Production Manager Intern

Eat Local Pizza — 801 Red River Road, Thunder Bay, ON Term: 12 months, full-time | Wage: $20.00/hour | Start date: September 28, 2026

About Eat Local Pizza

Eat Local Pizza is a Thunder Bay pizzeria built on scratch production and a heavily systemized back of house. We make our dough, sauce, and prep in-house daily, and we run the business on data — POS reporting, standardized recipes, costed menu items, and automated ordering and scheduling tools. It's a small operation where one person's decisions visibly move food cost, labour cost, and product quality in the same week.

The Opportunity

We're hiring a Production Manager Intern to learn and eventually own the production side of the business: what gets made, how much, when, by whom, and at what cost. This is not a job where you're handed a checklist. You'll be trained on our systems, then given real responsibility for output, quality, and the numbers behind them.

This is a career-track role. The intent is to develop the intern into a permanent Production Manager.

What You'll Do

- Plan and execute daily production: dough, sauces, prep lists, and par levels based on forecasted volume
- Own product consistency — dough hydration and fermentation, portioning, bake standards, and finished-product quality checks
- Manage inventory: receiving, rotation, counts, waste tracking, and reordering
- Track and report on food cost, yield, and waste; identify where margin is leaking and propose fixes
- Maintain and improve standard operating procedures, recipe specs, and production documentation
- Schedule and direct kitchen staff during production shifts; train new hires on production standards
- Maintain food safety and sanitation compliance, including HACCP-style records and Thunder Bay District Health Unit requirements
- Work with ownership on menu costing, new product development, and equipment maintenance




- Use our POS and reporting tools to connect sales data to production planning

What We're Looking For

Required

- Recent graduate of a post-secondary program in culinary arts, hospitality/restaurant management, food science, business, operations, or a related field
- Comfortable with numbers — you can build and read a food cost sheet without being afraid of it
- Strong organizational habits and the ability to work through a production schedule independently
- Physically able to work in a commercial kitchen: standing for full shifts, lifting up to 50 lbs, handling heat and repetitive tasks
- Available for evenings and weekends as production demands
- Legally entitled to work in Canada

Nice to have

- Commercial kitchen or high-volume food production experience
- Safe Food Handler certification (we'll support you in getting it if you don't have it)
- Familiarity with restaurant POS and inventory systems
- Experience training or supervising other people

What You'll Get
- Hands-on training in every part of food production and kitchen operations
- Direct mentorship from ownership — you'll see the actual P&L; logic behind the decisions you make
- Exposure to the systems side of a up-to-date restaurant: POS reporting, costing models, and automation
- A clear path to a permanent Production Manager role

How to Apply Send your resume and a short note about why this role interests you to [email protected]. Applications will be reviewed as they arrive.

Eat Local Pizza is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and will provide accommodation on request throughout the hiring process.

This opportunity is proudly supported by Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation and is funded through the Workforce Development Program. Eligibility requirements of the program can be found here: https://nohfc.ca/en/pages/programs/people-talent-program/workforce-development-stream

Pay: $19.00-$22.00 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 30.0 per week

Work Location: In person

📌 Production Manager Intern (Thunder Bay)
🏢 Eat Local Pizza
📍 Thunder Bay