Full Time Food Production

Gordon Food Service•Knoxville, TN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Gordon Food Service Store is hiring a full-time Food Production Associate at its Knoxville, Tennessee location. The role supports food production and customer service in a retail store, with opportunities to learn and advance. The store operates Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; it is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, and Easter. The associate prepares sliced meats and cheeses, sandwiches, wraps, and juice ingredients; cooks food using a rotisserie oven and broaster; checks food temperatures; and follows food safety and sanitation procedures. During slower periods, the associate may help with stocking, cashiering, or other food production areas. Employees must be at least 18 years old to operate the meat slicer. Gordon Food Service describes its workplace as customer-focused and offers advancement and development programs. Benefits listed include profit sharing, a 401(k) plan, employee assistance and mental health support, employee discounts, and—if eligible—insurance coverage, paid time off and flex time, a company note savings program, and 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave. The company is an equal opportunity employer and maintains tobacco-free locations and a drug-free workplace.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age; operating a meat slicer requires being at least 18.
Provide superior customer service.
Be able to multitask.
Be able to work independently or as part of a team.
Have basic math and computer skills.
Be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

Prepare sliced meats and cheeses, sandwiches, and wraps.
Prepare ingredients used to make beverages for customers.
Follow food safety and sanitation procedures.
Fill in with stocking, cashiering, or other food production work during down times.
Use the rotisserie oven to cook food up to three times per day.
Use a broaster to cook chicken tenders, chicken wings, other chicken items, fish, and potato wedges as needed.
Take temperatures of cooked and cold foods.
Change oil in broasters.