Sweetgreen Deer Park – Core Team Member

Deer Park Town Center; Deer Park (TX); On-site; USD 16,531 - 20,664; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tips

Competitive wages

Medical, dental, and vision plan options

Paid vacation + wellness time

Paid parental leave

401k

Free healthy meals

Job summary

Deer Park Town Center in Deer Park, Texas, is hiring a Team Member. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional customer experience, food preparation, and maintaining a clean workspace. Qualities that make you stand out include restaurant or retail experience and a proactive, team-oriented attitude. The position offers competitive wages, tips, and various perks including medical benefits and 401k. Opportunities for advancement to General Manager available.

Qualifications

• Restaurant, retail, or hospitality experience required.
• Must be available to work at least 12 hours per week.
• Must be 18 years of age or older and authorized to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional hospitality while supporting smooth restaurant operations.
• Build salads quickly and accurately while ensuring correct portions.
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace adhering to food safety standards.

Skills

Customer service skills

Quick learner

Team-oriented

Physical mobility

Job description

As a Sweetgreen Team Member, you’ll be an ambassador for our mission: building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Whether you’re focused on customer experience, food preparation, or station organization, you’ll have the support to create experiences our customers will love.

Join our movement to rewrite the future of fast food—and grow your own future too. Top-performing Team Members can advance to General Manager in as little as 36 months.

What You’ll Do:

Deliver exceptional hospitality while supporting smooth restaurant operations—from greeting customers and sharing menu knowledge to ensuring a positive experience at every touchpoint.

Essential Functions

• Food Preparation:Includes portioning, mixing, squeezing, chopping, and prepping ingredients.
• Line Operation:Build salads quickly and accurately, ensuring correct portions and presentation.
• Customer Interaction:Greeting guests, taking orders, answering questions, and delivering a friendly and efficient service experience.
• Sanitation + Cleaning:Maintain a clean and organized workspace, adhering to food safety and hygiene standards at all times.
• Tool + Equipment Handling:Safely operate kitchen tools and equipment (including knives, robot coupe, blenders, thermometers, dish machines, and POS systems).
• Inventory Support:Restock and rotate ingredients and supplies as needed throughout service and prep shifts.
• Team Communication:Use of clear verbal cues (‘knife,’ ‘behind’) to ensure team coordination and workplace safety.
• Order Accuracy:Follow prep guides and recipe cards to ensure food is prepared to standard, following protocols for handling allergens and preventing cross-contamination.
• Multi-Tasking:Efficiently manage prep, service, and cleaning responsibilities, particularly during peak hours of operation.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Restaurant, retail, or hospitality experience with strong customer service skills
• Quick learner who’s reliable, organized, and adapts easily to different stations
• Team-oriented and proactive, especially during peak periods
• Passionate about food quality, safety, and creating memorable guest experience
• Must be available to work a minimum of 12 hours per week
• Lifting: Handling various items, including heavy boxes (up to ~25 lbs).
• Bending: For accessing low areas and handling items.
• Reaching: For accessing high areas and handling items, includes building salads and restocking ingredients
• Squatting: For accessing low areas and handling items
• Pulling: Managing tasks that require pulling items or equipment
• Manual Dexterity: Typing, interacting with systems, handling tools (knives, thermometers, POS systems), and managing cleaning tools
• Physical Mobility: Navigating stairs, doors, ramps, elevators, and using equipment
• Repetitive Motions: Frequent tasks like typing, cleaning, chopping, assembling, and mixing
• Physical Endurance: Maintaining energy and efficiency through long shifts and peak periods
• Coordination: Balance, multitasking, and handling bulky items or equipment in tight spaces
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Standing/Walking: Extended periods, including moving between areas

What Perks You’ll Get

• Tips* (subject to location and role)
• Competitive wages (with raises for learning new skills)
• Medical, dental, and vision plan options for part-time and full-time team members*
• Paid vacation + wellness time
• Paid parental leave*
• 401k*
• Free healthy and delicious shift meals
• Access to our SG Swag Marketplace — earn and buy custom Sweetgreen gear