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For generations, Draeger's has strived to be the best in quality, variety and value. However, no aspect of Draeger's is more important than the employees we hire. Draeger's employees are ambassadors for the company, providing the highest quality of service and professionalism that our customers have come to expect.

Draeger's provides a distinctive selection of the highest quality products through an engaged and knowledgeable staff that creates an exceptional customer experience.

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Draeger's Mission

Draeger's provides a distinctive selection of the highest quality food and related products at fair value through an engaged and knowledgeable staff that creates an exceptional customer experience.


Why Work for Us?

We are the leader in gourmet and specialty foods in the Bay Area. If you are passionate about food and love giving excellent customer service, we are the place for you. Come experience our friendly, creative and rewarding work environment.


Benefits

For Union positions, Draeger's provides competitive wages, excellent health benefits, pension and paid vacation.

JOB LISTINGS:
Bakery Clerk - San Mateo

Draeger's Supermarket, Inc. in San Mateo is seeking a part-time Bakery Clerk immediately. This will be 24-40 hours per week depending on business needs. This position reports to the Bakery Manager.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities (includes the following but not limited to):

  • Greet each customer in a friendly manner with a smile
  • Provide excellent customer service
  • Answer phone inquiries
  • Rotate products and fill counters with bakery products

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Bakery experience preferred but not required
  • Reliable, punctual, and committed to customer service
  • Able to follow instructions and establish procedures
  • Possess excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with customers and team members
  • Neat and clean appearance
  • Able to work a variety of shifts including weekends, early mornings, evenings, and holidays

Benefits and Perks:

  • Paid vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Health and Dental Benefits through the Union
  • Employee Discount after probationary period.
Pay Rate: $18.50 to $20 per hour, depending on experience.

Draeger's is a family owned grocery store that satisfies varied grocery needs of surrounding and far reaching neighborhoods. We hire the most knowledgeable and qualified personnel capable of consistently meeting our patron’s needs. We offer a fine blend of gourmet, international and natural foods, prepared foods/bakery products, meat, wine, catering, beverages, and cookware products.

If you think you would be the right person for this position we would like to discuss it with you. Please click the "Apply Now" button below OR e-mail your resume to careers@Draegers.com and include “Bakery Clerk” in the subject line.

Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Checker - Blackhawk

Draeger's Supermarkets, Inc in Blackhawk is seeking a part-time Checker immediately.

Draeger's is a family owned grocery company that provides a distinctive selection at higher quality. We will train you for a career in the grocery business. We offer a fine blend of gourmet, international and natural foods, prepared foods/bakery products, meat, wine, catering, beverages and cookware products.

Compensation: $20 - $26 per hour, depending on experience.

Key Duties and Responsibilities (includes the following but not limited to):

• Availability to work a variety of shifts including opening and closing. Provide excellent customer service.
• knowledge of the grocery department and products sold in the department, along with learning the location of products within the store
• The ability to lift cases of product and having the skills to stock and face the grocery shelves properly are required.
• The clerk must have knowledge of the cash register and its operation, along with cash handling skills.
• Knowledge of produce department items and learning proper produce codes are required.
• Sanitation duties as needed
• Reliable, punctual, and committed to customer service

Qualifications:

• Possess excellent interpersonal skill and ability to communicate effectively with customers, other team members and leadership.
• Able to provide excellent customer service
• Able to work a variety of shifts primarily weekends and evenings, and holidays.

Benefits:

  • Paid vacation after 1 year of employment
  • Paid Sick Leave through the Union
  • Paid Holidays through the Union
  • Health and Dental Benefits through the Union
  • Employee Discount after probationary period.
Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Checker - Menlo Park

Draeger's Supermarkets, Inc in MENLO PARK is seeking a part-time Checker immediately. Shifts vary.

Draeger's is a family owned grocery company that provides a distinctive selection at higher quality. We will train you for a career in the grocery business. We offer a fine blend of gourmet, international and natural foods, prepared foods/bakery products, meat, wine, catering, beverages and cookware products.

