Service Deli Clerk

About the role

Responsible for preparing, packaging, and labeling of meals, entrees, salads, party trays, rotisserie chicken, and ribs while following Costco standards for food preparation and sanitation.

Responsibilities

• Packages, wraps, seals, weighs, and labels products manually and with a manual wrapping machine.
• Utilizes carts and rolling racks to perform daily duties.
• Stocks and rotates display case; restocks and assembles large boxes of ingredients and supplies in the prep area.
• Slices vegetables for salads, entrees, and garnish on prepared foods.
• Assembles party trays, meals, and salads.
• Skewers and cooks chickens, ribs, and all protein in commercial rotisserie ovens or combi ovens.
• Inserts up to eight skewers with chickens or ribs into rotisserie rotator slots and presses button to rotate for loading.
• Packages products, weighs ribs, and places in heated display cases.
• Harvests chicken meat and pieces and carries a tray to the blast chiller for use in deli products.
• Rotates stock in the cooler and uses carts to pull chicken and rib boxes for use in deli production.
• Follows Costco formulas and diagrams and monitors finished products to ensure department consistency and quality standards are met.
• Complies with health codes regarding sanitation, temperatures, and pull dates.
• Upholds safety and security procedures.
• Counts on-hand product, figures production needs, and documents production on daily form.
• Fills out time and temperature record forms.
• Records product to be salvaged, damaged, or destroyed for Manager audit.
• Shops the warehouse and purchases needed supplies and ingredients for the day’s production.
• Cleans and sanitizes deli work areas including deli prep room, rotisserie chicken room, and chicken prep area.
• Cleans freezer and cooler area weekly; sweeps, sprays, mops, washes, wipes, applies cleaning agents, and operates a low-pressure washer.
• Logs sanitation procedures performed on daily reports and complies with health code.
• Follows safety procedures and reads labels for proper use and precautions related to cleaning products.
• Performs preventive maintenance for machinery, equipment, and implements.
• Cleans equipment by disassembling and spraying with a cleaning and sanitizing agent and wiping base.
• Cleans deli display cases weekly or as needed.
• Washes, rinses, and sanitizes removable parts in a commercial dishwasher or by hand in a three-compartment sink.
• Wipes stationary parts with a cleaning agent, water, and sanitizing agent.
• Cleans deli prep room filters weekly.
• Uses proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to clean ovens by scraping interior, applying cleaning agent, wiping inside oven and base; starts oven on clean cycle.
• Cleans oven hood by spraying and wiping with degreasing compound; empties and cleans grease traps on ovens and grease caddy.
• Cleans skewers using power soak skewer tank.
• Ensures proper cleanup and disposal of hazardous materials.
• Assists with department duties as necessary.
• Assists in other departments of the warehouse as necessary.