Shift leader

Welcome to Bastard Burgers!

With us, you’ll have the opportunity to work in a highly progressive and constantly evolving environment. Together with your colleagues, you’ll help create the next generation of street food.

In your role, you can expect plenty of laughter, collaboration, challenges, and personal development. Being a Leader of Bastard means being flexible, seeing opportunities, and having a strong understanding of the entire restaurant — both the kitchen and the front counter. With a positive mindset, you play a key role in getting your team to work well together. A Leader of Bastard leads by example in line with Bastard Burgers’ leadership principles and values: Culture, Quality, and People.

In this role, you are expected to take strong ownership of your assigned unit and strive to deliver the highest quality and service to our guests. By following Bastard Burgers’ structures and routines, and by using our social platform to interact with your colleagues, you help create a strong sense of “we” that can take us as far as we want to go. We will do our best to support your development, and in return we expect commitment and curiosity — together we create continuous learning.

Shift Leader

About the role

As a Shift Leader, you are responsible for your shift. This means supporting the Restaurant Manager and Assistant Restaurant Manager in their daily tasks and ensuring that the unit is operated according to company guidelines and values. You are also responsible for working with, evaluating, and actively identifying improvements within your area of responsibility. This is reported to the Restaurant Manager (RC) and Assistant Restaurant Manager (ASS).

If neither the Restaurant Manager nor the Assistant Restaurant Manager is on site, you are the person in charge. The role has a strong operational focus, where you are expected to work both in the kitchen and at the register (either 75/25 or vice versa), while maintaining Bastard Burgers’ standards for cleanliness, speed, service, and quality.

Requirements

• Education: No formal education required

• Experience: No previous experience required, but experience in service roles is considered a plus — preferably within the restaurant industry, with some experience in staff leadership

• Language skills: You speak either English or Finnish. Knowledge of both languages is considered an advantage

• Desired qualities and behaviours: We are looking for someone who is responsible and stress-resistant, has a positive attitude, shows commitment to Bastard Burgers, and preferably is already familiar with us

• Availability: Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends

• Location: We prefer candidates who live close to the unit

What we offer

Bastard Burgers’ core values are Quality, Culture, and People, which form the foundation of our shared goals. A position with us gives you the opportunity to be part of an innovative and fast-growing company, where we are proud of our culture and our strong sense of family.

About Bastard Burgers

Bastard Burgers is a young and fast-growing company that truly values its people. We were founded in Luleå, Sweden, in 2016, and today there are more than 70 Bastard Burgers restaurants across Sweden, as well as additional locations in Finland and Norway.

We’re big and growing fast — but we refuse to lose our personality or become basic. Come here if you love music, graffiti, streetwear, really good street food, stickers on the tables — all the things that make Bastard Burgers what it is. A passion for food and people has created a strong culture around Bastard Burgers, where climate-smart initiatives coexist with loud hip-hop.

Diversity and inclusion

Bastard Burgers values the strengths that gender balance and diversity bring to our business. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders, backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences. Our ambition is to recruit employees from a wide range of backgrounds.

We look forward to your application!