The Kitchen Engineer provides operational consulting to cross-functional stakeholders who drive new menu or packaging items and new food-production equipment, systems, and process projects from conception to implementation. This engineer is specifically tasked with developing and influencing solutions to increase the production capacity of restaurants and decrease complexity, labour, or ergonomic risk for team members. This engineer needs to be skilled and confident in influencing and communicating with cross-functional partners at all levels of the organization.

A significant contribution will be utilizing disciplined engineering analysis, problem-solving, and innovative design principles. The position must understand current state-of-the-art food-industry equipment designs and apply innovative, forward-thinking design initiatives.

What you'll do in this role: Provide SME (Small to Medium Enterprises) to all Recipe brands needing restaurant Operational Feasibility and process insight

Provide a thorough understanding and process flow mapping of all our priority brands

Provide thorough knowledge of Recipe brands Guest per hour models

Identify barriers, bottlenecks, and pain points to continued profitable growth, prioritize problems to solve, and recommend improvements

Find opportunities to optimize throughput and increase the speed of service for priority brands

Influence partners across multiple brands and departments to direct large, high-impact programs related to restaurant capacity and complexity improvement

Establish an operator feedback tool, allowing all ideas to be shared efficiently

Provide continuous improvement recommendations for energy reduction

Partner with high-level leadership within Recipe brands and departments, including Menu & Packaging, Food Safety, Culinary, Operations and Restaurant Central Operations Analytics, to craft strategy and ensure alignment





Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure that projects meet all business needs and are successfully executed within constraints

Leverage skills as an individual contributor and in a technical leadership capacity

Align strategy and work output with various cross-functional disciplines including, but not limited to, other teams within Design, Construction, Supply Chain, Kitchen Design, Culinary and Operations

Influence strategic direction by providing input that directly impacts specific programs or areas of the business that have a broader impact across the organization What we are looking for from you: Bachelor's Degree, background in Industrial Engineering or a similar discipline (Master's Degree in Engineering Discipline preferred)

5-8 years of engineering experience (Industrial Engineering preferred) with high interpersonal skills

Proven ability to provide technical leadership to stakeholders

Ability to work with wide latitude for unreviewed action or decision on outcomes

Advanced project management skills demonstrated

Previous experience working in a Restaurant

Excellent communication, relational, and team skills to enable interaction with restaurant team members, as well as corporate peers and leaders

Knowledge of producing and maintaining technical specification documents on both process and equipment improvement opportunities

Experience leading cross-functional teams that include both technical and non-technical aptitudes

Proficiency in Google (Doc, Sheets, Slides) What’s in it for you? Flexible/Hybrid work environment

You’d be joining a close-knit, innovative team of creative and energetic go-getters

You’d be a part of Canada’s largest full-service restaurant company that leads the industry in size and innovation

20% associate discount dining card and monthly dining allowance valid at participating Recipe brands A welcoming, fun and safe work setting founded on respect

Career advancement opportunities with a company that owns some of Canada’s most iconic restaurant brands

Industry-leading benefits, wellness programs, and total rewards programs

📌 Kitchen Engineer (Vaughan)
🏢 RECIPE
📍 Vaughan