Kitchen Associate - 2nd Shift

Kettle Cuisine; Savage (MD); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food industry seeks a Kitchen Associate for the 2nd shift in Savage, MD. The role involves operating kitchen equipment, ensuring food safety compliance, and collaborating with team members. Ideal candidates are self-motivated with strong communication skills and attention to detail.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Previous work experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in food industry.
• Ability to learn system logic and operate HMI/control panels.

Responsibilities

• Operate equipment such as dicers and ovens.
• Monitor temperatures of product and read recipe procedures.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Self-Directed

Multi-Tasking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team, offering career paths in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California, Washington, and Maryland.

Job Summary

This position exists in various departments (Prep, Kitchen, Packaging) to produce finished product. An individual in this position will be expected to perform additional job-related responsibilities and duties throughout the facility as assigned and or as necessary.

Duties and Responsibilities

Prep:

• Operate equipment such as dicers, sous vide packaging sealers, ovens, and tumblers
• Process produce and/or protein
• Monitor temperatures of product
• Read and execute recipe procedures
• Measure and weigh ingredients

All Areas:

• Accountable to ensuring compliance with all food safety, quality standards and good manufacturing practices including allergen handling.
• Required to maintain documentation that demonstrates regulatory compliance for all policies pertaining to HACCP, USDA and FDA mandates.
• Performs/responsible to adhere to all required quality/ food safety checks including data sheets and other controlled documents. Demonstrates competency to clean, assemble, operate and troubleshoot machinery respective to each functional area within ingredient preparation.
• Follows all established safety protocols (LOTO, Work at Height, Wet, Cold Environment and wears required PPE, for example: (Safety glasses, steal toe boots, gloves, aprons, sleeves, ear plugs, hard hat, etc).
• Perform tasks to support other departments when directed
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Required Skills

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Previous work experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the food industry
• Must be available to work overtime and weekends
• Ability to learn system logic and operate HMI/control panels and fine tune equipment for minor and major adjustments
• Self-directed, able to keep oneself busy and flow to the work
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively
• High ethical standards, strong values, integrity. Drive to deliver results, pride in personal and team performance, decision quality, and action oriented are fundamental imperatives
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and internal/external customers
• Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues
• Self-starter able to conceptualize and drive initiatives forward
• Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team
• Able to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail, well organized and able to juggle many projects at once
• Comfortable moving at a fast pace and in ambiguous environments
• Willing to address difficult situations head on with patience and respect

Americans with Disabilities Act

Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.

Core Values

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.

Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle

Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners

Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team

Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence

The Kitchen Associate - 2nd Shift base pay range$17/hourly.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Savage, MD location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The Kitchen Associate - 2nd Shift position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.