To apply, go to www.moscowfood.coop/employment Join Our Prepared Foods Team at the Moscow Food Co-op! The Moscow Food Co-op is looking for an experienced, dependable, and motivated Kitchen Lead to help lead our high-volume, production-style kitchen. This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who enjoys great food, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and can help keep a team organized, productive, and focused on excellent customer service. The Kitchen Lead works alongside the kitchen team to prepare high-quality food, maintain strong production and food safety standards, and provide day-to-day leadership when managers are unavailable. Why You'll Want to Work at the Co-op At the Moscow Food Co-op, you'll be part of a community-focused organization that values great food, excellent customer service, teamwork, and the people who make it all happen. We offer a positive, fast-paced workplace where employees have opportunities to learn, develop their skills, and make a meaningful contribution to the success of their department and the Co-op. Our kitchen produces a wide variety of fresh foods for our deli cases, grab-and-go selection, hot bar, salad bar, and other prepared foods programs. We prioritize quality ingredients and offer options that reflect our customers' interest in natural, organic, local, seasonal, vegetarian, vegan, and specialty-diet foods. What You'll Do As Kitchen Lead, you'll work directly alongside the team while helping keep daily kitchen operations running smoothly.

You will:

Lead by example and help create a positive, productive, and respectful work environment. Coordinate daily production priorities, workflow, breaks, assignments, and task completion. Prepare high-quality foods for the hot bar, salad bar, deli cases, grab-and-go, and other prepared foods programs. Monitor production levels and help ensure products are prepared, stocked, rotated, labeled, and available when customers need them. Maintain high standards for food quality, consistency, presentation, cleanliness, sanitation, and food safety. Support efficient production by minimizing waste and making good use of time, ingredients, equipment, and labor. Coach and support employees, provide clear direction and feedback, and help train new and existing staff. Provide excellent customer service and ensure the team follows Co-op customer service expectations, including greeting and acknowledging customers promptly. Communicate production needs, staffing concerns, equipment issues, food safety concerns, and other operational needs to management. Step into different areas of the kitchen as needed and help the team respond to changing priorities throughout the day. What We're Looking For We're looking for someone who combines strong food-production skills with the ability to lead and support others.

Our ideal Kitchen Lead is:

Experienced in a fast-paced, high-volume restaurant, deli, commercial kitchen, or production-style kitchen . Comfortable leading a team while remaining actively involved in daily production. Dependable, punctual, organized, and ready to work with a sense of urgency. Positive, approachable, and able to communicate clearly and respectfully. Able to give and receive feedback and help employees improve their performance. Self-directed and able to identify what needs to be done without waiting to be asked. Able to prioritize multiple demands and adjust quickly when production or staffing needs change. Knowledgeable about basic cooking techniques, kitchen equipment, food safety, sanitation, and safe food handling. Familiar with natural, organic, vegetarian, vegan, and specialty-diet foods or interested in learning. Committed to excellent customer service, teamwork, productivity, cleanliness, and continuous improvement. Available for a flexible schedule that may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays . Able to obtain and maintain a current Idaho food safety card and meet the physical requirements of working in a busy production kitchen.

Schedule & Availability Full-time:

35-40 hours per week Flexible scheduling, including mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and university breaks Must be available weekends and university breaks Must be able to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 pounds Why Work at the Co-op? We're a community-oriented, values-driven workplace offering a supportive environment, living wages, and excellent benefits. In a recent employee survey, staff overwhelmingly said they're proud to work at the Moscow Food Co-op!

All employees receive:

20% store discount Employee Profit Sharing 401(k) retirement plan participation Full-time employees also receive: Paid Time Off (PTO) Accrual Medical, dental, and vision insurance Short-term disability coverage Accidental & hospital insurance Telemedicine & mental health support

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

$18.00 - $21.00 per hour Expected hours: 38.0 - 40.0 per week

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee discount Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Paid training Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person