Pay range: $20 to $26 per hour, depending on experience.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities (includes the following but not limited to):

• Availability to work a variety of shifts including opening and closing. Provide excellent customer service.
• knowledge of the grocery department and products sold in the department, along with learning the location of products within the store
• The ability to lift cases of product and having the skills to stock and face the grocery shelves properly are required.
• The clerk must have knowledge of the cash register and its operation, along with cash handling skills.
• Knowledge of produce department items and learning proper produce codes are required.
• Sanitation duties as needed
• Reliable, punctual, and committed to customer service

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess excellent interpersonal skill and ability to communicate effectively with customers, other team members and leadership.
• Able to provide excellent customer service
• Able to work a variety of shifts primarily weekends and evenings, and holidays.

Benefits and Perks

  • Paid vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave through the Union
  • Paid Union Holidays
  • Health and Dental Benefits through the Union
  • Employee Discount after probationary period
Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Culinary Lead Cook - SSF

Draeger's Supermarkets, Inc in South San Francisco is seeking for an experienced full-time Culinary Lead Cook immediately.

Pay range: $26/hr - $40/hr

This position reports to the Plant Superintendant.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (includes the following but not limited to):

  • Manages all day-to-day operations of the kitchen
  • Scheduling for all shifts as it relates to the Kitchen team
  • Prepares foods by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
  • Follows complex recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasonings, cooking of all Deli items serve in Draeger’s Stores.
  • Oversee food preparation for Catering orders and ensures the Kitchen Staff is following company standards, and recipe specifications.
  • Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
  • Ensure full compliance and effectiveness of the HACCP program and regulatory requirements.
  • Understands employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees’ absence or staffing shortages.
  • Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems or products, including artistic contributions.
  • Review food production practices in all areas of the Kitchen for efficiency, quality, nutritional integrity, waste, cost controls, and safety.
  • Develop systems, methods and procedures for consistent operations
  • Recruitment and retention of deli staff
  • Serves as a Trainer in the training of less experienced cooks.
  • Celebrates successes by publicly recognizing the contributions of team members.
  • Follows GMP policies in the Kitchen and ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.
  • Performs inventory, and/or enter inventory into the production
  • Deli equipment sourcing and management
  • Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
  • Knowledge of Food and Workplace safety requirements in the Kitchen
  • Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.
  • Willing and able to manage equipment including repairs, cleanliness and maintenance
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Must have at least 2-3 years culinary leadership experience in food service, hospitality, restaurant, or similar industry.
  • Completion of Culinary School.
  • Expert knowledge of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) and Food Safety practices and the ability to identify and correct problems in the operations.
  • Excellent production planning and execution skills for all levels of events and operations.
  • Ability to create a collaborative environment with a cross section of leaders from different departments.
  • Able to use production software to enter pre and post production data
  • Reliable, punctual, and committed to work.
  • Able to follow instructions and established procedures.
  • Possess excellent interpersonal skill and ability to communicate effectively with customers, other team members and leadership.
  • Familiarity with SG System is a plus.
  • Neat and clean in appearance.
  • Maintain a clean, sanitary and organized work area
  • Able to communicate, read and comprehend instructions in English & Spanish

Physical requirements include but are not limited to:

  • Must be able to stand for 100% of the shift.
  • Must be able to work in a loud environment.
  • Ability to work around hot equipment and cold refrigeration.
  • This position may require lifting and carrying items up to 50 lbs.

Benefits and Perks:

  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Health and Dental Benefits
  • 401K Program
  • Employee Discount after introductory period.
Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Human Resources and Safety Coordinator - SSF

About us:

We are a premier Gourmet Supermarket servicing the San Francisco Bay Area from four locations for almost 100 years. We provide the finest international foods, wine and accoutrements. We are a family-owned company with over 380 employees.

