Pasta Maker

Pasta Production Team Member

If feeding people is a core value, and you enjoy hard work and watching the mesmerizing whirl of a pasta extruder, then come join our team. You’ll make and pack fresh and dried pasta for gourmet markets like Whole Foods and Bristol Farms, restaurants like Hippo and Pizzeria Bianco and direct customers alike. Willing to train the right person, but require a minimum of a one-year commitment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Make fresh and dried pasta for wholesale customers and our retail shop.
• Pack fresh pasta for wholesale and retail.
• Assist in packing dried pasta.
• Meet production deadlines.
• Maintain production logs to ensure raw material and finished good traceability according to SSOPs and GMPs and HACCP.
• Maintain daily pre-operational, operational and end of day logs.
• Ensure FIFO is practiced for all finished good and raw materials.
• Communicate daily with ownership on any equipment issues or items that will affect the quality of the items produced.
• Clean and maintain the kitchen, including routine maintenance and ongoing projects. These tasks include but are not limited to: washing dishes, cleaning and sanitizing equipment and work surfaces, sweeping and mopping floors and pasta dryers, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning and sanitizing pasta drying racks according to Semolina’s SSOPs and HACCP plan
• Understand the values of the brand and strive to fulfill them each and every day.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications

• Ideally at least 2 years working in a commercial food production environment or restaurant kitchen, some pasta production preferred.
• A creative problem solver that is stays cool under pressure.
• Able to troubleshoot equipment and production issues.
• Ability to uphold food safety protocols and follow SSOPs and GMPs.
• ServSafe Food Handlers License.
• Ability to be on feet for extended periods of time, up to 8 hours a day, in a hot and humid environment.
• Ability to lift 50#, climb ladders, bend, stoop and kneel freely.
• Ability to work with a flexible schedule, including some weekends.
• Work with accuracy and efficiency to maintain production deadlines.
• ServSave Certificate.

Perks and Benefits

• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Free box of pasta every week
• 20% discount on other food products and merchandise

We are committed to creating an inclusive, open, diverse and welcoming workplace for all. We use our resources—our products, our people, our space and our voices—to bring more joy, comfort and connection to the humble act of feeding the community.

Our Brand

Semolina Artisanal Pasta is a woman owned and operated boutique maker of fresh and dried pasta sold at grocery stores including Whole Foods and Bristol Farms, boutique markets and served at some of the city’s best restaurants, like Hippo in Highland Park, Yang’s Kitchen in Alhambra and Pizzeria Bianco in DTLA. Our mission is to create community and connection through food, and everyone on our team is a part of that goal, serving one an other as well as our customers.