Line Cook

"Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals”

Melaleuca has firmly supported this mission statement since our humble beginning in 1985. Everything we accomplish is done with an eye toward promoting the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around us. Our focus has always been on wellness. By manufacturing and selling effective, high quality, natural, health oriented products we help people live more vibrant, healthier, and happier lives. When you walk through the doors at Melaleuca, you can feel it immediately. This is The Wellness Company.

We have achieved consistent and profitable growth with our annual revenue consistently hitting over $2 billion dollars. We now have over 5,000 employees and operate in 19 countries around the world. Melaleuca is positioned to grow even more rapidly in upcoming years. To help keep up with this growth we are looking for an outstanding Line Cook to be a part of our in-house restaurant Food Service team.

Melaleuca's in-house restaurant serves a wide ranging menu that is a great benefit to our employees. The Line Cook prepares and cooks various food items. If you are looking for a great job with career potential that also has a good work schedule, this is it.

• Starting pay of $16.10 per hour
• Shift is Monday through Friday 7am-4pm (no weekends or holidays)
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k
• Free Company Products (Monthly voucher currently equal to $100/month value - $1200/year)
• Company Sponsored Employee Appreciation Events
• First Pay Review After 6 Months
• Clean Indoor Climate Controlled Environment
• Opportunities to Promote
• Healthy Work Life Balance
• No Layoffs
• Safe/All Natural Product Line

• Consistently prepares and cooks breakfast and lunch menu items to order
• Performs tasks such as grilling, broiling, sauteing and frying as required
• Assists with preparing items for grab and go's, salad bar (i.e., wash and cut up vegetables, slice meats, eggs, house-made dressings, etc.)
• Assists with planning, preparing and executing catering opportunities that may include working some evenings, weekends and holidays
• Gets ingredients ready for next day’s entrees
• Assists with closing duties (i.e., putting food away, emptying the garbage and general cleaning)
• Cleans and services kitchen equipment (i.e., fryer, 6burner, broiler, change filters, ovens, meat slicer etc.)
• Assists in training other food service assistants as needed by demonstrating tasks, answering questions, etc.
• Monitors food quality by following recipes with accuracy. First-in First-out food safety practices and measures proper food portioning with a scale
• Practices safe food handling and maintains cleanliness of work station
• Inspects quality of own work
• Ensures that all product delivered to our guests meets the expectations of Melaleuca and the Executive Chef
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed

• Previous Line Cook experience is preferred
• Ability to work independently
• Customer service skills
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Ability to work under stress
• Visually read recipes, orders, product labels, etc.
• Ability to read, write, and perform math skills
• Ability to perform the essential duties with efficiency and accuracy
• Written and verbal communication skills

Melaleuca is one of the leading Health and Wellness companies in the world. We manufacture and distribute nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, facial care, home hygiene, and other wellness products and distribute them directly to the consumer through a full-service catalog and Internet shopping system. We carefully craft products used every day with the highest standards of safety, health, and wellness in mind.

This revolutionary system is changing the way hundreds of thousands of people shop by eliminating middlemen and reducing marketing and distribution costs. This enables the company to spend more on research and high-quality, ecologically-sensible ingredients, while maintaining reasonable prices.

Great culture - flexibility is a must in this position; you'll become a part of a fast-paced team dedicated to a feel-good lifestyle brand dedicated to changing lives. Like the rest of Melaleuca, we are proud to be part of a values-driven organization that treats employees with respect. Our employees and their families enjoy company parties and countless discounts around the community. We implement a very real open-door policy, and all employees are on a first name basis—it feels more like a family than a multi-national corporation.

Safe, uncrowded, affordable - nestled in the heart of beautiful Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls is a prosperous and vibrant community, as well as the gateway to recreational paradise. This unique setting provides numerous opportunities for total wellness -- social, physical, financial, and emotional. If you love outdoor activities, this is the place for you, with the Snake River running right through town, the Rocky Mountains dominating the horizon, and Yellowstone less than a 2-hour drive away.

Excellent compensation - in addition to a competitive wage, we offer comprehensive benefits for our full-time employees that include all you would expect plus some remarkable surprises, such as a longevity bonus. Right here on-site, we provide a fitness center, free concierge service, and an employee restaurant.