Kitchen Operations Associate

About the Team

DashMart Kitchens (DMK) is a dedicated culinary team operating within a shared DashMart facility. While we work inside a DashMart building, we are a specialized team focused on preparing high-quality meals for customers ordering through the DoorDash app. We work side-by-side with our DashMart partners to deliver a seamless customer experience — supporting both kitchen execution and shared facility standards. We operate as one team within four walls, collaborating to ensure operational excellence, food quality, and a clean, organized environment.

Shifts: Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend, Part-Time

About the Role

As a Kitchen Operations Associate, you are responsible for preparing meals to standard, maintaining kitchen and warehouse organization, and supporting order fulfillment within a shared facility environment.

Responsibilities

• Meal Preparation & Quality
  • Prepare and assemble menu items according to brand and food safety standards
  • Ensure every meal meets quality, accuracy, and presentation standards before handoff
  • Follow all food safety, cleanliness, and dress code compliance guidelines
• Warehouse & Kitchen Organization
  • Maintain organized dry, refrigerated, and frozen storage areas
  • Follow cleanliness and sanitation standards across shared workspaces
  • Support inventory organization and proper product rotation (FIFO)
• Facility Support
  • Collaborate with DashMart Operations Associates to maintain a cohesive and efficient site
  • Assist with light operational tasks as needed to support overall facility success
  • Uphold a “One Team” mindset to create a positive experience for all team members and customers

Why You’ll Enjoy This Opportunity

• You enjoy working with food and have a passion for culinary execution and quality while maintaining food safety
• You want to be part of a dedicated kitchen team operating within a fast-paced fulfillment environment

Requirements

• You’re reliable, positive, and team-oriented
• You have experience in food service (fast food and quick-service restaurants), grocery, or beverage operations, or a willingness to learn
• You’re detail-oriented and passionate about fresh food quality and safety
• You can lift up to 50 lbs and work in refrigerated areas (with or without accommodation)
• You have a high school diploma or GED
• You’re willing to complete a Food Handler’s Certification upon hire

Benefits

• Market competitive pay (10pm–6am will receive a $2 increase in pay)
• AM/PM/Overnight shifts available
• Opportunity for pay increases twice a year based upon performance
• Paid time off (PTO) and sick leave
• Gym membership reimbursement (up to $75/month)
• Monthly DashPass subscription (including access to Lyft discounts for full-time employees)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Career advancement opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Wellness benefits and commuter benefits match
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Disability and basic life insurance
  • Family-forming assistance
  • Mental health program

Paid Time Off Details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked.

Pay

Base Pay: $20.35—$20.35 USD

Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location.

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.