Sweet Action Ice Cream is a Denver craft ice cream company known for inventive flavors, high-quality ingredients, and a strong neighborhood following. Our production facility supports our scoop shops, catering program, and growing wholesale business.
We’re looking for a Seasonal Production Assistant (April through August / September) to support our production operations and report to our Production Operations Manager. This role requires someone able to work prep shifts and assist our production with a variety of tasks. Professional training preferred, but not necessarily a requirement. It’s important that every candidate understand that this position is a high volume production job that requires efficient daily work, while maintaining the highest standards of safety and cleanliness. We produce hundreds of gallons of ice cream each week as well as various baked items for sale at our stores and at groceries.
A typical shift will include utilizing a variety of equipment for tasks such as utilizing our pint packing equipment to pack hundreds of pints, assemble and bag ice cream sandwiches, breads, brownies, and ice pops, washing dishes, processing ingredients, prepping bases, and other one-off tasks needed. Expect to spend 50% of your time doing repetitive tasks, and the other 50% cleaning! There are daily, rotating weekly and monthly cleaning checklists. We are a volume food producer and require that our kitchens and equipment are kept clean and sanitized at all times.
Qualifications
- Detailed oriented and capable of following directions
- Clean and organized
- Able to work quickly and efficiently in high volume production
- Focused and able to multi-task
- Reliable and punctual
- A team player with good communication skills
- Able to use proper food handling skills and follow workplace safety guidelines
- Able to regularly lift 50 pounds of weight
- Have at least 1 year of food experience (previous ice cream experience is a plus, but not a requirement)
- Pastry and or baking experience of some kind (ideally large volume) is preferable
Compensation & Benefits
- $20 – $24 hourly, depending on experience
- Paid Sick Leave
- Health Insurance Available after 3 Months
- 401k Available after 1 Year
- Ice cream and perks
- Opportunity to grow with a fast-growing local company