Food Production Lead
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Cookunity · New York, NYPrepare for this interview
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About the role
The Machine Operator is responsible for operating, monitoring, and maintaining the automated plating system to ensure accurate, efficient, and high-quality meal assembly. This role plays a critical part in executing automated production processes, troubleshooting issues in real time, and ensuring consistency in product output.
Responsibilities
- Machine Operation & Production
- Operate the plating robot during scheduled production and testing runs
- Ensure accurate portioning, ingredient placement, and build quality according to specifications
- Start up, shut down, and monitor the machine throughout shifts
- Maintain consistent throughput while minimizing errors or downtime
- Quality Control
- Verify that finished meals meet quality, presentation, and portion standards
- Perform routine checks on ingredients, weights, and outputs
- Flag and fix defective or incorrect builds
- Maintain a clean and organized workstation in line with food safety standards
- Troubleshooting & Issue Escalation
- Identify and resolve basic mechanical or operational issues in real time
- Escalate more complex issues as needed
- Document errors, downtime, and recurring issues to support system improvements
- Setup & Changeovers
- Assist with machine setup for different recipes, SKUs, or test configurations
- Load ingredients, containers, and materials into the system
- Support changeovers between production runs
- Profile / What Good Looks Like
- Comfortable working with machinery or automated systems (food production experience a plus)
- Strong attention to detail and consistency
- Ability to follow SOPs and safety protocols precisely
- Quick problem-solver with a hands-on mindset
- Able to stand for long periods and work in a fast-paced kitchen/production environment
- Proficient in Spanish
- Role Details
- Hourly, non-exempt role
- Based in a kitchen / production environment
- May require early mornings, evenings, or weekend shifts depending on production schedules
Benefits
Additional Information
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 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.
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