Sustainability Operator LA

About CookUnity:

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it it has lost the power to nourish inspire and connect us. 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 delivers 50 million meals a year from the industrys 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.

If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one youve found the right job posting.

About the Role

The Sustainability Operator plays a key role in ensuring that daily wastemanagement procedures are executed correctly across the LA facility. This role supports the operational execution of recycling compost waste audits and donation processes helping maintain clean compliant and efficient wastediversion systems.

The Sustainability Operator is responsible for carrying out daily walkthroughs completing wasteaudit forms preparing and coordinating donations and ensuring correct sorting and disposal of materials in all kitchens and work areas. This role provides essential operational support to the facility by monitoring compliance identifying contamination and reinforcing correct wastehandling behaviors among staff.

Key responsibilities include executing daily waste audits preparing food waste for donation or internal use coordinating donation pickups with partner organizations maintaining Green Stations and ensuring all supplies needed for proper waste diversion are available and correctly used. This role ensures that Zero Waste procedures are followed consistently and effectively contributing to CookUnitys environmental goals and operational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Daily Waste Audits: Perform daily trash audits across workstations and document findings.
• Correct Waste Disposal: Ensure proper waste disposal procedures are followed in all kitchens.
• Food Waste Handling: Classify weigh and dispose of food waste including donations compost garbage and family meals.
• Facility Walkthroughs: Conduct daily walkthroughs of kitchens green stations fulfillment and market areas; complete the DAILY AUDIT BIN FORM to identify contamination.
• Contamination Control: Check recycling and compost streams to ensure they are free of incorrect materials.
• Material Sorting: Separate and move recyclable and compostable materials according to facility standards.
• Donation Management: Collect weigh record and pack donations; receive partners and hand off prepared products.
• Food Waste Preparation: Condition and prepare food waste for donation or internal reuse (back to market).
• Donation Coordination:Coordinate donation pickups with partnered nonprofit organizations.
• Daily Reporting:Complete daily trackers for recycling compost and donation volumes.
• Zero Waste Compliance:Follow all safety cleanliness and Zero Waste process standards.
• Operational Feedback:Provide daily feedback to staff to reinforce correct wastesorting behaviors.
• Green Leader Support:Support team members as a Green Leader promoting Go Green practices.
• Waste Diversion Supplies:Ensure stations have the correct supplies (stickers posters bins) for proper waste diversion.
• Green Station Maintenance:Coordinate with the cleaning team to keep the Green Stations clean and in order.

General Schedule and Workdays

• Full Time (5 days a week - 36 to 40 hs weekly).
• AM: 7:30 to 4:00 pm.
• PM: 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
• Available to work on the weekends.

Qualifications

• Operational Experience:Previous experience in warehouse food production cleaning or other handson operational roles. Comfortable working in kitchens warehouse areas and food production spaces.
• Physical Requirements:Ability to safely lift and move 20 lbs or more throughout the shift.
• Basic Reporting Skills: Ability to complete daily trackers and simple audit forms.
• Communication Skills:Ability to give clear feedback to staff and communicate deviations or contamination findings. Spanish and English.
• Interest in Waste Reduction:Genuine interest in recycling composting waste diversion or environmental practices (no prior experience required).
• Language:Basic English required; Spanish is a strong plus.

Job Requirement

• Bilingual: Spanish and English (mainly spoken).
• Basic knowledge of Google Docs.
• Experience operating both: Forklift and Pallet Jack

If youre interested in this role please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit well get in touch with you.Thank you for your time!

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.

A quick note for all candidates
Weve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams across the industry and we want to make sure you (and your data)stay safe while applying to CookUnity.We also want you to know that we take this seriously sometimes as part of our process we may ask for a briefproof of humanity to confirm that were connecting with a real person not an impersonator. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself and know what to expect from us:

• Apply only through our official channels. All open roles are listed on our official careers page:
• Our recruiters are real people and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If youre unsure feel free to reach out to us on our officialLinkedIn Company Page.
• We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in@and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) never WhatsApp Telegram or SMS.
• Well never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does please dont share any information and let us know right away.

If something ever feels off or youre unsure about a message wed much rather you double-check with us. You can always contact us directly through any of our social media channels. We appreciate your interest in joining CookUnity and we care about keeping your experience (and safety) as genuine as possible.