TITLE Spring Creek Food Hub Warehouse Delivery Driver

LOCATION Springdale, Arkansas

CATEGORY Non-Profit

JOB TYPE Full-Time

SPRING CREEK FOOD HUB DESCRIPTION

An emerging local food system non-profit serving the Northwest Arkansas region seeks an energetic and experienced Warehouse Delivery Driver to support the organization within the warehouse and delivery team.

Spring Creek Food Hub works to increase access to local products through aggregation and distribution to wholesale markets and directly to community members, educates farmers and buyers, and improves economic, environmental, and community health of our region’s food system.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As part of our warehouse and delivery team, you will use hand trucks, manual and electric pallet jacks to load and unload delivery vehicles and drive vehicles to delivery locations. You will accurately keep records of all inventories both received and delivered and observe safe workplace rules and guidelines when unloading and transporting cargo. This is a physically demanding position, meaning our ideal candidate can lift and move heavy containers, in addition to possessing a valid driver's license and experience with warehouse inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver produce and local foods to various locations in NW Arkansas with a refrigerated box truck. CDL is NOT necessary but must be able to pass DOT test and have a clean driving record. The driver must be able to climb and descend from the truck repeatedly during the day, load and unload cases of product, operate a lift-gate and a pallet jack.
• Provide excellent service while picking up and delivering products, have a professional attitude and presentation.
• Handle Purchase Orders and Customer Invoices appropriately, count cases, match to documentation – attention to details is necessary.
• Load and unload trucks manually or with a pallet jack.
• Respect food safety rules, check for and document safe conditions.
• Drive safely and maintain equipment in excellent condition and cleanliness.
• Begin and end each truck run with established procedures.
• Communicate all pickups, deliveries, and service issues with the warehouse manager.
• Maintain truck logs.

This organization is a small non-profit where a “pitch-in” spirit is expected. Assistance on additional projects or tasks may be required in addition to normal responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• At least 1 year of truck driving experience with a clean driving record and pass DOT test.
• Ability to drive 26-foot refrigerated box truck
• Knowledge of Northwest Arkansas area
• Normal work weeks are Monday through Friday with a summer busy season that mightrequire long working days, or exceptionally Saturdays. Some flexibility on the workschedule is necessary.
• Ability to lift at least 50 lbs., be able to stand, bend, crouch, climb into the truck and bephysically active during the entire day.
• Knowledge of produce or grocery business is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Role performs tasks in both outdoor and indoor environments.
• Exposures encountered include seasonal temperature swings, extreme cold (inside coldstorage units), warehouse operations equipment.
• Essential physical requirements include standing, sitting, typing, driving, speaking.
• Position could occasionally require operation of heavy equipment such as pallet jack,forklift, and other warehouse operations equipment.
• Physical effort/lifting including sedentary - up to 10 pounds; light - up to 20 pounds;medium - up to 50 pounds; and some heavy - over 50 pounds.
• Work periods include Monday through Friday, some weekends and nights, and availablefor after-hours emergency or on-call as a regular part of the job.
• Local, state, and potential national travel requirements.
• Continuous reading, writing, and speaking, oriented with reality, positive attitude, abilityto recall and remember information, work well with others and work under stress.

COMPENSATION

Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with similar positions nationally.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please send a resume and cover letter to info@springcreekfoodhub.org with the title of the position in the subject line.

Applications will be considered as they are received and until the position is filled.