Central Kitchen Production Associate - Full-Time

Buehler; Wooster, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Buehler’s Central Kitchen is hiring a Full Time Central Kitchen Associate in Wooster, OH. Typical hours are 7:00am–4:00pm on the first shift. The role offers an hourly rate of $14.50–$18.00 and weekly pay with Dayforce Wallet on a 35–40 hour schedule.

Responsibilities include unpacking, weighing, labeling, operating cooking equipment, and packaging finished products for store shipments. The job requires the ability to lift up to 50–80 lb and work in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old and able to operate kitchen equipment.
• Able to schedule at least 35 hours per week.
• Capable of lifting 50 lb and occasional 80 lb.
• Able to follow recipes and operate food processing equipment.
• Comfortable in a deli/kitchen environment with heat, steam, and noise.
• Detail-oriented with ability to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Unpack cans and cartons and count items.
• Set up and operate food processing equipment.
• Monitor and adjust cooking equipment.
• Record batch data and label items.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation per standards.
• Assist in packing and loading store shipments.
• Help ensure final products meet quality standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Reliable

Punctuality

Flexibility

Work ethic

Job description

Buehler’s Central Kitchen Production Associates prepare and ship food products for our customers to purchase at our store locations. We have loyal customers that return to consume our products because they can expect great food quality and experience. One of our company strategies is to become the Best in Food Service and have the Freshest Foods, and our Central Kitchen ensure that it provides the stores with the high-quality products to align with those strategies.

Full Time – 35 – 40 hours a week
First Shift – Typical Hours 7:00am – 4:00pm
No Holidays or Weekends
Hourly Rate Between $14.50- $18.00 an hour
Weekly Pay – With the option to withdraw pay as it is earned through the Dayforce Wallet App

A typical day for a Central Kitchen Associate may include:

• Unpack cans and cartons
• Count and record food items
• Performing other duties as needed, including specific tasks based on special projects
• Set up, start, or load food processing equipment
• Check, weigh, and mix ingredients according to recipes
• Monitor food cooking machines and make adjustments to the controls for devices such as boilers, ovens, fryers and cookers
• Record batch production data
• Load raw ingredients into the cooking machine and measure the amount needed by following company recipes and industry standards
• Sanitize all materials and machinery parts at the end of each shift and clean the workspace at the worker station by following company cleanliness standards
• Perform duties on the packaging line by loading and adjusting items
• Clean workspaces and equipment in accordance with health and safety standards
• Check final products to ensure quality
• Remove the finished product from the production line and push batches to the next step of the process for packaging
• Price packaged and processed items according to standard protocols
• Label packaged food items appropriately
• Assist in loading up final product for store shipments

We think you’d be great for this role if you embody the 6 Characteristics of a great Buehler’s teammate:

People Minded

• Enjoy working in a close teamwork environment

Customer Minded

• Assess and react stores needs
• Motivated to ensure production of high quality products

Product Minded

• Motivated to ensure production of high quality products

Stable Minded

• Manage stress and keep your composure when it gets busy during the work week, weekends, and special holidays (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and many others)

Detail Minded

• Work with minimal supervision while being highly productive; able to multitask effectively

Open Minded

• Value being dependable, reliable and flexible with your schedule to accommodate customer demand
• Accommodate staffing needs by having a flexible schedule and the ability to work weekends
• Understand that this is not designed to cover all the duties that are required, and there may be changes to your duties or responsibilities without notice

Our legal team wants you to know what’s required for this role:

• Attained at least 18 years of age; or if age 16-17 cannot operate any equipment (slicer, buffalo chopper, etc.)
• Must be available to be scheduled 35+hrs a week.
• Able to meet the requirements to occasionally stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 50# and occasionally 80#
• Manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures; and can do simple math problems
• Able to work within our deli/kitchen environment that includes equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicer, coffee machine, steamer, refrigeration coolers, freezers, mixer and chef’s knives…so frequently you will be exposed to heat, steam, fire, cold temperatures and noise

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disability to perform the essential functions