Position Summary
Affinage is at the core of what we do at Murray’s. The Affineur is responsible for maintaining cheeses within the caves, prepping cheeses for sale, assisting with QA activities, and sanitizing the workplace. The Affineur works independently but trains new employees when called upon. The Affineur is equally a part of the Quality Control/Food Safety team and is integral in ensuring that we are selling safe, quality food.
Who You Are
- Positive Motivator: You motivate the team with your positive spirit while leading by example.
- Strategic: Your backup plans have backup plans! You are always thinking a few steps ahead, retaining a clear focus on what’s best for your teams and what is in line with company goals.
- Emotional Intelligence: You are empathetic and understand the depth of people and how to manage each one individually. You are self-aware and manage stress and conflict without trouble.
- Natural Leader: You are always the most ethical person in the room, addressing and resolving issues as they arise.
- Passionate: You have passion for our products and are always looking to develop your knowledge to coach the team to continued success.
What You Do
- Cheese Ripening and Quality Control: Ensures that every cheese in our caves receives proper and individual care. Works with our caves team to complete daily cave tasks, including cheese washing, flipping, miting, etc.; in addition to maintaining and making various cheese washes, purified water, and other affinage ingredients. Works closely with caves leadership to improve quality standards and practices for cheese sold across all channels. Aids in the prioritization of affinage tasks and assignments on a daily and weekly basis. Identifies product quality issues in advance of spoilage. Assists with quality assessments and tastings.
- Food Safety: Ensures that proper GMPs are followed when handling any cheese in our caves. Takes personal responsibility for upholding food safety standards. Cleans and sanitizes dishes as necessary and ensures proper chemical dilutions. Assists with routine swabbing and sample collection for pathogen testing. Ensures that no cheese is removed from the cave for sale prior to QA clearance.
- Inventory management: Wraps, labels, and boxes cheese according to specifications. Manages rotation of all cheeses as they travel through the caves and cold storage. Ensures proper tagging of all cheeses for traceability purposes. Assists in conducting weekly inventory counts.
- Communication: Works amicably with fellow cave workers and production employees. Organizes workflow to maintain separation from production activities. Trains new Cave Assistants and Interns on how to perform essential duties. Informs caves leadership when there are any quality concerns.
- Workplace Safety: Establishes, follows, and enforces safety standards and procedures in compliance with a healthy work environment and legal requirements. Develops protection and access policies and coordinates security patrols to keep the property secure.
- Participates in ongoing education to update job knowledge.
- Other tasks as assigned.
What We Need From You
- 1+ years working in a food production/restaurant environment
- Great attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Strong organizational and communications skills
- Cheesemaking or Affinage experience is highly desirable
- A sincere passion for our core products of Cheese & Charcuterie
- A sense of humor
Work Perks
- Weekly pay
- Vacation and sick time
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401K with company match
- Discounts on our products!
About Us
Murray's Cheese was born in Greenwich Village in 1962, and the heart of our business still resides in New York City with many ways to experience Murray’s locally. At the counter, our cheese experts and mongers serve thousands of neighborhood regulars, commuters, and tourists every year at our two locations—the Bleecker Street flagship retail experience, which also includes our mac & cheese counter, and our shop in Grand Central Market.
For those eager to learn more, we offer robust education and events programming and, for those looking to serve more, we provide catering of expertly crafted cheese boards and freshly made dishes. Oh, did we mention we also age our own cheese? Yeah, we do that too. We have state-of-the-art cheese caves in Long Island City.
Because we like to share, we wanted to bring our exceptional cheese to people outside of New York too. So, we made Murray’s products available online at murrayscheese.com and in-store with a curated selection of specialty cheese in more than a thousand Kroger and Kroger-owned stores nationwide (and, growing every day!). And, through our wholesale business, you might enjoy Murray’s cheese at more than 600 restaurants across the country.
Murray’s Cheese provides equal employment opportunities to all employees/applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, gender, gender-identity/expression and transgender status, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability (including gender dysphoria and being a certified medical marijuana patient), sexual orientation, marital, partnership, parental or familial status, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions, military/veteran status, genetic information or testing (including predisposing genetic characteristics), domestic violence victim status, sexual abuse victim status, stalking victim status, caregiver status, unemployment status, consumer credit history, arrest or conviction record, or the perception that an employee has one of the above characteristics or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please notify our HR team if you need accommodation.
E-Verify Notice
- This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please see the attached notice for more information.
- Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU.. Por favor, consulte el aviso adjunto para obtener más información.
