Sandwich Shop Lead

Pay: CA$19.00-CA$23.00 per hour (depending on experience) PLUS tips

Expected Start Date: October 22, 2026

Hours: 37-40 hours per week

Shift Times & Days: 6AM to 2:30PM - every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

As a Shop Lead/Manager, you'll join a small team to help manage and execute daily operations at our soon-to-be-open sandwich shop located in downtown Calgary. Our focus at Adhoc Sandwich Co. is serving quality, fresh made sandwiches, smoothies and house baked goods to our customers efficiently.

The team is looking for a dependable, down to earth and confident leader to manage daily operations and prepare the shop for a smooth and efficient service everyday. The environment can be high paced at times so we need someone who reliably shows up to perform and prepare the shop for success everyday while communicating efficiently and setting/ keeping the pace during a rush.

This is a hands-on production role with minimal customer interaction but requires communication and team work. Full training is provided on all tasks, so while prior experience is valued, the right attitude and reliability are highly valuable qualities.

Job Tasks
The roles requires the ability to work with and lead a small team, the ability to drive an efficient lunch service, excellent communication skills and the ability to keep pace and consistently meet goals to keep service flowing including:

- Leading and conducting daily prep of required ingredients, sauces etc. each day
- Slicing meat and cheeses
- Urgently preparing food and drink products
- Leading and controlling sandwich order line during lunch rushes
- An comfortability of digital kitchen/ order display systems and the ability to manage and problem solve them
- An ease of ability with verbal and written communication
- Understand and comply with all legislated, mandated and company policies, guidelines and procedures including health and safety regulations
- Other tasks that contribute to a smooth and efficient kitchen environment(ie. cleaning, working efficiently,



understanding of processes, inventory, learning new menu items, generally pitching in with the team etc.)

Ideal Candidate

- You recognize task and time management is imperative to set the day up for a successful service
- You have prior experience leading or managing a line in a restaurant, bakery or cafe before
- Knife skills are second nature to you
- You have confidence in your leadership and communication skills to drive the line and work with a small team (2-4 people)
- Your attitude with a team is “lets get it done!”
- Delivering a quality, consistent service is something you value and you have a personal commitment to serving food people enjoy
- You are comfortable learning and using digital and online tools for communication, order and kitchen management
- You’re looking for a job where you can stay for years and settle into the team

Work Conditions

- Fast paced kitchen environment that we share with our sister business
- Our team communicates often verbally and within internal systems (Google Sheets)
- Repetitive, time sensitive & detail oriented tasks and items
- Working on your feet 90% of shift

Candidate Requirements

- MUST be at least 18 years of age upon application
- A valid Food Handling Certification
- Previous experience leading a line in a commercial kitchen, cafe, bakery or restaurant is required
- Valid working permits
- Candidates with deli/cafe/ sandwich experience valued

Language:

- English is necessary as there is a lot of verbal and written communication required to work with the team easily

Work Location:

- In person (Downtown Calgary in the +15 system at 6th Ave & 3rd St. SW)
- Parking not provided - Employees must be able to get themselves to and from work reliably and on time for every shift

Please note, only qualified applicants who answer the pre-screening questions will be contacted.

Pay: $19.00-$24.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 – 40.0 per week

Application question(s):

- What sandwich would you pack for a picnic in the park and why?
- Can you regularly work 6am to 2:30pm every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday?

Work Location: In person

📌 Sandwich Shop Lead (Downtown)
🏢 Adhoc Sandwich
📍 Downtown