Quality Assurance Associate

Posted 15 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL
17-18 Annually
Entry level
Food
The Role
The Quality Assurance Associate at CookUnity is responsible for ensuring meal safety and compliance with HACCP and FDA standards. Duties include performing pre-op inspections, overseeing food production, maintaining records of cooking and cooling logs, and ensuring proper kitchen practices among chefs. A strong emphasis is placed on attention to detail and safety protocols.
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About CookUnity

Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with 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 35 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.

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

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.

The Tasks

  • Complete Pre-Op inspection form
  • Oversee food production and ensure all Chefs are adhering to the rules and regulations of the CU Chef agreement
  • Pulls up daily menu, items to be cooked per Chef and enters each component into the Cooking/Cooling Log, records time and temperature of each dish, check weights prior to start to ensure accuracy
  • Communicate kitchen rules to Chefs as needed- mask wearing, gloves, hairnets, proper hand-washing, cleaning of equipment, sanitizing of prep stations, etc.
  • Ensure all items going into walk-in are labeled appropriately (Labels must include Chef Name, Product Name and Date)
  • Ensure all walk-in coolers remain closed and temperature is at 41 degrees or lower

Qualifications

  • Ability to work in a cold prep area kept at 35 degrees
  • Ability to regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds without assistance
  • Stand for long periods of time
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Sense of urgency
  • Attention to detail
  • Positive attitude

What you’ll get…

  • Paid weekly
  • Holiday Pay
  • Healthcare coverage with Cigna
  • 401k
  • Opportunity for advancement

Must haves…

  • 18 years of age or older
  • High School Diploma
  • Authorization to work in the United States

Nice to have…

  • Previous experience in food safety or quality control
  • Bilingual (Spanish)
  • Food Handlers Certification or willing to complete upon hiring 

CompensationAll final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Pay Range for this position

$17$18 USD


If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit, we'll 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.

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The Company
HQ: Brooklyn, NY
227 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

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.

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