Candymaker Associate

Department	Kitchen	Location	Factory
Status	Regular, Full-Time	FLSA Category	Non-Exempt
Reports to	Kitchen Supervisor	Level	Associate
Pay Range	$19-$21 per hour (based on experience)	Schedule	Monday-Thursday, 4:50 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; overtime as needed on Friday and Saturday
Relevant Experience: 1 year cooking in a restaurant environment; confectionery or baking experience preferred

Position Summary

The Candymaker is responsible for producing a variety of chocolate and confectionery items in support of daily kitchen production. This role builds on foundational kitchen skills and requires growing independence in cooking, cutting, handling ingredients, maintaining quality standards, and supporting production flow.

Working closely with Kitchen Leads and Supervisors, the Candymaker helps prepare products safely, accurately, and efficiently while following recipes, food safety requirements, and production schedules. This is a hands-on role for someone who is dependable, detail-oriented, and takes pride in creating products that customers genuinely enjoy. Once skills are mastered there are additional levels and pay to grow into.

Essential Functions

• Produce confections and kitchen items: Prepare and process assigned products using established formulas, methods, and production standards.
• Support daily production flow: Complete assigned work on schedule and help keep kitchen operations moving efficiently.
• Monitor product quality: Check texture, temperature, appearance, and consistency throughout production to ensure standards are met.
• Operate kitchen equipment safely: Use candy-making and kitchen equipment correctly and report issues or malfunctions promptly.
• Follow food safety and sanitation standards: Maintain clean work areas and comply with GMP, hygiene, and safety requirements at all times.
• Work with Leads and Supervisors: Communicate production issues, ingredient needs, and quality concerns so they can be addressed quickly.