Company description America’s Test Kitchen is a real place: a no-nonsense, fully equipped test kitchen located in the heart of the Seaport district of Boston, Massachusetts. Our space includes a state-of-the-art 15,000 sq. ft. test kitchen, featuring 44 burners, 34 ovens, and more than enough elbow room for our 60+ test cooks and editors to test and tweak their recipes. The goal? To develop the best recipes and cooking techniques, recommend the best cookware and equipment, and rate brand-name pantry staples for home cooks, which are published in our two magazines, Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country, in our growing line of cookbooks and special interest magazines, and on our websites, as well as featured on our public television series, America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen. We are devoted to a collegial approach to cooking—teams of editors, writers, and cooks engage in side-by- side comparisons, blind taste tests, and rigorous equipment tests to determine which is the best way to roast a chicken, which pans work and which ones don’t, which brand of ketchup tastes best, and so on. Our publications contain no advertising. We are a private company with no affiliations with large publishers, cookware manufacturers, or food purveyors, which means that our content is unbiased and objective.  Over the years we've grown from a few ambitious souls to a group of 200+ (add one more if you join us). Job description

America's Test Kitchen is seeking a full-time Test Kitchen Facilities Coordinator to join our Kitchen Operations Team. This role is responsible for coordinating and tracking the repair and maintenance of our test kitchen appliances, as well as managing equipment ordering and organization, in order to keep our 15,000 square foot test kitchen running efficiently and maintained to our high standards.

The ideal candidate will be someone who has 1 to 2 years of food industry experience who is looking to develop a career in kitchen facilities. This individual will need to be dedicated, meticulously organized, intuitive to kitchen needs and have solid communication skills. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Scheduling

  • Coordinate service calls

  • Schedule preventative maintenance appts. based upon our facilities schedule

  • Manage the scheduling of our kitchen spaces

• Record-keeping

  • Manage all facilities related docs pertaining to kitchen licensing procedures

  • Document all appliance repairs and maintenance

  • Create procedural documents

• Ordering

  • Place all kitchen equipment related orders

  • Order books for our internal cookbook library

  • Place all paper goods and facilities related orders

  • Manage our weekly chef coat and towel rental order

• Organizing

  • Oversee management of kitchen equipment inventory

  • Oversee kitchen equipment storage

• Spending

  • Keep-record of all spending and turn in budget reports

  • Generate price comparison spreadsheets as needed

• Maintaining Facilities Vendor Relations

  • Communicate effectively and professionally with a variety of vendors

  • Expand the list of wholesale kitchen equipment contacts and open new accounts

• Special Events

  • Work with Test Kitchen Manager to plan and execute special event shipments

  • Coordinate special cleaning instructions of test kitchen areas per event needs

  • Pull and organize kitchen equipment needed for events

• TV & Special Projects

  • Coordinate pre-TV deep cleanings, inspections, and inventories

    • Schedule functional and cosmetic checks of on-set appliances prior to filming our TV show

    • Determine equipment needs based on recipe prep lists

  • Oversee grilling areas and procedures

Competencies:

• Knowledge of facilities, kitchen appliances, and kitchen equipment a plus

• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and competing priorities

• Ability to accomplish projects independently or with minimal supervision

• Ability to think creatively and recommend smart and cost-effective solutions

• Ability to work collaboratively within a team setting

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of personnel

• Possess a positive attitude

• Possess good organizational skills with strong attention to detail

Qualifications

• At least 18 years of age

• Ability to lift 50 lbs.

• Possess strong analytical and organizational skills

• 1-2 years food industry experience preferred 

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