Commissary Lead: Production, Safety & Process Innovation

mothershipcoffee; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 65,904,000 - 74,390,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Employee discount

Launchpad Program

Job summary

Mothership Coffee Roasters is seeking a Commissary Lead to own the execution side of commissary operations: production, consistency, food safety, and inventory accuracy. You’ll spot bottlenecks, flag them, and bring ideas to improve how we work.

You’ll keep the commissary’s engine running clean, on schedule, and to standard, and strive to run it better than you found it with hands-on leadership and a focus on quality.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a high-volume commercial kitchen.
• Strong grasp of food safety standards and commercial kitchen equipment.
• Confident knife handling and hands-on production skill.
• Working knowledge of inventory systems, recipe costing, and labor efficiency.
• A self-starter mindset, you push work forward instead of waiting for direction.
• Comfortable proposing changes to process, not just maintaining what exists.
• Positive, visible energy that helps set the pace of the shift.
• High attention to detail without losing flexibility when a better way presents itself.
• Ability to stay focused and effective under pressure.
• Computer literacy preferred (inventory systems, logs, production tools).
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for extended periods.
• Reliable Monday–Friday availability (early morning to early afternoon).

Responsibilities

• Execute daily prep and production schedules for baked goods and sandwiches, and flag adjustments when demand shifts.
• Maintain food safety logs (temperature, cooling, sanitation) with precision.
• Keep the commissary clean, organized, and audit-ready at all times.
• Manage inventory counts, ordering support, and cost/labor tracking.
• Apply recipe production standards and actively contribute to recipe scaling and new product ideas.
• Identify inefficiencies in prep flow, waste, or process, and bring proposed fixes to the Commissary Manager.
• Set a visible pace and energy on shift that helps keep production moving.
• Maintain and report on kitchen equipment condition.
• Track production and waste records accurately.
• Relay operational handoffs (inventory counts, equipment issues) to the Commissary Manager as needed.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Food safety

Knife handling

Inventory systems

Self-starter

Process improvement

Tools

Inventory software

Job description

Mothership Coffee Roasters is seeking a Commissary Lead to own the execution side of commissary operations: production, consistency, food safety, and inventory accuracy. You’ll spot bottlenecks, flag them, and bring ideas to improve how we work.

You’ll keep the commissary’s engine running clean, on schedule, and to standard, and strive to run it better than you found it with hands-on leadership and a focus on quality.