Job Summary:

The Payroll and Human Resources Coordinator will support the Payroll and Human Resources Manager and Human Resources, Payroll and Safety Director and the with all administrative duties and corporate initiatives. This will be a variety of HR activities and programs involving benefits, staffing, training, payroll and workplace safety. This individual will have frequent interaction with the owners and employees and will report to the Payroll and Human Resources Manager and HR Director in our South San Francisco office.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Maintain employment records for employees through personnel files and data base.
  • Prepare memorandum and policies when appropriate.
  • Contribute to recruiting efforts and participate in the interviewing process.
  • Manage all aspects of group benefits administration, including enrollment, compliance testing, cost analyses, COBRA and internal customer service support.
  • Coordinate all Worker’s Compensation claims & Return-to-Work Program.
  • Manage and coordinate safety protocols and PPE program throughout the organization.
  • Manage uniform program for the entire organization.
  • Coordinate all leaves of absences with appropriate communication and correspondence.
  • Coordinate Garnishments, Levies, Unemployment, and Subpoenas with Payroll Department.
  • On-boarding of new hires, including background checks and off-boarding terminated hires.
  • Support employees when human resources issues arise with efficient problem-solving.
  • Maintain practices to foster positive employer-employee relationships.
  • Conduct and analyze exit interviews and make actionable recommendations based on data.
  • Manage and execute training programs for all employees throughout the company.
  • Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of trends, best practices, and regulatory changes.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities:

  • Must be able to maintain the confidentiality, sensitivity, and security of information.
  • Impeccable attention to detail and accuracy, with a strategic, resourceful way of solving problems.
  • Thrives on learning new technology and software.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong Excel abilities.
  • Is pragmatic and exercises good judgement.
  • Succeeds working independently and as a team.
  • Excellent listening skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Have excellent project and time management skills (especially under critical deadlines).
  • Knowledge working with timekeeper system and Ceridian program is a plus.
  • Experience working for a Union supermarket is a plus.
  • Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university required.
  • Professional Human Resources (PHR) preferred but not required.
  • Payroll: 2 years preferred
  • Human resources: 2 years required
  • Safety: 2 years required

Benefits:

  • Paid vacation after 1 year of employment
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays-9 days
  • Health, Dental and Life Insurance Benefits
  • 401(K) Program + matching
  • Employee Discount after introductory period.

Job Type: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Compensation: $28.00 - $34.00 per hour, depending on experience

Schedule: 8-hour shift, Monday through Friday

Work Location: In person (NO REMOTE WORK)

Must be able to reliably commute to South San Francisco.

Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Inventory Receiver & Driver - SSF

Draeger's Supermarkets, Inc in South San Francisco is seeking a Full-Time (32-40 hours per week) Inventory Receiver & Driver immediately. 

This position reports to the Plant Superintendent and is a non-union position.

Wages: $24.00 - $26.00 per hour, depending on experience.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities (includes the following but not limited to):

  • Loading and unloading several deliveries per day to our local stores.
  • Driving to all four stores to deliver products.
  • Work with kitchen, store managers and Plant Superintendent to fulfill job duties to the best of your ability.
  • Maintain a clean vehicle and workspace.
  • Bobtail truck, no special license required.
  • Receiving inbound products and ingredients
  • Storing and organizing and transfer material per requirements.
  • Cycle counting and inventory control
  • Ability to Drive forklifts and pellet jacks
  • Must be able to use RF scanner, tablets, printers for inventory control.
  • Ability to Drive forklifts and pellet jacks
  • Must be able to work in freezers and coolers

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Must have excellent driving record.
  • Able to work well with others under pressure.
  • Able to communicate, read and comprehend instructions in English.
  • Reliable, punctual, and committed to the success of our daily business.
  • Able to lift a minimum of 25-50 pounds.
  • Able to work a variety of shifts, generally very early morning and some evenings during the holiday season.
  • Work shift starts at 5:00 am - 1:30 pm. Must be able to work overtime and on weekends depending on business needs.

Benefits and Perks

  • Paid vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Health and Dental Benefits
  • 401K Program + Matching
  • Employee Discount after introductory period.

If you think you would be the right person for this position, we would like to discuss it with you. Please click the "Apply Now" button below or e-mail your resume to Careers@Draegers.com and include “Receiver/Driver” in the subject line.

Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Maintenance Technician - SSF

The Maintenance Technician position is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of Draeger’s business goals and objectives.

