Job Description

Job description

Do you enjoy doing kitchen prep work?

Are you organized, tidy and accurate?

Are you proficient at calculating batch sizes in grams and kilograms?

If you answered YES to all 3 questions, then please apply!

About Us

We are a small food manufacturing company that has been in business for 30 years. We are a family business. We are in a newly renovated building on Kingsway Avenue in Port Coquitlam that has air conditioning.

Description

We are looking for a prep employee to help us mix large amounts of sandwich and salad fillings, cut cheeses and prep food. Our ideal candidate is strong and experienced with safe food handling. This position is permanent position after a 3 month probation period.

Responsibilities and Duties

- Prep sandwich fillings (30 - 150 kg) to make hundreds of sandwiches and salads

- Accurately cut cheeses with a knife into small portions

- Assemble sandwiches and wraps

- Label products

- Wrapping stacks of bread trays with pallet wrap

- Cleaning (dish washing, mopping etc)

- Shifts are 5am-12pm or 5am-10:45am

- Must be available on weekends

- Ideal candidate works 4-6 days per week

Qualifications and Skills

- Commercial kitchen experience minimum 1 year

- Excellent knife skills

- Ability to lift up to 40 pounds

- Experience cooking and cleaning

- Ability to stand for up to 7 hours

- Ability to follow recipes precisely and accurately record weight and lot numbers

- Communicate well in English - verbal, reading and writing

- Good hand eye coordination

- Good attention to detail

- Reliability is a key requirement as this affects the whole team

- Foodsafe 1

Nice to Have

- Proficient with a meat slicer

- Experience washing fruits and vegetables commercially

- Familiar with using a Robot Coupe

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress Discounted or free food Paid time off
Ability to commute/relocate:

Port Coquitlam, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Are you physically able to move 40 pound boxes? What experience do you with using a deli meat slicer?
Experience:

Kitchen: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person