Line Cook - 1st Shift - Days Off: Friday & Saturday

Home Chef • Bedford Park, IL

8h • Onsite

About The Position

Home Chef, a leading meal solutions company with both retail and online presence, is introducing a new brand, Tempo, which features ready-to-heat meals. Tempo meals are designed to be better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, saving time and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Home Chef values the uniqueness and diversity of its employees and seeks humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate its offerings. This role follows a 1st shift schedule, working from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with designated days off on Friday and Saturday.

Requirements

• HS Diploma preferred but not required
• 6+ months of production/warehouse environment preferred
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and with others as a team

Responsibilities

• Raw food prep, washing, cutting, cooking, cooling, labeling and portioning product for the Ready to Heat (RTH) business.
• Owning documentation, counts, and tracking progress.
• Adhering to all floor safety and food safety standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Receiving direction from Production Kitchen Supervisor to fulfill production requirements.
• Labeling packaging at the standard average rate, and submitting progress made on activities throughout the day.
• Reading and understanding recipes.
• Cooking food in ovens or tilt skillets.
• Preparing sauces and components for ingredients.
• Transitioning between tasks when needed.
• Moving hot speed racks or food into blast chillers.
• Safely using all cooking, cooling, traying, and labeling equipment.
• Working at a fast pace with strong attention to detail, while multitasking between different recipe steps.
• Accurately documenting times, temperatures, and other key information for food safety batch tracing & CCP documentation.
• Using proper measuring utensils to portion ingredients.
• Maintaining a clean and safe workspace.
• Cleaning & sanitizing probes, tables, and other smallwares between recipe steps.
• Conducting full changeovers when introducing a new allergen to a workspace.
• Running Clean cycles on Rational ovens, blast chillers, and cleaning out tilt skillets.
• Following all GMPs while onsite at the facilities, including additional GMPs identified in high care areas where ROP is being manufactured.
• Keeping work area clean at all times and assisting in EOD clean ups.
• Adhering to all safety guidelines (i.e. proper lifting techniques).
• Adhering to Food Safety Cardinal Rules.
• Supporting the efforts of the company to maintain its food safety system (SQF) and quality programs.
• Being up to date on all alchemy training, including ROP and RTH specific courses.
• Basic understanding and troubleshooting of kitchen equipment.
• Documenting food transitions throughout process with careful attention to detail.
• Tracking and sharing progress of food at all stages.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees