Overnight Food Safety Specialist

The Role

The Overnight Food Safety Specialist ensures a safe, clean, and functional environment in the CookUnity Facility.

Responsibilities

• Monitor production activities and ensure all chefs and employees comply with food safety regulations.
• Assist chefs with cooking and cooling logs, safety storage and other critical tasks.
• Perform critical checks including refrigeration, chemical concentration, temperature monitoring and equipment calibrations.
• Conduct daily facility compliance walks, document findings, and assign corrective actions as necessary.
• Ensure the facility is always inspection-ready for local regulators and third-party auditors.
• Collaborate with the Food Safety team to deliver chef and employee training on food safety and sanitation practices.
• Work closely with other departments such as Kitchen Operations, Supply Chain and Maintenance to correct issues affecting food safety and quality.
• Provide detailed reports on compliance status and recommendations for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Experience working with a team in a fast paced environment.
• Good communication skills and ability to speak in a professional manner to a wide range of partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to build relationships and explain food safety concepts in plain language.
• Ability to work independently and complete assigned duties without direct supervision.
• Proficiency G Suite/Google Workspace.
• Team player with a positive, collaborative mindset.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to complete tasks in cold (coolers) or hot (kitchens) environments.
• Ability to stand for long periods, lift up to 50 lbs, and work in a physically demanding environment.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Benefits

• Health Insurance coverage
• 401k Plan
• ⛱ Paid sick days
• Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!

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.