Fountain
Address 132 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Compensation $18.19/hour
Overview As a Kitchen Lead, you are an ambassador for our mission: building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. You lead the hot food preparation, ensuring high-quality, properly cooked, and well-presented food through culinary skills, leadership, and operational awareness.
What You’ll Do Lead the kitchen with a focus on quality and consistency while ensuring smooth operations across all shifts.
Essential Functions
Manual Precision : Measure, cut, organize, and ensure product standards are met.
Operate Equipment : Use kitchen tools and equipment safely and effectively, including setting, loading/unloading, and monitoring cooking times.
Tactile Quality Checks : Conduct quality assessments requiring fine motor skills and tactile sensitivity.
Team Communication : Engage in verbal communication with team members for coordination, coaching, and incident documentation.
Performance Oversight : Observe and assess performance, ensuring operational quality and adherence to standards.
Active Floor Leadership : Maintain a consistent physical presence, engaging in hands‑on tasks and staying visible in the workspace.
Task Coordination : Organize workflow, anticipate demand, and manage tasks efficiently.
Execute Team Member Duties : Perform all essential functions and meet the minimum requirements as outlined in the Team Member role.
Qualifications
Kitchen or restaurant experience in high‑volume settings with food safety knowledge (Food Handler or ServSafe certification a plus).
Strong time management, organization, and attention to detail with commitment to quality.
Effective communicator and team player who thrives in fast‑paced environments.
Experience with kitchen management tools, inventory systems, and local/sustainable ingredients preferred.
Meet all minimum requirements of the Team Member role.
Lifting: Handling various items, including cases/bags of produce + protein up to ~40 lbs.
Tactile Sensitivity: Use touch to assess quality and complete detail‑oriented tasks.
Visual + Auditory Observation: Maintain attention to detail and environmental awareness during operations.
Must be available to work a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Benefits
Tips* (subject to location and role)
Competitive wages (with raises for learning new skills)
Medical, dental, and vision plan options for part‑time and full‑time team members*
Paid vacation + wellness time
Paid parental leave*
401k*
Free healthy and delicious shift meals
Access to our SG Swag Marketplace — earn and buy custom Sweetgreen gear
And much more…
*Depending on eligibility
Who We Are Sweetgreen is a plant‑forward food company with a vision for a healthier tomorrow—and we’re just getting started. As we grow, we’re committed to developing our people from restaurants to our support center so everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you don’t just grow your own future—you grow the planet’s.
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or marital status or any other protected class. Sweetgreen participates in the federal government's E‑Verify program to determine employment eligibility.
To request an accommodation as permitted by law, please contact us.
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Compensation $18.19/hour
Overview As a Kitchen Lead, you are an ambassador for our mission: building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. You lead the hot food preparation, ensuring high-quality, properly cooked, and well-presented food through culinary skills, leadership, and operational awareness.
What You’ll Do Lead the kitchen with a focus on quality and consistency while ensuring smooth operations across all shifts.
Essential Functions
Manual Precision : Measure, cut, organize, and ensure product standards are met.
Operate Equipment : Use kitchen tools and equipment safely and effectively, including setting, loading/unloading, and monitoring cooking times.
Tactile Quality Checks : Conduct quality assessments requiring fine motor skills and tactile sensitivity.
Team Communication : Engage in verbal communication with team members for coordination, coaching, and incident documentation.
Performance Oversight : Observe and assess performance, ensuring operational quality and adherence to standards.
Active Floor Leadership : Maintain a consistent physical presence, engaging in hands‑on tasks and staying visible in the workspace.
Task Coordination : Organize workflow, anticipate demand, and manage tasks efficiently.
Execute Team Member Duties : Perform all essential functions and meet the minimum requirements as outlined in the Team Member role.
Qualifications
Kitchen or restaurant experience in high‑volume settings with food safety knowledge (Food Handler or ServSafe certification a plus).
Strong time management, organization, and attention to detail with commitment to quality.
Effective communicator and team player who thrives in fast‑paced environments.
Experience with kitchen management tools, inventory systems, and local/sustainable ingredients preferred.
Meet all minimum requirements of the Team Member role.
Lifting: Handling various items, including cases/bags of produce + protein up to ~40 lbs.
Tactile Sensitivity: Use touch to assess quality and complete detail‑oriented tasks.
Visual + Auditory Observation: Maintain attention to detail and environmental awareness during operations.
Must be available to work a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Benefits
Tips* (subject to location and role)
Competitive wages (with raises for learning new skills)
Medical, dental, and vision plan options for part‑time and full‑time team members*
Paid vacation + wellness time
Paid parental leave*
401k*
Free healthy and delicious shift meals
Access to our SG Swag Marketplace — earn and buy custom Sweetgreen gear
And much more…
*Depending on eligibility
Who We Are Sweetgreen is a plant‑forward food company with a vision for a healthier tomorrow—and we’re just getting started. As we grow, we’re committed to developing our people from restaurants to our support center so everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you don’t just grow your own future—you grow the planet’s.
Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or marital status or any other protected class. Sweetgreen participates in the federal government's E‑Verify program to determine employment eligibility.
To request an accommodation as permitted by law, please contact us.
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