Delicious Food and Meaningful Careers
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.
Culinary R&D Assistant
Full-TimeShift: 1stLynn, MA
The Culinary R&D Assistant plays a crucial role in supporting research and development chefs in creating innovative products. Responsibilities include maintaining a clean and organized Culinary Center, ensuring development workstations are equipped with necessary tools and materials, preparing R&D samples for shipment, and providing culinary support by preparing and cooking customer samples. Additionally, this role serves as an ambassador for Honoring Food.
- Maintains a neat, sanitized, and organized Culinary Center, including kitchen, pantry, cooler, and freezer space.
- Maintains par levels of stock items to ensure a high level of quality through rotation, labeling, and storage.
- Requisitions and records usage of raw materials/ingredients.
- Responsible for setting up kitchen equipment each morning.
- Gathers recipes, collates ingredient needs, and garners necessary raw materials from the factory daily.
- Keeps the culinary team supplied with clean and sanitized equipment, and raw materials throughout the day as needed.
- Oversee and ensure effectiveness of the sample request program.
- Coordinate processing of all product sample orders from request through timely and professional delivery.
- Process all incoming product sample requests from Sales Team, Executives, R&D Chefs, QA Teams, and others.
- Work with Cross-Plant Customer Service, Product Development and Shipping Teams to ensure product is pulled and/or manufactured against sample request dates.
- Pack all sample requests to requested specifications, including all corresponding support materials.
- Track all samples and alert appropriate team members of any issues or delays to delivery, troubleshooting when necessary to solve critical delivery requirements.
- Additional responsibilities as needed.
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Working knowledge of production kitchen and/or factory experience a plus.
- On-the-job training of 3-6 months.
- Must have working knowledge of MS Office programs, specifically Excel and Outlook.
- Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.
- Passion for food.
- Experience with pace of restaurant or factory environment a plus.
- Possess cleaning and sanitation skills.
- Basic knowledge of raw materials/ingredients.
- ServSafe certification a plus.
- Ability to adapt and multi-task via a dynamic work environment with a positive attitude.
- Works under close supervision and has little or no decision-making responsibility.
- Position is not responsible for influencing the decisions or actions of others.
- Position has indirect contact with customers on matters of little impact on revenue.
- Position has little or no impact on revenue, actions and results are subject to review or inspections.
- Decisions or actions have a limited impact on the business – typically within a department. Errors are usually detected through routine verification/review, but may result in some workflow disruption or repetition of work.
- This role is pivotal in supporting culinary innovation and maintaining high standards within the organization's research and development processes.
Pay Range for Culinary R&D Assistant
The Culinary R&D Assistant base pay range $19.00 - 20.00 USD/hourly. The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries for the Lynn, MA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’s rate 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 members as 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 Culinary R&D Assistant 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.
This position is also eligible for a target bonus of 5%.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Kettle Cuisine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at Kettle Cuisine are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Kettle Cuisine will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
