Commissary Kitchen Associate (Food Packing & Porter)
About the role
Sifted is looking for a highly motivated team member to join our commissary operations. This role plays a key part in ensuring food is properly packed, organized, labeled, and ready for delivery to our clients each day.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to grow in the food service or hospitality industry while working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. You’ll be joining a growing company with a strong focus on quality, efficiency, food safety, and exceptional client experience.
What you'll be doing
- Pack and organize prepared food from the commissary for daily delivery
- Load and stage food items inside refrigerated trucks for transport
- Work inside refrigerated trucks, walk-in coolers, and freezer storage areas for extended periods of time
- Conduct audits of food production from the kitchen prior to packing, ensuring all products meet quality standards and are properly labeled and dated
- Support dietary packout processes by accurately preparing orders that meet specific dietary needs, including allergies and accommodations such as pescatarian, vegan, and low-carb
- Conduct monthly inventory of dietary items in freezer and walk-in freezer storage areas
- Ensure all food is packed accurately and meets quality, labeling, and dating standards
- Assist with maintaining organization of commissary, staging, cooler, freezer, and packout areas
- Support light cleaning duties, including dishwashing, trash removal, and general upkeep
- Perform porter-style responsibilities to keep kitchen, storage, and packout areas clean and efficient
- Communicate with team members and leadership to ensure smooth daily operations
- Maintain a positive, team-focused attitude at all times
Our ideal candidate
- Experience in food service, commissary, warehouse, porter, or similar environment preferred
- Comfortable working in cold environments, including refrigerated trucks, walk-in freezers, and coolers
- Able to stand for up to 6 hours at a time and lift/move up to 50 lbs
- Strong attention to detail, especially around food quality, labeling, dating, allergens, and dietary needs
- Organized and able to work efficiently in a fast-paced setting
- Reliable with a strong work ethic and team-oriented mindset
- Able to follow processes accurately and communicate clearly with the team
- Able to communicate in written and spoken English
- Committed to maintaining cleanliness, safety, and sanitation standards
- Leads by example in attitude, punctuality, cleaning, and teamwork
Perks + benefits
- Compensation: $20/hr
- Company-sponsored health insurance plans, including 100% company-paid HDHP, as well as vision + dental opt-in
- 401(k) program available after six months of employment
- 80 hours of PTO with each year of employment, 10 company paid holidays, and a paid winter break from Dec 24 - Jan 1
- Free lunch during meal service
- Opportunities to take on larger roles within our organization + learn with a fast-growing start-up
Job Type
Full Time
Shift
Sunday: 12PM - 6 PM
Monday: 10AM - 6 PM
Tuesday: 10AM - 6 PM
Thursday: 12PM - 8 PM
Friday: as needed 12:30-4:30AM (1-2 times per month)
Weekly day range
Sunday - Friday
Eligibility
This position must maintain a State Food Handlers Card
Work environment
This position is based in a commercial kitchen
Physical requirements
- This position requires standing for up to 6 hours at a time and moving equipment up to 50 lbs.
About Sifted
Sifted was founded in 2015 by Kimberly Lexow and Jess Legge with a bold vision — to reimagine office food as an experience rooted in hospitality, sustainability, and intentionality.
What began as a modern take on workplace meals quickly evolved into a nationwide food platform that supports culture, community, and carbon-conscious choices across hundreds of companies.
We’re not a caterer — we’re a workplace food partner.
Our team is our secret sauce — a mix of hospitality pros, culinary experts, technologists, and innovators redefining what it means to build meaningful, stable, and opportunity-filled careers in hospitality.
At Sifted, people stay, grow, and thrive — our team members remain with us three times longer than the industry average.
We offer flexibility, generous perks, and room to grow — hiring builders, operators, creatives, and craftspeople who care about making work (and workplaces) better.
At Sifted, our team culture mirrors the experiences we design for our clients:
- Creative Freedom: Everyone contributes ideas and shapes the future of our service.
- Hospitality-Driven: No matter your role, you’re in service to someone — and that matters.
- Career Growth: We invest in internal mobility, mentorship, and hands-on learning.
- People First: We support flexible work, celebrate wins, and lead with empathy.
- Real Impact: Every day, your work reduces waste, improves lives, and connects people through food.
The pay range for this role is:
20 - 20 USD per hour (Salt Lake City Kitchen)
Job Type
Full Time
Shift
Sunday: 12PM - 6 PM
Monday: 10AM - 6 PM
Tuesday: 10AM - 6 PM
Thursday: 12PM - 8 PM
Friday: as needed 12:30-4:30AM (1-2 times per month)
Weekly day range
Sunday - Friday