Packaging Associate

Community Servings•Mansfield, MA

16h•$0 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

Community Servings' mission is to actively engage the community to provide medically tailored, nutritious, scratch-made meals to chronically and critically ill individuals and their families. In addition, we are committed to prioritizing racial and economic justice and health equity in all our programs and business practices. We are a dynamic and fast-growing agency at the forefront of the "Food is Medicine" field, providing over 1M medically tailored meals annually to clients and their families experiencing illness and food insecurity in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In addition, our work strongly focuses on supporting the regional local food system, delivering high-quality nutrition education to the community, and hosting an on-site food-service workforce development program. Over the past 36 years, the agency has provided 15M+ free, scratch-made meals. The Packaging Associate’s main role will be to execute the daily food packaging and sorting required to feed our clients. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In a combination of individual effort and leading volunteer teams, the PA has to complete a variety of daily tasks including but not limited to: Portioning, packaging and labeling meals and meal components, Sorting and organizing packaged food into the appropriate area and by item type, Monitoring and maintaining product inventory levels, Building diet specific bags/boxes for clients, Able to positively engage with and assist volunteers in a task, Actively communicate progress and needs to supervisor and team members, Takes responsibility for assigned tasks and ensures their timely completion, Maintains organization and cleanliness in work and storage areas, Champions teamwork through words and actions and seeks ways to support teammates, Proper product storage/labeling/rotation, RTE food handling practices, Knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment use and cleaning, Daily maintenance of work and storage areas, Monitor temperatures and timing of prepared foods, Able to understand daily production sheet, Able to work independently and in teams, Able to work in the dish room as needed, Other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience
Must be able to communicate in English
1 year of customer service experience preferred
Experience working as part of a team
Comfortable interacting with the public
Good communication skills

Responsibilities

Portioning, packaging and labeling meals and meal components
Sorting and organizing packaged food into the appropriate area and by item type
Monitoring and maintaining product inventory levels
Building diet specific bags/boxes for clients
Able to positively engage with and assist volunteers in a task
Actively communicate progress and needs to supervisor and team members
Takes responsibility for assigned tasks and ensures their timely completion
Maintains organization and cleanliness in work and storage areas
Champions teamwork through words and actions and seeks ways to support teammates
Proper product storage/labeling/rotation
RTE food handling practices
Knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment use and cleaning
Daily maintenance of work and storage areas
Monitor temperatures and timing of prepared foods
Able to understand daily production sheet
Able to work independently and in teams
Able to work in the dish room as needed
Other tasks as assigned