Kitchen Supervisor

Dormont Manufacturing Co; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Healthcare coverage through Cigna

Daily lunch provided

Growth and advancement opportunities

Job summary

Cook Unity is seeking a Kitchen Operations Supervisor to lead daily kitchen activities with a focus on safety, consistency, and accountability. You will maintain floor presence, enforce SOPs and GMPs, and support Culinary Operations Leads and chef teams during live service.

This hands-on role requires calm decision-making under pressure, strong organizational skills, and clear communication across shifts to ensure smooth production and high-quality meals.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams in high-volume food production or commercial kitchens.
• Strong knowledge of GMPs, SOP enforcement, and food safety compliance.
• Ability to monitor live operations and intervene when standards are not met.
• Experience documenting incidents, violations, and corrective actions.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with Food Safety, Sanitation, and Operations teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities during live service.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) (Nice to Have).

Responsibilities

• Execute daily kitchen operations with consistency, safety, and accountability.
• Maintain active floor presence, enforce operational standards, and support chef teams during live service.
• Escalate risks and hold teams accountable while ensuring smooth shift execution.
• Collaborate with Food Safety, Sanitation, and Operations teams to maintain compliance.

Job description

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.

The Role

The Kitchen Operations Supervisor is a hands-on leader responsible for executing daily kitchen operations with consistency, safety, and accountability. This role ensures strict adherence to SOPs, GMPs, and food safety standards while supporting Culinary Operations Leads and chef teams during live service.

You will maintain active floor presence, enforce operational standards, elevate risks, and ensure smooth shift execution across production zones. Success in this role is measured by operational consistency, compliance, workflow integrity, and team performance.

You Are

• A strong floor leader who thrives in fast-paced kitchen environments


• Detail-oriented and uncompromising when it comes to SOP and food safety compliance


• Calm under pressure and confident making real-time decisions


• Comfortable escalating risks and holding teams accountable


• Highly organized and proactive with follow-through


• A clear communicator who ensures alignment across shifts and leadership

Must Have

• Experience supervising teams in high-volume food production or commercial kitchens


• Strong knowledge of GMPs, SOP enforcement, and food safety compliance


• Ability to monitor live operations and intervene when standards are not met


• Experience documenting incidents, violations, and corrective actions


• Comfort working cross-functionally with Food Safety, Sanitation, and Operations teams


• Ability to manage multiple priorities during live service

Nice to Have

• Experience auditing recipes or production execution


• Familiarity with live production software or digital tracking tools


• Experience in ready-to-eat or multi-chef production environments


• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Benefits

• Weekly pay


• Healthcare coverage through Cigna


• Daily lunch provided


• Growth and advancement opportunities

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

$22—$25 USD

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.