Work Setting: In-person at retail grocery stores, production kitchens, warehouses, walk-in coolers.

This position reports to the Plant Superintendant.

This is a full-time, non-union position (40 hours per week).

Pay: $35 to $60 per hour, depending on experience.

Must be able to travel to all store locations: Menlo Park, Los Altos, San Mateo, and Blackhawk (Danville).  Valid CDL required.

Abilities:

  • Flexibility to deal with any unforeseen changes in routine, such as immediate reassignment to another job due to breakdown.
  • Work any assigned shift, reasonable weekly overtime and weekends.
  • Complete all essential job functions relating to physical demands and requirements such as perform occasional very heavy lifting.
  • Complete all essential job functions relating to work environment that includes working in dusty, noisy and varying temperatures ranging from extreme heat (110°+) to very cool (-10°).
  • Adapt to new technology in tools, equipment and processes.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to the following):

  • Maintain production equipment in proper operating condition.
  • Respond to “floor calls” in a timely manner.
  • Handle all breakdowns in an efficient manner.
  • Coordinate with Store Managers and Maintenance Manager to resolve breakdown issues.
  • Perform preventive maintenance duties as assigned.
  • Perform other maintenance tasks such as rebuilding pumps.
  • Successfully complete “confined space” training and be able to work in confined spaces.
  • Report to Maintenance Director shortage of parts or any special needs.
  • Support plant effort of focusing on, and adhering to, all Personnel and Food Safety, SQF, HACCP, Quality, AIB and GMP regulations and policies.
  • Communicate effectively with personnel at all levels, both union and management.
  • Machine repairs.
  • Roof repairs.
  • Some electrical work
  • Shop keeper

Qualifications:

  • 5 years direct experience as a maintenance mechanic in a manufacturing union environment, preferably food related, required.
  • Able to perform various types of welding: TIG, MIG, arc, gas.
  • Solid understanding of electronics, electrical systems, and mechanical applications.
  • Must have excellent mechanical skills.
  • Must be able to trouble shoot, diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical problems, and piping and plumbing issues on various pieces of production and packaging equipment throughout our plant including utility equipment such as hot water heaters and air compressors.
  • Must show a large amount of initiative and judgment in analyzing, planning and laying out work for the installation of new and used equipment as well as performing maintenance on our plant facility when needed.
  • Must be proficient with hand tools and shop equipment such as drill presses, grinders, pipe threaders, drain pipe cleaning and welding equipment.
  • May be required to work on hydraulic/pneumatic systems, heating and refrigeration systems and control systems.
  • May be required to oversee the work of lower-level rate mechanics as well as working with and directing contractors.
  • Carpentry experience preferred.
  • Refrigeration experience preferred.
  • Electrical experience preferred.
  • 3 years HVAC/R (HVAC and Refrigeration) experience required.
  • Ability to commute/relocate prior to starting work (preferred).

Benefits:

  • 401K + matching
  • Health & Dental Benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Employee discount after introductory period.

Shift Availability: Must have flexibility to work weekends if needed and emergencies.

Language: English (Required)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (Required)
  • HVAC Certification (Required)
  • HVAC/R Certification Preferred
  • OSHA 30 (Preferred)
  • EPA Certification (Preferred)

If you think you would be the right person for this position, we would like to discuss it with you. Please click the "Apply Now" button below or e-mail your resume to Careers@Draegers.com and include “Maintenance Technician” in the subject line.

Please email your resume to: careers@Draegers.com
Please - no telephone calls.

Please use one of the following methods to apply.

MAIL TO:

Draeger's Super Markets, Inc.
Attn: Human Resources
291 Utah Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080

FAX TO:

650-416-7558

EMAIL TO:

careers@draegers.com (Please add the position your applying for in the subject line of your email).


DRAEGER’S SUPERMARKETS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER DEDICATED TO NON DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. DRAEGER’S SELECTS THE BEST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL FOR THE JOB BASED ON JOB-RELATED QUALIFICATIONS REGARDLESS OF RACE, AGE (40+), COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, MARITAL STATUS, SEXUAL PREFERENCE, DISABILITY OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.