Food & Beverage Manager - Driftwood Restaurant Rivershore …, Sunshine Coast Regional

Full Time Food & Beverage Manager Reporting to the Area Manager, you’ll take ownership of day‑to‑day venue performance—leading and developing the team, driving exceptional guest experiences, and ensuring consistent quality across food, beverage, service and presentation. You’ll manage rostering, stock and suppliers, cash handling and POS, and maintain full compliance with food safety, licensing and regulatory standards. Responsibilities
- Lead the venue team to deliver warm, consistent service and memorable guest experiences, especially during peak periods.
- Own daily operations including opening/closing, shift leadership, rostering, coaching, performance feedback and training to SOPs.
- Manage stock, ordering, suppliers and cost controls to support revenue targets and minimise waste.
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness, food safety and WHS; ensure safe handling of cleaning chemicals in line with SDS and venue procedures.
- Ensure compliance with licensing and legislative requirements (RSA/RCG where required), cash handling and POS controls, and incident reporting. Qualifications
- Bring proven hospitality leadership experience and a passion for creating welcoming, high‑performing venues.
- Are confident with rostering, labour planning and coaching—setting clear expectations and lifting capability through feedback and training.
- Understand venue compliance (food safety, licensing and cash handling), and hold relevant certifications (RSA, RCG if required, food safety) or are willing to obtain them.
- Have solid commercial awareness—comfortable managing stock, ordering, wastage and basic reporting to support venue performance.
- Lead calmly under pressure, roll up your sleeves when needed, and model high standards across service, safety and presentation.
- You bring energy, initiative and accountability. You love working with people, solving problems, and creating moments that matter. Benefits
- Staff discounts on Ingenia Holiday Parks—savings that can go beyond 50%
- Employee referral, employee of the month, and employee of the year rewards
- Flexible work schedules to suit your lifestyle
- Retailer discounts All applicants must be able to work in Australia and provide evidence of working rights, as well as undergo a National Police Check. Due to the volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rqcme