can make a visible difference.

You may be a proven Assistant General Manager ready to lead your own restaurant.

What matters most is that you can build people, own results, create accountability, and build the Dupont Road restaurant into something that performs consistently whether you are standing in the building or not.

Bring leadership.

Bring accountability.

Bring the discipline to build something that lasts.

Apply today. We’d love to meet you.

Whether we’re cooking the perfect ButterBurger® to order or scooping up our freshest batch of the Flavor of the Day, we work hard to ensure you will always leave happy.
It all goes back to our small-town Wisconsin roots. We know you have a lot to do and many options to choose from, so we appreciate when you take the time to visit Culver’s. If we can do our part to make your day better – with a wholesome, delicious meal or a heartfelt smile – we’ve done our job.

Salary

$65000.00 - $70000.00 per year

Benefits

Bonus pay, Health insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401(k), 401(k) matching, Paid training

Job Type

Full time

Schedule

10 hour shift, 12 hour shift, Weekend availability, Holidays, Overtime