CookUnity

Sustainability Team Member - Austin

Austin, Texas, United States · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$36k-$40kDetected 1 day ago

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About the role

The Sustainability team member plays a key role in ensuring that daily waste‑management procedures are executed correctly across the Austin facility, a large-scale operation spanning roughly 20 different chef teams.
The Sustainability team member 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.
You will ensure that Zero Waste procedures are followed consistently and effectively, contributing to CookUnity's environmental operational priorities - with the goal of achieving Zero Waste Certification for the Austin market.

Daily Waste Audits: Perform daily bin audits across all kitchens and document findings on the Daily Audit Bin Form.
receive donation partners and hand off prepared products.
Walk-In Raw Ingredient Collection: Support the weekly walk-in collection process - pulling, logging, sorting, and routing recoverable raw ingredients across all 20 refrigerators.
Donation Management: Collect, weigh, record, and pack donations; receive donation partners and hand off prepared products.
Green Leader Support: Support team members as a Green Leader, promoting "Go Green" practices.
Support the weekly walk-in collection process - pulling, logging, sorting, and routing recoverable raw ingredients across all 20 refrigerators.
Support team members as a Green Leader, promoting "Go Green" practices.
Pallet Jack Forklift experience a plus (certification support available on the job).

Ability to safely lift and move 20 lbs or more throughout the shift..
Basic knowledge of Google Docs/sheets.
Operational Experience: Previous experience in warehouse, food production, cleaning, or other hands‑on operational roles.
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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).
Genuine interest in recycling, composting, waste diversion, or environmental practices (no prior experience required).
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

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.

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

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.
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