Maitre D / Floor Manager FOH

revl&co – Floor Manager / Maître D’

About revl&co

revl&co is a modern American restaurant opening in St. Joseph, Missouri, offering elevated cuisine and thoughtful hospitality in a polished yet welcoming environment. Designed as a destination restaurant for the region, revl&co blends refined food, intentional service, and a contemporary aesthetic rooted in warmth, confidence, and professionalism.

We are assembling a founding team to help bring this vision to life. This is an opportunity to be part of an opening crew that values craft, composure, presentation of self, and pride in work. revl&co is not a volume-driven restaurant. It is a place where good judgment, attention to detail, and genuine passion for hospitality matter.

Job Summary

The Floor Manager / Maître D’ is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing the guest experience, maintaining service standards, and managing front-of-house operations. This position sets the tone for the dining room and ensures that service is seamless, professional, and consistently welcoming.

Compensation

• Up to $40,000 annual salary
• Salaried, non-tipped position

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead daily front-of-house operations, ensuring smooth service flow and exceptional guest experiences
• Hire, train, coach, and develop all front-of-house staff in elevated service standards
• Organize and conduct daily pre-shift meetings and departmental communication
• Create seating charts, station assignments, and service plans based on expected business levels
• Manage reservations systems and guest books to accommodate business demands
• Oversee schedules, payroll inputs, and administrative tasks to support labor and cost controls
• Assign and ensure completion of side work and closing duties
• Maintain cleanliness, organization, and presentation of the dining room and entry areas
• Communicate proactively with kitchen leadership and ownership to ensure service alignment
• Investigate and resolve guest concerns and complaints in a timely, professional, and diplomatic manner
• Ensure compliance with health codes, safety standards, and food handling regulations

Qualifications and Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in a management role within an upscale or fine dining restaurant
• Strong working knowledge of labor laws, health codes, food safety, and sanitation standards
• Food Handler certification required (or ability to obtain prior to opening)
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills
• Calm, professional presence with strong judgment under pressure
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including days, nights, weekends, and select holidays

Ideal Candidate

You are confident, composed, and deeply service oriented. You understand that great hospitality is both art and structure. You lead by example, communicate clearly, and take pride in creating an environment where guests feel cared for and teams feel supported. You’re energized by building systems, mentoring people, and setting a standard others want to follow.

Timeline

This is an early hire position. The Floor Manager / Maître D’ will be onboarded prior to opening and will play an integral role in training, system development, and pre-opening preparation as part of the founding leadership team.

revl&co is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our team members unique.