Shift Manager

Shift Manager - Speedee Labs (Innovation Lab)

Want to lead the future of one of the world's largest restaurant companies?

Curious about how cutting-edge ideas-from menu items to technology-are tested before reaching millions of customers worldwide?

Looking for a Monday-Friday schedule with a consistent daytime routine?

If so, Speedee Labs is the place for you!

About the Role

As a Shift Manager at Speedee Labs, you won't be leading a traditional restaurant-you'll be leading the team that helps McDonald's test for the future.

Speedee Labs is a global innovation center where new menu items, equipment, processes, and technology are developed, tested, and refined before being launched in restaurants around the world.

In this role, you'll oversee daily lab operations while guiding and developing a team. You'll play a key role in ensuring experiments are executed accurately, operations run smoothly, and global partners have an exceptional experience when visiting the lab.

Along the way, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, engineers, and global stakeholders while influencing how McDonald's operates on a worldwide scale.

Schedule & Pay

• Schedule: Monday through Friday
• Evenings & weekends OFF (on rare occasions evening remote work required)
• Shift Times: Generally between 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Shift End times can flex to as early as 1:30pm based on Lab needs)
• Pay: $21.00 - $28.00 per hour

What You'll Learn & Do

As a Speedee Labs Shift Manager, you will lead both people and processes in a fast-paced innovation environment, gaining valuable leadership and operational experience.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and coach a team to deliver strong performance and engagement
• Oversee daily lab restaurant operations, including staffing, scheduling, and execution
• Ensure food safety, cleanliness, and operational standards are consistently met
• Support and execute innovation testing, including new menu items, equipment, and technology
• Collaborate with engineers, global teams, and leadership visitors to achieve experiment goals
• Create a positive and productive environment for global visitors, tours, and leadership sessions
• Develop team capability through training, feedback, and ongoing coaching
• Create various restaurant charts/documents for operations testing to support market visits

A Day in the Life at Speedee Labs

On any given day, you may:

• Lead pre-shift meetings and align the team on daily priorities
• Coach team members in service, production, and operational standards
• Oversee experiments and ensure data is collected accurately
• Collaborate with global partners on test execution
• Support leadership tours, tastings, and global visitor engagements
• Monitor food safety, cleanliness, and overall lab readiness
• Analyze performance and adjust plans to meet operational and innovation goals

No two days are the same-and every day contributes to improving restaurants worldwide.

Perks & Benefits

• Consistent Monday-Friday schedule
• Employee discounts and free meals
• Paid sick leave and/or paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Weekly direct deposit and/or Daily Pay
• 401(k) plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

And much more!

• Available to full-time employees in select locations.

Why Speedee Labs?

Speedee Labs is a world-class innovation facility designed to simulate McDonald's restaurants from any country. Our work helps ensure new ideas are tested, refined, and validated before being rolled out globally helping McDonald's run great restaurants everywhere.

As a Shift Manager, you'll play a key leadership role in shaping both the team and the future of the business.

If you're passionate about leadership, innovation, and making a global impact, we'd love to have you join the Speedee Labs team.

McDonald's is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability status, genetic information, citizenship or any other class characteristic protected by federal or applicable state law. In accordance with applicable laws, McDonald's provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of their job and to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment. Additionally, McDonald's provides reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdonaldsandme@support.mcdonalds.com.

This job posting contains general information about working in this restaurant. This job posting is not a complete description of all duties of the job. People who work in this restaurant perform several different tasks every shift and this posting does not list every essential function of the job.

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