Amazon Fresh Kitchen Associate

Amazon Fresh Food Production Associate

Job Overview

As an Amazon Amazon Fresh Food Production Associate, you’ll enhance the customer shopping experience by preparing fresh foods, ensuring the hot bar is neatly stocked, and delivering friendly service.
Duties Responsibilities

Some of your duties may include:

• Greet customers and assist with their shopping needs
• Prepare fresh foods such as salads, pizzas, and rotisserie items
• Weigh, label, date, package, and rotate food items according to Amazon Fresh standards
• Safely operate kitchen equipment including ovens, microwaves, cutting tools, and scales
• Maintain a clean and sanitary work environment throughout your shift
• Handle a wide assortment of products including produce, meat, seafood and alcohol
• Collaborate with team members to ensure smooth operations and excellent customer service
• Assist with inventory management and product deliveries

You’ll also need to be able to:

• Lift up to 49 pounds
• Be on the move for an entire shift (up to 8 hours)
• Adhere to all job requirement and safety guidelines in English

What it’s like at a Fresh store

• Safety. Your safety is important to us, so we provide safe working conditions.
• Surroundings. Youll be working in a grocery store environment with various equipment – shopping carts, pallet jacks, stock dollies, and food preparation equipment. Youll also interact with our digital shopping technology and Dash carts.
• Activity. Work involves frequent movement between different store areas, standing while operating registers or stocking shelves, and some lifting. In grocery departments, you may need to reach into coolers or freezers.
• Temperature. Most areas are climate-controlled, but you may experience temperature changes when working in refrigerated sections (35°F-40°F), freezer areas (below 32°F), or near hot food preparation stations.
• Noise level. Sound levels are minimal, what one would expect in a grocery store.
• Dress code.Amazon Fresh provides uniform shirts for you to pair with your own khaki, black, or blue pants/jeans. Slip-resistant, closed-toe shoes are also required for safety.
• New store opening: If you’re applying to a store that hasn’t opened yet, you’ll help prepare the store for its first customers. This may include tasks like setting up displays and shelving and unloading product deliveries. You’ll also have an extended training and onboarding period, which may be at a nearby Amazon site.

Why Youll Love Amazon

We have jobs that fit any lifestyle, state-of-the-art workplaces, teams that support and listen to our associates, and company-driven initiatives and benefits to help support your goals.
Our jobs are nearby, with great pay, and offer work-life balance.

• Schedule flexibility. We understand lifes demands and offer various schedule options including opportunities for additional hours based on business need.
• Anytime Pay. You can instantly cash out up to 75% of your earnings immediately after your shift (for select employee groups).Learn more about Anytime Pay.

Our workplace is unlike any other.

• Innovative retail environment. Our stores combine traditional grocery with cutting-edge technology, creating an innovative shopping and working environment.
• Safety and cleanliness. We maintain high standards of food safety and store cleanliness, with comprehensive training and protective equipment provided.

Our team supports and listens to you.

• Culture. Be part of an inclusive workplace that offers a variety of employee support programs and resource groups. Join us in making a positive impact through local community engagement initiatives and outreach activities that help strengthen the areas where we live and work.
• Team environment. Work alongside supportive teammates and management in various departments, from stockroom to kitchen.

Our company supports your goals.

• Benefits. Many of our shifts come with a range of benefits that may include pay and 401(k) savings options, healthcare (medical, dental, vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, employee discounts and more. Eligibility for certain benefits may depend on average hours worked, length of employment, and other factors.
• Skills development and growth. Learn both traditional grocery skills and unique Amazon technology, including our Dash carts, digital shelf labels, and inventory systems. We’ve made a pledge to upskill our employees and offer a variety of free training and development programs, and we also have tuition support options for select employee groups. You’ll also have the opportunity to cross-train across different departments, mastering valuable retail skills in customer service and inventory management.

Learn more about all the reasons to choose Amazon.

A full list of benefits and criteria for each to be offered a successful applicant can be found on our benefits page.
Requirements

• Candidates must be 18 years or older and proficient in English, including the ability to understand and adhere to all job requirement and safety guidelines
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Additional preferred qualifications include 1 year of customer service, retail, or food service experience

How To Get Started

You can begin by applying above.

If you have questions regarding the hiring process, please visit our support landing page.

If you have a disability and need an accommodation during the application and hiring process, including support for the New Hire Event, or need to initiate a request prior to starting your Day 1,please visit our People with Disabilities landing page or contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT). You can reach us by phone at 888-435-9287, Monday through Friday, between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT.

Equal Employment

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

We encourage applications from candidates who are returning to the workforce, have military experience, are seniors, or do not have a college degree.