Barnacle - Kitchen and Fulfillment Crew

Sealaska; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

BARNACLE FOODS in Juneau, Alaska is hiring a Kitchen and Fulfillment Crew to join a fast-paced kitchen and warehouse team. This role starts immediately with a four-day work week and pay from $17 to $21 per hour, DOE. Local candidates only may apply.

You will prepare ingredients, handle kelp products, assist with packaging and order fulfilment, and maintain strict hygiene and food safety standards. The position involves lifting up to 50 lbs and standing most of the day.

Qualifications

• Maintain a strict level of personal and workplace hygiene
• Comply with food safety protocols for food processors
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. and work on feet all day

Responsibilities

• Preparing ingredients and using equipment to turn kelp into delicious, everyday foods
• Weighing, recording, and assembling products following detailed procedures
• Working on the production line – filling, inspecting and boxing jars
• Packaging products following different protocols for retail, wholesale, and online shipping
• Fulfill orders accurately and efficiently

Job description

Job Title: Kitchen and Fulfillment Crew

Location: Juneau, Alaska - local candidates ONLY

Start date: Immediately

Close Date: Open until filled

Pay: starts at $17-21/hr. DOE, 4-day work week

About Barnacle Foods: Grow with us! At Barnacle, we strive to connect people to unique Alaskan ingredients through familiar, everyday foods like hot sauce, salsa, and pickles. Our kitchen and warehouse team is the heart of Barnacle. It's a fast-paced job, with a high energy team and music bumpin' all day long. Become part of a fast-paced, high energy workplace with a fun, positive, and supportive work environment.

Specific Duties of Kitchen and Fulfillment Crew Members

Preparing ingredients and using equipment to turn kelp into delicious, everyday foods

• Learn everyday. We are a small and growing team, how we operate changes frequently
• Wild harvesting and processing of Alaska kelp
• Collaborating with others to clean and sanitize the processing area, dishes, and equipment
• Carefully weighing, recording, and assembling products following detailed procedures
• Working on the production line – filling, inspecting and boxing jars
• Completing training to meet Alaska food handling requirements
• Maintaining safety protocols with particular attention to machinery and electrical equipment

Fulfilling orders from Barnacle’s customers located all over the country

• Packaging products following different protocols for retail, wholesale, and online shipping
• Neatly and efficiently fulfill orders, paying close attention to quality and accuracy

The ideal candidate is:

• A highly motivated, self-starter
• Able to work in a fast paced environment
• Able to work on a team and be trusted to work independentlyA quick learner with the ability to pay close attention to detail
• Familiar with food safety protocols and knows their way around a kitchen
• Enthusiastic and open minded

Requirements:

• Maintain a strict level of personal and workplace hygiene
• Comply with food safety protocols for food processors
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. and work on feet all day

Physical demands and work environment:

The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Physical Demand: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance, stoop; bend or crouch; talk or hear. The employee must be able to lift/carry and/or move up to 50 pounds safely. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The job requires most of the day to be spent on feet, standing.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions and other elements prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is high at times.

Barnacle Foods is an equal opportunity employer and committed to diversity in its workplace. We hire qualified candidates and make all employment-related decisions based on job-related qualifications, without regard to characteristics such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by law.