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# Operations Program Manager - Safety & Sustainability at Home Chef  

- **Company:** Home Chef  
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $90k–$115k
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/homechef/jobs/5409271008

## Job description

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at [homechef.com](http://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](https://www.tempomeals.com/)! 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.

The Safety & Sustainability Manager oversees the development and sustainment of all Safety, Health, and Environmental (EH&S) policies for all Home Chef facilities.

Detailed Responsibilities

Develops and Implements Health and Safety Policies, Programs, and Systems:

- Promotes the strategy for the development and sustainability of the safety culture at Home Chef Facilitates network alignment to policies and regulatory compliance. Collaborates with site leadership to be proactive and identify the most impactful programs to prioritize
- Responsible for integrating the strategies of the Home Chef Operating Systems into our everyday EH&S work, projects, and execution of our plant teams.

Training:

- Ensures all required safety training content is created and implemented across all Home Chef facilities
- Develops a hopper of training opportunities and builds content with the associate learning experience in mind.
- Partners with department heads of sanitation, maintenance, and warehouse to ensure role specific safety training is developed and maintained.
- Creates an assessment and prioritization system to identify the most impactful training opportunities and where the current gaps are.

Safety Metrics:

- Maintains safety KPIs for Home Chef and generates reports to share with the broader Ops teams. Harnessing the data provided to create a culture that is proactive around safety.
- Translates the behavioral operation and incident management programs into actionable intel, and then enables our site leads to act with efficiency and accuracy.
- Builds and owns the framework for cross-network best practice sharing ensuring that actions taken in one location are effectively deployed at all locations to keep our teams safe.

Incident Support:

- Creates standard documentation and response templates for regulatory inquiries, and supports the file development that the site Safety Manager needs to complete their response.
- Enables site Safety Managers to focus entirely on actions and engaging with local regulatory teams, like OSHA, through research into compliance and effective management of incident documentation.
- Partners with HR and the plant Safety Managers on mitigating Workers Compensation claims, leveraging program strategy to affect existing claims and future proof against new claims.

Sustainability:

- Identifies and drives strategic initiatives to further Home Chef’s sustainability goals and remain ahead of local compliance, as well as, generate savings in food waste alternatives.
- Supports Home Chef goals for reducing utility usage and generating efficient facility operation.
- Partners with local and national providers to streamline Home Chef’s food and material waste processes.

General Responsibilities:

- Serves as the company’s subject matter expert for safety and is the point of escalation for all OSHA interactions
- Takes on the responsibility of creating and maintaining a strong safety culture within Home Chef
- Establishes a strong working relationship with Plant Managers and site Safety Managers
- Partners closely with the Facilities Compliance Manager to ensure the Contractor Safety program is up to date and any PSM audit findings are corrected
- Seen as the subject matter expert of Safety for all corporate initiatives including, but not limited to, automation integration, facility improvements, and sanitation chemical additions

This position requires 25% travel.

## Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

- 1 - 5 years of experience in EHS team capacity preferred
- Proficient in MS Office Suite or G Suite, specifically in PowerPoint/Google Slides and Excel/Google Slides
- Ability to prioritize, meet strict deadlines, and maintain confidentiality
- Must be available to respond to work related inquiries nights and weekends
- Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field: Environmental or occupational safety & health or related field

More About Us

## Perks and benefits

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

## How We Work Together

We are humble team players. We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers. We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership. We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

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 hr@homechef.com.

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range $90,000—$115,000 USD

To view the California Applicant Notice [click here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12d3aXICek0d3riwGMu40BJkOhH5V1njG/view?usp=sharing)

## About Home Chef  

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Home Chef is a meal kit delivery service that supplies weekly deliveries of fresh, perfectly portioned ingredients and chef-designed recipes to make home cooking easy and enjoyable.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Kroger, a public company)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 2013 (inferred from industry knowledge; not explicitly stated in provided sources)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available in provided sources (commonly known to be Pat Vihtelic)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Meal kit delivery / Food & Beverage (Direct-to-Consumer and Retail)
- **Target customers**: B2C – individuals and families looking for convenient, fresh meal solutions; also sells through Kroger grocery chains (B2B partnership)
- **Mission statement**: “We bring people together around the dinner table” and “make delicious home cooking achievable” – from company’s about page

## Products & Services
- **Weekly Meal Kits**: Customers choose from 35+ weekly recipes, customize servings and proteins, and receive pre-portioned ingredients with step-by-step instructions. Available in multiple plan sizes (e.g., 2-person, Family Plan). Pricing starts at $8.99 per serving.
- **Retail Meal Kits**: Sold through Kroger grocery stores, offering ready-to-cook options for in-store purchase.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private subsidiary)
- **Key Metric**: $1 Billion in Annual Sales (internal review, per careers page)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Kroger (parent company); Kroger grocery chains (distribution partner)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Over 320 million meals delivered (homepage claim)
  - #1 in Customer Satisfaction (Market Force Information, April 2020)
  - 4M+ 5-star reviews
  - Awarded Built In Chicago’s Startup of the Year Moxie award and #44 in Top 100 Tech Companies (2022)
  - CEO honored as EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year

## Competitive Advantages
- **Kroger partnership**: Exclusive distribution through one of the largest U.S. grocery chains, giving massive retail reach.
- **Customization**: Customers can swap proteins, adjust servings, and choose from 35+ weekly recipes – higher flexibility than many competitors.
- **Customer satisfaction**: Consistently high ratings and #1 ranking in customer service studies.
- **Scale and efficiency**: Over $1B in revenue and 300M+ meals delivered demonstrate operational maturity.

## Strategic Focus
- **Retail expansion**: Growing presence in Kroger stores (e.g., “RTH” ready-to-heat offerings).
- **Operational excellence**: Continuous improvement in fulfillment, food safety, and supply chain (multiple plant operations roles posted).
- **Technology investment**: Hiring VP of Engineering, Analytics Engineers, and Software Engineers – indicating focus on data-driven logistics and customer experience.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes “humble team players”, “pragmatic next-level thinkers”, “taking ownership”, and “data-informed decisions”. Employees describe a welcoming, collaborative, and growth-oriented environment.
- **Perks**: Medical, dental, vision insurance; 401(k) match; education reimbursement; family and fertility planning; employee discounts; flexible PTO; commuter FSA; life and disability insurance.
- **Work policy**: Mix of remote and office roles. Chicago headquarters and multiple fulfillment center locations (Bedford Park, IL; Baltimore, MD; San Bernardino, CA; Atlanta, GA). Some tech roles (e.g., Software Engineer, Customer Experience-Tech) are listed as remote.
- **Recognition**: Built In’s 100 Best Places to Work in Chicago (2022) – large company category.

## Sources
1. [Home Chef Careers Page](https://www.homechef.com/careers)
2. [Home Chef Homepage](https://www.homechef.com/)
3. [Home Chef About Us](https://www.homechef.com/about-us)
4. [Home Chef Jobs on Greenhouse](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/homechef)
5. [Home Chef Talent Network](https://talentnetwork.homechef.com/jobs)

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