Quality Assurance Associate

Job Overview:

The Quality Assurance Associate performs activities associated with quality control of meals. You will be responsible for ensuring the safety of our meals in accordance with our HACCP and FDA standards.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct and complete Pre-Operational (Pre-Op) inspections to ensure the kitchen is ready for production.
• Monitor food production processes to ensure chefs adhere to all requirements outlined in the CU Chef agreement.
• Manage the daily cooking and cooling logs by recording menu components, dish temperatures, cooking times, and product weights to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Enforce kitchen safety and hygiene protocols, including proper use of masks, gloves, hairnets, hand-washing, equipment cleaning, and station sanitization.
• Verify that all food items placed in walk-in coolers are appropriately labeled with Chef Name, Product Name, and Date.
• Ensure walk-in cooler doors remain closed and maintain a temperature of 41°F or lower.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Ability to work in a cold environment (prep area maintained at 35°F).
• Capability to lift and move up to 50 pounds regularly without assistance.
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to work efficiently.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Positive attitude and strong teamwork skills.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.

 

About CookUnity

CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity has almost 1000 employees and delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.

Equal opportunity employer

CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.