Warehouse Associate - 2nd Shift Bedford Park, IL

Warehouse Associate - 2nd Shift - Days Off:
Tuesday & Friday

Bedford Park, IL

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online  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. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber‑rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto‑friendly, and dietitian‑approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next‑level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

This role follows a 2nd shift schedule with designated days off on Tuesday and Friday. Full schedule is outlined below:

Sunday: 2:00pm - 10:30pm

Monday: 4:00pm - 12:30am

Tuesday: OFF

Thursday: 4:00pm - 12:30am

Friday: OFF

Saturday: 2:00pm - 10:30pm

Warehouse associates will ensure the needs of both production and warehouse are met throughout their respective shifts by the timely and safe delivery, shipping, and receiving of produce and packaged goods.

Detailed Responsibilities

Receiving

• Will apply glad hand lock and wheel chocks for any trailer to unload
• Will assist FSQA and receivers with breakdown of pallets for quality checks and to transport to storage
• When produce or packaged good are received in the associate will place produce/packaged goods into correct storage
• Placed produce/packaging must be staged according to FIFO and in correct temperature storage location and remove any plastic from produce that needs to breathe
• Notify leadership if any product is found to be out of correct location
• Work on creating space for inbound loads
• Ensure all storage pods are kept free of debris

Replenishing

• Set floor for decanting and shipping lines per drop list and boxing call out
• All packaging material is set for box team, shipping lines, and decanting area
• Prior to production running completely out of product, the warehouse associate will bring out the requested material according to the production's count.
• Answer call of any additional product needs for production
• Move anything needed for production, warehouse, sanitation, or FSQA
• Prior to leaving for any break, warehouse associates will check with the production team as well as make a visual check of produce/packaging in use to ensure the area is fully stocked before leaving production area.
• Near the end of each shift remove any material from the drop zone as well as the return area that production will not use for the incoming shift. All product is returned to home location
• Ensure all pallets in storage are front faced, leveled, and plastic removed
• Warehouse associate is responsible for organization of assigned storage areas

Shipping

• Check all trailers loaded on the shipping dock for trash or pine pallets, remove any items found that are not needed for completed shipments
• Put on glad hand lock on trailer and chock wheels prior to being loaded
• Using the load diagram form load trucks with completed pallets with management approval - full load 26 pallets
• Once the trailer has been fully loaded, place a Fed Ex seal on the closed trailer door to signify ready for ship and put the serial number for the load seal on the load diagram form and we remove the glad hand lock. Turn in paperwork to leadership

Support other Warehouse functions

• We are one team. Team members are expected to assist with completing any function needed for our company to deliver finished goods to the customer. This includes using any equipment certified on or assisting other departments to get the job done for the day.

General Responsibilities

• Follow all safety procedures throughout execution of all tasks. This includes, but is not limited to, performing…