Packing Production Team Member

Common Wealth Kitchen (CWK) is looking for motivated, energetic team players to join our innovative small-batch food manufacturing team. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to gain first-hand experience in a fast-moving food production facility, produce a variety of exciting new food products, and learn food safety, the use of specialized equipment, and other valuable skills from our master chefs.

Position is seasonal, but successful candidates will be prioritized for full‑time positions as they become available.

Position Overview

Contract Manufacturing crew members are the backbone of CWK’s production team. Crew members handle everything from ingredient prep to finished product packaging, labeling, and inventory control. Cooperation, communication, and a can‑do attitude are essential to success in this small, tight‑knit team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Safely pack completed product according to CWK GMPS and local, state and federal codes.
• Work with the guidance for QA/QC personnel to ensure food safety.
• Accurately follow standards of scheduled process to lot recorded and label review.
• Keep accurate production records and inventory counts;
• Transport product from production to storage;
• Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Reporting

This position will report to Production Team Leader

• Ability to follow instructions and work well with others
• Self‑motivated, with a positive, can‑do attitude and a problem‑solving mindset
• Must be able to lift at least 50lbs and be able to spend up to 8 hours on feet daily

• Food manufacturing, food service, restaurant, or other food production experience.
• Serv Safe or equivalent food safety certification
• Spanish Speaking is a plus.

Common Wealth Kitchen is an equal opportunity employer. We value having a diverse staff who are representative of the community we serve and who bring a variety of traditions, experiences, and points of view to our organization. Individuals of all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates must be authorized to work legally in the United States.

Benefits and Compensation

Common Wealth Kitchen offers a fast-paced, rewarding work environment at our 196 Quincy Street location. Starting pay from $18-21/hr, based on experience.

Common Wealth Kitchen (CWK) Common Wealth Kitchen is Boston’s only nonprofit food business incubator and food manufacturing social enterprise. Our mission is to promote small business and create jobs, with a focus on people who have been impacted by racial, social, or economic inequality.

We provide commercial kitchen space, business and technical support to @ 40-50 emerging wholesale and retail food companies, caterers, and food trucks. On average, approximately 70% of our businesses are owned by women and/or people of color, employing more than 140+ staff.

Since our start in 2009, we’ve graduated 40+ companies out of our shared kitchens and into a mix of retail, wholesale and contract manufacturing operations of their own, including Roxy’s Grilled Cheese, McCrea’s Candies, BATCH Ice Cream, Alex’s Ugly Sauce, Voltage Coffee, Down Home Delivery, Fork Lift Catering, and Clover Food Lab, creating over 450 jobs.

In 2015, we launched a small‑batch manufacturing social enterprise, providing contract production to help our members scale up and turn multiple part‑time jobs into full‑time work. We were thrilled to be named Best Incubator by Boston Magazine and a Game‑Changer by The Boston Globe in 2015.