Vacant job

Meal services in Karlshamn Municipality are responsible for meals for all municipal preschools, schools, and elderly care facilities. Our mission is to create nutritious and delicious meals that provide a positive dining experience for children, students, and the elderly.

Do you want to work in a socially important operation where planning, quality, and cooking from scratch are in focus? Do you also want to help shape the future of meals in Karlshamn? We are now looking for an engaged and experienced cook for production planning of chilled meal production for the kitchen at Norrevångskolan – a unique environment where traditional school food is combined with innovative production methods for the municipality's elderly care.

Job Responsibilities

In the role of production-planning cook, you have overall responsibility within the production kitchen and perform all tasks common in large-scale kitchens. These include, among other things, cooking from scratch, packaging, self-control, ordering, menu development, cleaning, dishwashing, as well as administrative tasks such as planning, follow-up, and documentation.

The work is characterized by a clear focus on quality, sustainability, and nutrition. You actively promote a good and safe working environment and participate in the operation's planning and development work.

The position involves close cooperation between production and distribution. You are responsible for ensuring that the right meals are packed and delivered to the right recipient, and you ensure that hygiene routines and safety regulations are followed. The assignment also includes introducing new staff to packing routines, following up on deviations, suggesting improvement measures, and planning and distributing work within packing.

Requirements for the position:

• Basic training as a cook in large-scale kitchens, or training assessed by the employer as equivalent
• At least 5 years of experience from working in restaurants/large-scale kitchens
• At least 3 years of experience with HACCP and self-control
• Competence and experience with special diets (allergy and consistency food)
• Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• Very good computer skills and good knowledge of Office 365, especially Excel
• Basic knowledge of economics related to purchasing
• Experience with food data systems as well as order and invoice management
• Category B driver's license, manual transmission

Merits for the position:

• Experience with cook-chill, MAP, and production of meals with long shelf life
• Experience with portioning and packaging of meal boxes
• Experience with menu planning and nutritional calculations
• Experience working in Teams

Personal qualities

You need to have a strong commitment to meals and a genuine interest in the activity we conduct. You are structured, analytical, and have good planning skills. You are technically inclined and easily adapt to and use new working methods, systems, and equipment.

As a person, you are service-oriented, communicative, and thrive with both independent work and teamwork. You are flexible, responsible, and solution-oriented.

About the workplace

In our newly renovated premises at Norrevångskolan, we work with both daily cooking for the school's students and the production of chilled meal boxes with long shelf life according to modern cooking and packaging methods. Here you will find varied, developmental, and meaningful work where you make a difference for both young and old, every day.

Information about the position

• Permanent full-time position
• 2 positions
• Last application date 2026-06-14
• Daytime Monday-Friday, varying working hours may occur.

Other

• According to the Education Act (2010:800), anyone offered this employment must present an extract from the criminal record register. You order your criminal record extract on the police's website; the extract you need to request is the one applicable for work in schools or preschools.
• As an employer, we need to verify the right to work in Sweden, therefore you need to show an identity document proving citizenship at any potential interview: passport or personal identity certificate with supplement or other permit to work in Sweden.

For questions about the position, contact:

Emma Karlsson

Head of Meals

0454–563670

[email protected]

Please visit https://www.karlshamn.se/rekrytering (https://www.karlshamn.se/rekrytering). There you will find important information regarding, among other things, what applies to you if you have protected personal data, how we verify the right to work in Sweden, when and how you order an extract from the criminal record register, and war posting upon employment.

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