Ice Cream Churn Associate, Lick Ice Cream - Kitchen

About Lick Honest Ice Creams

We're Lick Honest Ice Creams and have been producing the finest, locally sourced, seasonally inspired ice creams in Austin since 2011! We work hard and get rave reviews from media around the country. We are rapidly expanding and looking for outgoing, happy, responsible, and positive individuals who love ice cream as much as we do to join our ice cream shop family!

Position Summary

The ice cream Churnerreports to the Churning Supervisor. He/she is responsible for properly churning and packing ice cream into presentable pints and tubs. He/she ensures the quality of distribution of add-ins and swirls, cleanliness, texture, and appearance of all ice cream. This position reports directly to the kitchen manager.

Minimum Expectations

• Fully support the owner's mission and integrity of the brand and of the business
• Fully engage in day to day operations primarily in back of house but with considerations to front of house as well (they work together) and be excited to be at work
• Convey positive and happy energy to all staff
• Maintain highest kitchen sanitary and cleanliness levels
• Treat this position as a responsibility and a priority and be accountable for any and all actions, decisions made or direction given
• Be dependable, timely, flexible with scheduling, and willing to take one for the team when necessary
• Surface concerns or frustrations immediately and directly to churning supervisor or kitchen manager
• Assume positive intent
• Take initiative
• Lead by example
  
  

Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete opening, closing, and all other cleaning checklists as required
• Consistently add mix-ins and swirls to achieve desired distribution and the highest aesthetic quality. No air bubbles!!!
• Ensure pints & tubs are properly labeled, dated, and stored
• Complete all ice cream production within allotted scheduled time, sooner if possible
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of any item and equipment related to churning (machines, freezers, carts, labeling station, gloves, stickers, etc.) and discarding old/unusable products and equipment (with permission from the kitchen manager)
• Communicate freezer temperatures, pints & tubs churned, low ingredients, and any other notes or requests to churning supervisor
• Communicate well in advance with churning supervisor when problems arise
  
  

Essential Functions

• Maintain a flexible schedule based on shop needs
• Able to communicate clearly and professionally with team members (face to face or by telephone)
• Able to read and comprehend written material
• Follows standard procedures in the use of all kitchen appliances, equipment, utensils, etc.
• Able to stand for shifts lasting up to but not limited to 8 hours of time on concrete flooring
• Perform tasks which involve repetitive motion including, but not limited to, arms, hands, wrists, back
• Able to use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls
• Able to work in variable temperature conditions, such as below freezing temperatures
• Manage one's time and the time of others
• Lift up to 50# of product