Senior Process Engineer - Cold Chain Fulfillment

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May 19

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CookUnity

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eCommerce • B2C • Food and Beverage

CookUnity is a meal delivery service offering a wide selection of chef-crafted, gourmet dishes delivered directly to customers' doorsteps. The company collaborates with award-winning chefs to create diverse, restaurant-quality meals that cater to various dietary preferences and lifestyles, such as keto, vegan, paleo, and more. CookUnity focuses on providing convenience and flexibility with options ranging from 4 to 16 meals per week, which can be customized or automatically selected based on the customer's preferences. The meals are delivered fresh, not frozen, ensuring high quality and taste. The company also emphasizes sustainability with its packaging solutions and seeks to reduce waste. CookUnity presents a convenient way to enjoy high-quality meals prepared by top chefs without the hassle of cooking.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🛍️ eCommerce

👥 B2C

📋 Description

• We’re looking for a Senior Process Engineer – Cold Chain Fulfillment to join our Fulfillment & Logistics team. • This role will play a vital part in optimizing end-to-end cold chain processes, from production handoff to last-mile delivery, improving efficiency, quality, and scalability across our multi-site fulfillment network. • Evaluate and enhance cold chain fulfillment workflows to reduce quality defects including missing meals, incorrect meal placement, broken seals, and missing packages. • Develop SOPs and standard work for operation of sealing machines, sleeving stations, and other critical fulfillment equipment to improve consistency and reduce human error. • Partner with operations leaders to roll out process improvements and programs that enhance the handoff from fulfillment to logistics — including packaging validation, temperature control checkpoints, and loadout readiness. • Create training documentation and visual work instructions to standardize best practices across fulfillment centers. • Lead cross-functional root cause analysis initiatives for recurring quality or efficiency issues; implement countermeasures and follow-through audits. • Support layout optimization of fulfillment lines and cold pack areas to improve flow, reduce dwell time, and increase packaging throughput. • Establish performance dashboards and KPIs to track packaging accuracy, seal integrity, and cold chain compliance across the network. • Partner with design and maintenance teams to influence equipment upgrades and new site layouts based on observed performance gaps. • Lead Kaizen events or structured continuous improvement cycles across fulfillment centers focused on operational and quality gains. • Train and mentor site leaders and team members on process control, lean methodologies, and six sigma tools.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Supply Chain) or related STEM field. • 5+ years of hands-on experience in process engineering within cold chain, logistics, food, pharmaceutical, or fulfillment industries. • Proven track record leading large-scale process improvement initiatives in a distributed operations network. • Ability to thrive in high-velocity environments, balancing strategy with hands-on problem solving. • Willingness to travel 25–50% across CookUnity’s fulfillment sites.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Insurance coverage • 401k Plan • We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1 • Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus • Unlimited PTO • 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical • Paid Family leave • Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises • A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly • Wellness perks: access to a nutritional coach and fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle • Personalized Spanish coach • Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!