CookUnity
Sustainability Operator - LA
Los Angeles, California, United States · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$36k-$40kDetected 23 hours ago
Communication
About the role
- The Sustainability Operator plays a key role in ensuring that daily waste‑management procedures are executed correctly across the LA facility.
- The Sustainability Operator is responsible for carrying out daily walkthroughs, completing waste‑audit forms, preparing and coordinating donations, and ensuring correct sorting and disposal of materials in all kitchens and work areas.
- This role ensures that Zero Waste procedures are followed consistently and effectively, contributing to CookUnity's environmental goals and operational priorities.
Responsibilities
- Daily Waste Audits: Perform daily trash audits across workstations and document findings.
- receive partners and hand off prepared products.
Requirements
- Ability to safely lift and move 20 lbs or more throughout the shift.
- Operational Experience: Previous experience in warehouse, food production, cleaning, or other hands‑on operational roles.
- 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.
- Interest in Waste Reduction: Genuine interest in recycling, composting, waste diversion, or environmental practices (no prior experience required).
- You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles.
- Operational Experience: Previous experience in warehouse, food production, cleaning, or other hands‑on operational roles. Comfortable working in kitchens, warehouse areas, and food production spaces.
- Communication Skills: Ability to give clear feedback to staff and communicate deviations or contamination findings. Spanish and English.
- All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Nice to have
- Basic English required
- Spanish is a strong plus.
- Language: Basic English required
Skills
- Ability to complete daily trackers and simple audit forms.
- Ability to give clear feedback to staff and communicate deviations or contamination findings.
- Communication
- Spanish and English.
- 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
- Compensation
- Pay Range for this position
- $18 - $19 USD
Compensation
- All 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
Company info
- 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 industry's best chefs to homes all over the country.
- 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.
- Our recruiters are real people - and easy to verify. You can always find them on LinkedIn with verified profiles. If you're unsure, feel free to reach out to us on our official LinkedIn Company Page.
- We only communicate through official CookUnity channels. That means emails ending in @cookunity.com and interviews held through official company platforms (Google Meet or Zoom) - never WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS.
- We'll never ask for payment or personal financial details. If anyone does, please don't share any information and let us know right away.
Equal opportunity
- CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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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