Brown Bag - Production Associate (Part-Time)

Fresh Prep ??; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 22,041 - 30,307; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Prep is seeking individuals to support food prep in a fast-paced warehouse environment. You will maintain clean workstations, replenish ingredients, and ensure accurate stock while adhering to FIFO and safety standards.

Ideal candidates are reliable, detail-oriented, and able to work a schedule that includes evening shifts in a temperature-controlled facility. This role emphasizes teamwork and disciplined, timely task completion.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in food prep, restaurant, warehouse, or busy retail environment preferred.
• Able to work in a high-paced warehouse environment with strict deadlines.
• Comfortable working in a temperature-controlled environment (0–10°C).
• Extremely proficient at multitasking.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, food-safe working station.
• Replenish your own station with correct ingredients.
• Identify ingredient shortages before stations run out.
• Flag delays and quality issues to packaging leads.
• Maintain organization in production area.
• Dispose of waste in designated bins and recycle where possible.
• Return portioned ingredients to the cooler in an organized manner.

Skills

Food prep experience

Reliability

Multitasking

Punctual attendance

Job description

Join Fresh Prep — a dynamic leader revolutionizing how Canadians experience food through sustainable meal kit delivery. As one of Canada's fastest-growing companies and a certified B Corporation, we're committed to making it easier for people to eat well and live better.

We're proud to be recognized as a workplace where innovation meets impact. Our numerous accolades — including BC's Top Employers 2025, placement on The Globe and Mail's prestigious Canada’s Top Growing Companies list and recognition as one of Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies — reflect our commitment to excellence in both customer experience and employee satisfaction. Our collaborative culture brings together passionate food lovers, sustainability champions, and tech innovators who are reshaping the future of food delivery.

Who You Are

• Positive Attitude. You approach work in a cheery and optimistic way.
• Reliable & Dependable. You like to see a job well done and will ensure that things are done the “right” way. You show up for all scheduled shifts on time and ready to work.
• Self Starter. You are comfortable owning a task from start to finish and you take the initiative to make continuous process improvements. You observe strict deadlines and hold yourself accountable for your deliverables.
• Collaborative Team Player. You are motivated by collaborative team task achievement and driving a results‑oriented culture.
• Adaptable. You thrive in a changing environment and are able to pivot direction easily.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Maintaining a clean, food‑safe working station.
• Replenishing your own single‑person station with correct ingredients.
• Identifying ingredient shortages before the stations run out of ingredients.
• Flagging delays and quality issues to the packaging leads.
• Maintaining organization in the production area.
• Flattening cardboard boxes and putting them in the recycling gaylords.
• Disposing of garbage, plastic waste and food waste in the designated bins.
• Returning portioned ingredients to the cooler in an organized manner on rolling dollies.
• Following up with the bag‑checker for any missing ingredients in the SBUs.
• Maintaining FIFO of the portioned ingredients.

What We Are Looking For

• 1+ years of experience in food prep, restaurant, warehouse, or busy retail environment preferred.
• Able to work in a high‑paced warehouse environment with strict deadlines.
• Comfortable working in a temperature‑controlled environment. The warehouse is kept at between 0 to 10 degrees Celsius.
• Extremely proficient at multitasking.
• Detail oriented and meticulous.
• Able to work in a mixed schedule is essential.
• Able to stand on your feet for 8 hour shifts.
• Ability to lift, push, pull objects up to 50 lbs (23 kgs).
• Punctual attendance is essential.

What You Can Expect

• $18.80/hour
• Schedule of: Thursday (3pm - 11pm), Friday (8am - 4pm), and Saturday (3pm -11pm)
• The opportunity to be part of a certified B‑Corporation making a tangible difference in sustainable food systems.

Fresh Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and prohibits discrimination of any kind. We value diversity at our company and at all job levels our goal is to be diverse, inclusive and representative of the communities we operate in. We endeavour to recruit, develop and retain the best talent from a diverse candidate pool and truly believe that diversity, equity and inclusion among our team members is vital to our success as a company. We trust that in applying for a role with us you value this as well!