Warehouse Associate - Sharing Excess
Bronx, NY 10474
About the Job
About the Job:
Start your day by doing good! Join a fun, vibrant team that’s driving our mission and feeding local communities while diverting over 250,000 pounds of food from landfills every week. Sharing Excess is a Philadelphia-based non-profit that is using surplus to solve scarcity. Our mission is to rescue surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, wholesalers and farmers and redistribute it to communities in need at no cost to the consumer. We’ve rescued over 25 million pounds of food to date - and we’re just getting started. This summer, we’re expanding our operations to New York City in hopes of increasing our impact and getting more quality food into the hands of those that need it most.
Position Overview:
- Our warehouse associates work 9 am - 2 pm every weekday so being comfortable with early mornings is a must! There is also a need for flexibility with scheduling, with us potentially needing help as early as 7 am and as late as 3 pm (This is not likely to happen often)
- Main responsibilities for this position include sorting and packing produce and assisting with warehouse operations in the Hunts Point Produce Market.
- The ideal candidate will be comfortable working on a close-knit team and in a temperature-controlled warehouse environment.
- You will assist with a variety of essential tasks to ensure our operations run smoothly and be an essential part of our nonprofit as we reduce food waste and food insecurity across New York City.
Responsibilities:
- Inspecting produce and sorting edible vs non-edible food (looking for bruising, mold, puncture wounds, etc)
- Set up, breakdown, and general upkeep of food sorting area
- Weighing food donations with a pallet scale
- Helping maintain accurate records of food donations
- Supervising and training on-site volunteer produce sorters, when applicable
- Pack produce in boxes ready for distribution
- Move pallets of produce with an electrical power jack
- Help coordinate and move food from the sorting area to the loading dock or external vehicles
- Maintain a safe and clean warehouse environment
Qualifications :
- Available 9 am - 2 pm M-F
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at one time
- Forklift certification preferred
- Must have a personal vehicle or reliable transportation (Our warehouse is in an industrial area & not accessible via public transportation)
Compensation
- $20-25 per hour commensurate with experience
Sharing Excess is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants of all backgrounds to apply. We shall not discriminate and will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, Board membership, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, or for any other discriminatory reason.
About Sharing Excess:
Sharing Excess is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that uses surplus as a solution to scarcity. While over 40 million people in the US face food insecurity, nearly 40% of the nation's food supply is going to waste. By partnering with grocery stores, restaurants, wholesalers, and farmers, Sharing Excess has delivered over 20 million meals to a network of nonprofits, food banks, and community organizations. Our team embraces a fun, fast-paced, agile, and creative startup environment that is laser-focused on improving access to excess and making food a basic human right. If you're passionate about connecting with people, building innovative solutions, and want to make this world a better place, look no further than team SE.
Source : Sharing Excess