Retail Cup Cook

• Location: Lynn, MA
• Position Type: Full-Time
• Shift: 1st

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.

Job Summary

Schedule: 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

To ensure continuous and efficient cooking & mixing of food products.

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

Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow safe working practices at all times

• Follow the company GMP’s

• Follow recipes and mixing instructions accurately

• Mix and cook ingredients

• Check for required level of viscosity for each batch

• Plan ahead all activities to reduce downtime

• Communicate and update all relevant parties of any issues, errors or changes

• Take instructions from supervisors

• Any other tasks deemed reasonable and reasonably requested by management

• Check quality of prepared product

• Document exact results

• Test samples of food items where appropriate

• Ability to regularly stand and walk for long periods of time

• Assemble goods when necessary

• Operate relevant equipment

• Clean equipment

• Be flexible and proactive in order to be able to perform tasks effectively

Required Skills

• 1 year of manufacturing experience preferably in the food industry

• Experience working in temperature controlled settings

• Proven track record in safe working practices

• Excellent interpersonal skills needed for working in a team environment

• Ability to work all scheduled shifts, on time

• Ability to lift 50 lbs

• Must be able to read and write English

• Ability to work in fast speed environment

Desired Skills

• Product knowledge is preferred

• Passion for food and high quality

• Excellent attention to detail

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Time management

• Problem solving

• Planning and organizing

• Bi-lingual preferred

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

Pay Range for Retail Cup Cook

The Retail Cup Cook base pay range $19.75 UDS/hourly. The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries for the Lynn, MA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’s rate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. The Retail Cup Cook position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package and is eligible for the annual discretionary bonus program up to 5%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws.