Mid Cities Deli - Production Spec - Part time

Job Summary

As a Production Specialist, you'll provide our Customers with fresh, made in store product, with a focus on hot foods such as rotisserie chicken and sandwiches. You'll maintain and ensure compliance with department and food safety / sanitation standards.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions

• Production / Food Service:
  • Cuts, slices, dices, chops, food for recipe preparation; preps in accordance with recipe specifications and SOPs
  • Uses multiple and more complex production planning tools for all products to ensure 100% in-stocks
  • Completes tasks at assigned workstation
  • Assists in multiple cooking venues
  • Assists in technical areas, and with catering orders, as needed
  • Masters recipe preparation, including daily production to account for raw material variations and customer demand
  • Prepares, packages, and stocks fresh product
  • Performs other duties as needed
• Food Safety / Sanitation:
  • Ensures compliance with department Store and standard operating procedures
  • Properly handles / maintains temperature integrity of all ingredients, product, and equipment operation
  • Maintains organization and sanitation in food preparation areas
  • Properly handles, operates, and maintains equipment
  • Performs as a team member to help ensure a safe, clean, productive operation
• Customer Service:
  • Provides / ensures Customers a sense of urgency related to accuracy, speed, and freshness of their order
  • Provides superior customer service at all times; provides internal customer service
  • Ensures accurate production and delivery of e-Commerce customer orders
  • Provides detailed knowledge of menu items, ingredients, prep methods, etc.
  • Assists guests as needed

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• Age Requirement: 18+
• Work Experience: 1+ years of experience in commercial foodservice
• Experience: Food preparation and equipment
• Education: HS Diploma or GED or equivalent
• Licenses/Certifications: Culinary certification, or equivalent culinary training / work experience
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Culinary knowledge
  • Understanding of nutritional values and ingredients
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Reading and writing skills
  • Technology skills
  • Planning and organizing skills
  • Culinary math skills for recipe conversion
  • Ability to execute high-volume production

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Function in a fast-paced, retail environment
• Work extended hours and / or rotating schedules
• Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts
• Constantly stand, walk, reach at waist, grasp
• Frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic materials
• Frequently be exposed to heat
• Occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder circumduction
• Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, ambient temperatures, and loud noise
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 80 lbs, and manage in excess of 80 lbs with a team lift
• Constantly: 5.5+ hours per 8-hour day; Frequently: 2.5 - 5.5 hours per 8-hour day; Occasionally: 0 - 2.5 hours per 8-hour day
• It is Partner's responsibility to never lift beyond their own safe lifting limit. If an item is too heavy to lift, push or pull, and / or carry, the Partner must break the box down into lighter, smaller, more manageable components, or ask for assistance from another Partner or a manager.