Kettle Cuisine

Cook - 3rd Shift

  • Location:   Lynn, MA
  • Position Type:   Full-time

To ensure continuous and efficient operation of the production line to meet customer requirements in accordance with Safety, Sanitation, Quality, Quantity and Cost. (SSQQC)

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in their products and expects each employee to do the same with their work.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Adhere to safe working practices at all times
  • Perform daily checks of area for non-compliance and report them to your supervisor
  • Ensure finished product conforms to specifications
  • Manufacture quality products efficiently within time and quantity parameters
  • Follow the company GMP’s
  • Show a positive attitude and a leadership mentality for all employees
  • Ensure clean and tidy production area at all times
  • Report Downtime to maintenance in a timely manner
  • Communicate and update all relevant parties of any issues or changes (low yields, holds, wrong ingredients.)
  • Monitor and action all waste
  • Take instructions from supervisors.
  • Any other tasks deemed reasonable and reasonably requested by management

Key Responsibilities:

  • Cook each recipe with the highest quality and right first time following the procedure
  • Taste as you go – constantly taste the soup and ingredients for quality 
  • Ask for supervisor approval if there are any questions about the soup or ingredients and/or if specified in recipe
  • Responsible for checking that all ingredients are present to make the soup and in the correct quantities and quality
  • Take viscosity readings when appropriate
  • Perform LTD cleaning as stated in Kettle Cuisine’s LTD SOP and guidelines
  • Follow HACCP plan – responsible for ensuring Cooking CCP is met for all soups
  • Ensure all paperwork is filled out neatly and correctly and signed off
  • Take responsibility for their kettle(s) and ensure that soup is always looked after

Qualifications and Experience

  • Ability to work all scheduled shifts, on time
  • Excellent interpersonal skills needed for working in a team environment 
  • Proven track record in safe working practices
  • Manufacturing experience preferred (preferably in the food industry)
  • Experience working in temperature controlled settings
  • Experience with perishable items
  • Experience with Kettle Cuisine ingredients and soups

Required attributes

  • Able to interact and communicate with the supervisors and team members
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs
  • Passion for food and high quality
  • Excellent attention to detail 
  • Numeracy skills
  • Bi-lingual preferred
  • Able to read and write English

CORE VALUES

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.

  • Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle
  • Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners
  • Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team  
  • Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence 

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