$18/ hour

Full-time Schedule:

• Sunday to Thursday, from 6:00 am to 2:30 pm (Days Off: Friday and Saturday)
• Friday to Tuesday, from 6:00 am to 2:30pm (Days Off: Wednesday and Thursday)

About Elephants

A locally owned company since 1979, Elephants Delicatessen pioneered the gourmet food industry in the Pacific Northwest and now has six Portland-metro area retail locations and a busy catering company, all serving great local foods prepared from scratch. A certified B Corporation, Elephants Delicatessen prides itself on sustainable practices and voluntarily meets a higher standard of transparency and accountability, using the power of business as a force for good.

About the job

Elephants offers great local foods from scratch every day, and much of that food is prepared at our Milwaukie Production Kitchen. To accomplish this goal, we rely on an exceptional group of food professionals to produce high-quality food products 24/7. We are a speedy team that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our stores and customers.

Our sandwiches and salads are our pride and joy! They are at the very heart of our mission to serve "fresh local foods from scratch." Everyday Elephants Delicatessen creates the highest quality food from scratch to sell at our deli retail stores. We need a fast-moving and reliable person to help assemble our salads, sandwiches, and more! This is an entry-level job and a great way to break into a production kitchen career. This job is for you if you love the back of house roles!

This is a perfect fit if you have team spirit and work well with others and can work quickly and neatly. You will thrive in this position if you are easygoing, flexible, a super hard worker and have excellent personal hygiene. This position does require a Food Handlers card.

Elephants Delicatessen is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion.

What we offer:

• Paid vacation and sick time
• Kaiser Medical coverage, with alternative care as a bonus (acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, etc.)
• Mental Health Services
• Dental, FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts), and 401k with 4% company match
• Tuition reimbursement for up to $10,000 and up to a 4% match* on student loan repayments
• Training that will fast track your culinary/hospitality career
• Free counselling and financial services
• Opportunities for advancement
• Discounts on our delicious made-from-scratch food
• Pet insurance
• Chance to win employee raffles
• Discounts at Sketchers, Shoes for Crews, Verizon, Sprint, select B Corporations, and many more
• A commitment to inclusion, diversity, community involvement, employee well-being, and environmental protection

Elephants Delicatessen provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.