Culinary & Farming Summer Crew Member

Location: Lowell, MA
Hours: ~30 hours/week (May–August)
Compensation: $18/hour + bonus/commission opportunities
Potential Extension: Part-time through fall/winter

About Craic Sauce

Craic Sauce is a Lowell-based, seed-to-sauce hot sauce company built around local farming, small-batch production, and community connection. We grow or source our ingredients from local farms, make our sauces ourselves, and sell them directly to customers, restaurants, and retailers across Massachusetts.

Good craic is our guiding light. “Craic” is a Gaelic word for good fun, good conversation, and good company, but for us it goes deeper than that.

At Craic Sauce, good craic means being hands-on, community-oriented, and people-first. It means showing up to farms, kitchens, markets, and events with energy, curiosity, and care and working positively with our neighbors.

We exist to make the highest-quality sauces we can using locally grown produce—crafting unique flavors as a team and highlighting the excellence of our hyper-local food and community system.

The Role

We’re hiring a Culinary & Farming Summer Crew Member to join our core Craic Crew. This is a hands-on, fast-paced, physically demanding role for someone who wants to be deeply involved in farm work, kitchen production, farmers markets, and community-facing sales.

This role is ideal for someone who takes pride in craft, shows leadership through action, and enjoys working in real-world, high-energy environments. You’ll help connect people to the hyper-local flavors we create on the farm and in the kitchen.

You’ll be on your feet, outdoors, in kitchens, at markets, and at events. You must be based in or able to commute to Lowell and have reliable transportation.

Craic Crew Responsibilities

Kitchen & Production

  • Participate in production cooks
  • Learn how to run and manage a production shift
  • Follow and help uphold food safety, cleanliness, and kitchen protocols
  • Perform tasks including dishwashing, vegetable prep, equipment operation, and cleaning
  • Be prepared, dependable, and able to lead with direction and morale

Urban Farming

  • Work outdoors in all weather conditions
  • Assist with weeding, pruning, trellising, and harvesting
  • Follow farm procedures, instructions, and record-keeping
  • Be comfortable working physically for long periods
  • Help delegate tasks, prioritize work, and keep the team moving

Farmers Market Sales

  • Work at least one weekly farmers market shift
  • Welcome customers and speak confidently about flavor profiles and uses
  • Participate in basic sales training
  • Be tidy, organized, punctual, and a strong team player

Timing & Commitment

  • ~30 hours per week
  • May through end of August
  • Potential part-time extension into fall/winter
  • Based in Lowell, MA
  • Must be able to work at least one weekend day per week
  • Reliable transportation required

This Might Be a Great Fit If You:

  • Love food, farming, craft, and local systems
  • Enjoy working with people and being the face of a brand
  • Are comfortable getting dirty and working long, active days
  • Can work independently without constant direction
  • Are mechanical and enjoy fixing or improving things
  • Are organized and good at planning and adjusting on the fly
  • Are curious, thoughtful, adaptable, and humble
  • Like fast-paced, hands-on environments

Skills & Traits We’re Looking For

  • Detail-oriented and organized
  • Hard-working and team-oriented
  • Experience with physically demanding work
  • Project-driven and proactive
  • Dependable, humble, and positive under pressure

Compensation & Benefits

  • $18/hour
  • PTO: 9 hours of PTO for every 170 hours worked
  • Bonus and commission opportunities tied to sales and projects

How to Apply

Email your resume and a short note about why you’re interested to:
brian@craicsauce.com

After reviewing resumes, we’ll send a short questionnaire and scheduling link.
Applicants must be available to work in Lowell, MA from May–August.

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