Memphis Meats

Food Production Operator

Emeryville, CA, US

In-personFull time roleEarly Career, Mid Level

25 days ago

About the Job

About us:
Based in Berkeley, CA, UPSIDE Foods grows meat, poultry, and seafood directly from real animal cells. These products are not vegan or vegetarian—they are delicious meat, made without the need to raise and slaughter billions of animals. In doing so, the company aims to address some of the most pressing environmental, animal welfare, and public health challenges, while still giving people the meat they love. 
 
Founded as the world’s first cultivated meat company in 2015, UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) has achieved numerous industry-defining milestones, including being the first company to produce multiple species of meat (beef, chicken, and duck) and to sell a cultivated meat product in the United States. The company believes that people shouldn’t have to choose between the foods they love and a thriving planet, and is working to build a better food system with access to delicious, humane, and sustainable meat, poultry, and seafood. 
 
UPSIDE Foods has won various industry awards, including New York Times’ Good Tech Awards, FastCo’s Next Big Thing in Tech and World Changing Ideas Awards, and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation by the National Association for Business Resources. UPSIDE Foods has raised a total of $608 million, including from the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), Baillie Gifford, Bill Gates, Cargill, John Doerr, John Mackey, Kimbal and Christiana Musk, Norwest, Richard Branson, Softbank, Temasek, Threshold, Tyson Foods, and others.
 
About this job:
Our Food Production Operators will support Food Manufacturing efforts at the company’s initial production facility, EPIC, in Emeryville, CA. This role will report to the Food Manufacturing Manager. Food Production Operators will carry out the daily tasks related to food manufacturing, including weighing, mixing, forming, and finishing our first commercially available products. Operators will be working in a temperature controlled environment (38°F-45°F) with appropriate company provided PPE. Manufacturing will mirror the processes pioneered by the meat industry, without the need for animal suffering and slaughter! 
 
Responsibilities include:
  • Set-up, operate, clean, and tend to equipment that measures, mixes, blends, and forms ingredients in the manufacturing of cultivated meat products. 
  • Operate and maintain in proper working order, food packaging and laboratory equipment and prepare finished products for shipment to consumers.
  • Monitor weights, temperatures, and critical control points in accordance with set guidelines.
  • Accurate completion of Batch Records and other production related documentation.
  • Learn and perform aseptic cell culture techniques, including thawing, passaging, feeding, and harvesting tissue cultivators in biosafety cabinets.
  • Reagent, buffer, and fresh media preparation.
  • Use Electronic Laboratory Notebook (LIMS/ERP Systems) to track ingredients and report out batch records.
  • Adherence to all company Food Safety and Personal Safety guidelines (GMPs, etc.).
About you:
  • Prior experience in Manufacturing, Food Production experience is a plus.
  • Able to withstand working for long periods in a low temperature (38°F-45°F) environment with appropriate company provided PPE.
  • Good communication and teamwork skills.
  • Basic computer skills with working knowledge of Google products. 
  • Be willing to adapt to changes in instructions and tasks.
  • Can-do attitude, full of integrity, excited to work under our Big Tent.
Who you’ll work with:
  • This role will work directly with the Food Manufacturing team  to accomplish daily production goals.
  • Expanding team of Food Manufacturing professionals working to bring the first commercial cultivated meat approved for the sale in the United States.
  • Daily interactions with FSQA, Plant Sanitation, and Warehouse teams.
  • Periodic training with and support of the FR&D team as new products and recipes are trialed and rolled out.
Key Contributions in First Year:
  • Train on processes and support the Food Manufacturing Manager to implement these with a growing team.
  • Build trust and camaraderie with the team as day to day production activities are carried out.
  • Learn and understand product attributes and movement through the plant-wide ERP system. 
  • Build efficiencies as processes are refined and output is increased.
Compensation Range: $21/hr - $30/hr*
*Pay may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge and skills.
 
UPSIDE Benefits!
  • Stock options for all full-time incoming team members!
  • 90-100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for team members (medical [including HSA and FSA], dental, and vision)
  • Pet insurance for your furry family members!
  • 3 Weeks PTO Accrued Annually
  • Employee Engagement Council
  • Company-sponsored learning & development opportunities
 
UPSIDE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our company-wide mission is to create a product for everyone, so we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.

About the Company

Memphis Meats Logo

Memphis Meats

Berkeley, CA, USA

21-50

<p>Memphis Meats creates real, edible meat products from stem cells instead of living animals.</p> <p>At Memphis Meats, our mission is to bring delicious and healthy meat to your table by harvesting it from cells instead of animals. You can enjoy the meat you love today and feel good about how it's made because we strive to make it better for you...and for the world.</p> <p><strong>FOOD FROM THE GROUND UP</strong><br />Cells are building blocks of all food we consume and at Memphis Meats they are the foundation of our approach. We make food by sourcing high-quality cells from animals and cultivating them into meat think of a farm at a tiny scale. We cut some steps from the current process (like raising and processing animals) and bring nutritious, tasty meat to your table.</p> <p><strong>BETTER FOR YOU</strong><br />By producing meat from the cell level up, we can ensure the highest level of quality at every stage. We aim to keep the benefits of conventional meat while making our products healthier, more nutritious and safer. We want you to enjoy the best of both worlds. It is like having your steak and eating it, too.</p> <p><strong>BETTER FOR THE WORLD</strong><br />We're making meat that is better for animals and that at scale uses significantly less land, water, energy and food inputs. Our process will produce less waste and dramatically fewer greenhouse gas emissions. We believe that the planet will be the ultimate beneficiary of our product.</p> <p>We're looking for passionate professionals hungry for pivotal challenges and excited to join a team of hands-on dreamers. </p>

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