Process Engineering Positions

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

The Home Chef Ready to Heat (RTH) Process Engineer is responsible for ensuring site readiness of RTH product expansions, standardizing and improving RTH-specific improvement processes, and being the point of contact for RTH product packaging improvements. The RTH Process Engineer will partner closely with cross‑functional peers both corporately and at the plant level to complete project work in support of the expansion of the Tempo brand and complete ad hoc assignments to support the Sr. Manager of New Customer Growth Continuous Improvement.

Coordination and execution of site openings and RTH product expansions, working with RTH site leadership for planning and preparedness

Aid plant and corporate teams in scoping out new initiatives to support rolling out new product lines, increasing capacity and complexity, and improving metric performance while providing plant teams with the ownership to implement those initiatives and providing appropriate support as needed.

Build and maintain roadmap for new RTH initiatives being rolled out to the site from corporate business partners

Assist plant leaders and corporate stakeholders in following a stage gate process for new product launches to ensure proper change management

Advocate for plant teams to corporate partners

Develop RTH network SOPs for uniformity and continuously improve RTH processes

Ensure standard operating procedures exist for all critical RTH tasks and align processes across all fulfillment sites

Act as a liaison between fulfillment centers to ensure that the best of Home Chef's knowledge/ processes are communicated between facilities and works to oversee initiatives to streamline across facilities where appropriate

Using performance metrics, evaluate the success of Ready to Heat processes and develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives

Builds a strong understanding of all RTH machines to build testing plans to increase performance.

Creates strong partnerships with plant teams to create, launch and standardize Machine Operator training and maintenance PM plans.

Track, analyze and report on machine performance to drive operational improvements

Identify, propose and implement new automation within the RTH process to improve operations and increase capabilities

Evaluates and optimizes product design in terms of tray seal performance, box packaging and ice logic performance, and other characteristics. This position requires at least 50% travel.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field: STEM degree such as Industrial Engineering and 1-2 years of experience in operations strongly preferred

Experience in food manufacturing is preferred. Strong candidates would have experience in supply chain, plant operations, or operations excellence roles

Excellent project management ability, with experience overseeing and prioritizing among multiple workstreams, and facilitating problem-solving amongst diverse stakeholders

Must be willing and able to accommodate up to 50% travel to the fulfillment centers

Strong analytical skills required, with experience using Excel to build models and demonstrate findings to partners

Successful candidate must be high energy, have strong people skills, demonstrated history of being an influential partner, and have a strong history of ownership and flexibility. They are willing to take on any project, large or small, and the words 'that's not in my job description' are not in their vocabulary.

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Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available

Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time

Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at View email address on click.appcast.io Material Bank