Kettle Cuisine
Kitchen Machine Operator - 2nd or 3rd Shifts
- Location: Green Bay, WI
- Position Type: Full Time - Hourly
Delicious Food and Meaningful Careers
At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.
But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.
We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.
If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team, offering career paths in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California, Washington, and Maryland.
Job Summary
Attention Candidates!
These openings are only for second or third shift positions:
Second: Sunday-Thursday, 2:30pm to 11:00pm, or 6:30pm to 3:00am
Third: Sunday-Thursday, 10:30pm to 7:00am or Monday-Friday, 2:30am to 11:00am
Machine Kitchen Operators/Kettle Operators are responsible to produce sauces in open kettles and carefully monitor every batch to deliver best quality products.
Role and Responsibilities
- Operate various cooking equipment – ovens, kettles, dishwasher, pumps, etc.
- Verify correct ingredients and measure and/or weigh ingredients.
- Place products on trays and have it ready for cooking.
- Scoop/ fill products into kettle and place designated ingredients into kettle; monitor time and temperatures throughout the process.
- Scoop/ remove all cooked products out of the kettle after cooking.
- Clean and sanitize equipment/ work area after each use.
- Gather veggie carts together.
- Fill containers with hot stock.
- Palletize boxes.
- Run pan wash machine.
- Utilize pallet jack to move totes and loads.
- Responsible for communicating pertinent information to Supervisor.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
- Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) as stated within the policy.
- Follows all safety rules & procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
- Follows all food safety procedures.
- Follows all environmental protocols as applicable.
- Follows all sanitation procedures and work instructions.
Qualifications and Experience
- High school diploma of GED certificate.
- Prior manufacturing or food experience is preferred.
- Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.
Required attributes
- Must have high attention to detail, be dependable, trustworthy, able to bring energy to the performance of a task and maintain good relations with others.
- Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable moving at a fast pace and in ambiguous environments.
In addition, the ideal candidate will have confidentiality, quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and thoroughness of work performed; ability to gain the trust and respect of management team at the facility and employees, maintain the integrity of confidential business and product information; ability to communicate effectively and develop good working relationships with employees at all levels of the company, and ability to work with and through others is essential to accomplish goals and objectives of the Company.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.
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