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

About the role

Home Chef is a leading meal solutions company with retail and online presence, offering ready-to-heat meals under the Tempo brand. As a Production Cook on the 1st shift (7:00 AM–3:30 PM, Friday and Saturday off), you will prepare raw ingredients, cook, cool, label, and portion products for the Ready‑to‑Heat line while following food safety SOPs and maintaining documentation.

Responsibilities

• Raw food prep, washing, cutting, cooking, cooling
• Must be able to receive direction from Production Kitchen Supervisor to fulfill production requirements
• Must label packaging at the standard average rate, as well as submit progress made on activities throughout the day
• Read and understand recipes
• Cook food in ovens or tilt skillets
• Prepare sauces and components for ingredients
• Ability to transition between tasks when needed
• Move hot speed racks or food into blast chillers
• Safely use all cooking, cooling, traying, and labeling equipment
• Must work at a fast pace with strong attention to detail, while multitasking between different recipe steps
• Must be able to accurately document times, temperatures, and other key information for food safety batch tracing & CCP documentation
• Must know how to use proper measuring utensils to portion ingredients
• Must be able to maintain a clean and safe workspace
• Clean & sanitize probes, tables, and other smallwares between recipe steps
• Conduct full changeovers when introducing a new allergen to a workspace
• Running Clean cycles on Rational ovens, blast chillers, and cleaning out tilt skillets
• Required to follow all GMPs while onsite at the facilities, including additional GMPs identified in high care areas where ROP is being manufactures
• Must keep work area clean at all times and assist in EOD clean ups
• Adheres to all safety guidelines (i.e. proper lifting techniques)
• Adheres to Food Safety Cardinal Rules
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs
• Is up to date on all alchemy training, including ROP and RTH specific courses
• Basic understanding and troubleshooting of kitchen equipment
• Documents food transitions throughout process with careful attention to detail
• Tracks and shares progress of food at all stages

Qualifications

• 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

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
• Customers can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!

Schedule

This role follows a 1st shift schedule, working from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with designated days off on Friday and Saturday.