Description:
About Ramar Foods
Over 50 years ago, The Quesada family founded Ramar Foods with the purpose of nourishing its community through authentic, high-quality Filipino frozen foods. Today, our market has expanded to include customers across North America and around the world. Ramar has offices in Northern and Southern California and Oahu, Hawaii. Our purpose has grown to include not only the nourishment of our communities through our retail and foodservice products, but also enriching our employees professional lives through a Strengths-based company culture.
At Ramar Foods, we nourish our Communities while celebrating our family food legacy that spans over 50 years. Our community are our employees, customers, partners and the communities we do business in.
FOOD HANDLER
Summary of Position:
The food handler plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe preparation, handling, and serving of food items in accordance with established health and safety standards. This position involves various tasks related to food preparation, sanitation, and customer service within a food service establishment.
Accountabilities:
- Prepare and assemble food items according to standardized recipes and portion sizes.
- Follow proper food handling, good manufacturing procedures (GMPs), and safety procedures to prevent contamination and ensure food quality.
- Maintain cleanliness and organization in food preparation and service areas, including washing dishes, utensils, and equipment.
- Monitor food temperatures during storage, cooking, and serving to ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
- Assist with receiving, storing, and rotating food supplies and ingredients to minimize waste and maintain freshness.
- Check the labels and packaging materials prior to the start up of operations and fill up the form and sign.
- Adhere to hygiene and sanitation standards, including proper handwashing, glove usage, and personal grooming.
- Assist in stocking and replenishing inventory as needed to support daily operations.
- Provide friendly and efficient customer service, including taking orders, processing payments, and addressing customer inquiries or concerns.
- Collaborate with team members to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Follow all health and safety guidelines, including those related to COVID-19 protocols, to protect both customers and staff.
- Do other tasks as assigned by his superiors and Quality Assurance from time to time.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- A dynamic and challenging work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A supportive team and leadership committed to your success.
Why are we looking to hire this role?
This is a replacement role at the company.
Talents that THRIVE in this Role
Ramar Foods seeks team members who are interested in advancing their careers while also thriving in their roles. A commitment to self growth, a desire to create positive impact for hundreds of thousands of others, a strong connection to purpose, and a desire to make long term change to the workplace experience for generations to come are critical to the success of this role.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Collaboration with other kitchen staff and servers to coordinate food preparation, assembly, and delivery efficiently.
- Careful attention to detail to ensure accuracy in portioning, plating, and garnishing food items according to established standards.
- Effective communication with colleagues and supervisors to convey important information, such as order updates, ingredient shortages, or equipment malfunctions.
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new techniques, recipes, and industry trends to improve skills and enhance job performance.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Food handlers may need to be able to stand for long periods, walk around the kitchen or serving area, and move quickly between tasks.
- Food handlers often need good hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills to handle utensils, equipment, and food safely and efficiently.
- Some tasks in food service, such as lifting heavy pots or trays, carrying supplies, or standing for extended periods, may require strength and endurance.
- Food handlers may need to bend, stoop, reach, and stretch to access ingredients, equipment, or storage areas. May be required to lift heavy objects but not more than 50 lbs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- In food manufacturing facilities, food handlers work in production lines where food products are processed, packaged, and labeled. This environment often requires adherence to strict safety and sanitation protocols.
Ramar Foods is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or medical condition, sexual-orientation, marital status, veteran status or any other considerations made unlawful by Federal, State or local laws. We believe in providing eligible and qualified employees with opportunities to grow. Ramar Foods is a drug-free workplace. Ramar Foods is an at-will employer.
VALUES
At Ramar Foods, as a family-owned business, our values include 1. Making It the Best, 2. Treat Everyone Like Family and 3. To be Remarkable™4.Embrace change through perseverance, collaboration, humility and continuous improvement. We value creativity, a strong work-ethic, abundance, growth of our team members, and work-life blend. We believe that leaders should be kind and invest in their people. Our team practices confident vulnerability, meaning we are equally confident about our strengths and our weaknesses. We communicate directly and transparently with each other, and while we hold each other to high standards of production, we always put people before numbers. The owners of the company are the Quesada family. Primo and Evageline Quesada retired in 2012 and continue their involvement in the Hawaii office. Susie Quesada is President, PJ Quesada is Vice President and Gabe Quesada is Strategic Project Manager.
"Toto, our Meat Plant Manager, is a very responsible leader who always delivers what he is committed to do. He has a proven track record of continuously improving production efficiencies and processes, driving capacity improvements in preparation for the future growth. He inspires his team members to be future leaders and encourages them to be better as he invests in their growth and development. While he is committed to delivering the products that Sales needed, he makes sure that all production employees keep Food Safety as top of mind."
Requirements:
Qualifications and Skills:
- Understanding of basic food safety principles, including proper handwashing techniques,
- Adherence to personal hygiene standards, such as wearing clean uniforms, using hair restraints, and maintaining trimmed fingernails.
- Proficiency in food preparation techniques, including slicing, dicing, chopping, marinating, and cooking various types of food items.
- Ability to handle knives safely and efficiently to prepare ingredients accurately and quickly.
- Awareness of common food allergens and how to prevent cross-contact during food preparation and service.
- Familiarity with the menu items, ingredients, and preparation methods to accurately answer customer inquiries and make recommendations.
- Knowledge of proper cleaning and sanitization procedures for kitchen equipment, utensils, and work surfaces to maintain a safe and hygienic environment.
- Basic understanding of inventory control practices, such as monitoring stock levels, rotating perishable items, and minimizing waste.
- Compliance with local health regulations and food safety standards to prevent foodborne illness and ensure public health safety.
