Are you a skilled professional who believes in lending your skills to end hunger during these unprecedented times? If so, consider being the Truck Loader/Unloader at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank.

Who We Are:

The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is comprised of a dedicated team of approximately 240 staff working collaboratively to provide over a million meals to over 50,000 households every week in San Francisco and Marin.

Who You Are:

To excel in this position, you will need to approach the work with the following habits and values:

• You are a certified forklift operator with passion for our mission to end hunger
• You have the proven ability to safely operate all types of warehouse equipment, including, but not limited to, pallet jacks, forklifts and dock levelers.
• You have basic knowledge of food storage, handling and distribution procedures
• You have basic knowledge of inventory control processes and procedures

What You Would Be Accountable for:

The role will be responsible for the following key pieces of work:

• Primary job responsibilities is assisting our San Francisco drivers in the loading and unloading of their trucks.
• Other responsibilities will be organizing pallets in preparation for load-out and handling all required documentation.
• Certified pallet jack/forklift driver a plus.
• Will need to effectively communicate with other employees and management.
• Must be able to work safely in a team setting.
• Follow the Individual Work Plan (IWP) for this position as outlined in essential functions and basic duties

What You Would Be Doing Right Now:

Operations:

• Organize and stage orders in preparation for distribution
• Verify actual number of pallets compared to count sheet
• Item spot check/quality control
• Working inside Freezer/cooler performing pallet counts with a temperature range of –10 degrees F. to 38 degrees F.
• Verify, by count, that high value protein items are accurate
• Loading and unloading of freight
• Consolidate freight to minimize total number of pallets
• Operation Monitoring — watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly
• Provide excellent customer service to our pantry network by the effective loading of our trucks
• Assist in Recycle program
• Process, manage and return to inventory, driver return item
• Assist in receiving during heavy inbound days or when drivers are successfully dispatched
• Up to 2/3 of the time: walk; sit; squat; bend; twist; reach at various heights above and below shoulder level
• Up to 1/3 of the time: push or pull; lift or carry large, heavy, awkward objects while maneuvering in a confined space, e.g., narrow aisles, high density storage areas, inside of a truck box, etc.; ascend or descend flights of stairs; climb in or out of trucks, docks and/or forklifts.

Safety:

• Demonstrate adherence to safety through consistent actions in line with safety expectations and adherence to all related policies and procedures
• Follow work safety and food safety in adherence to SF-Marin Food Bank policies and procedures, standard operating procedures and federal/state regulations (Food Handling, AIB, DOSH and OSHA)

What Else You Should Know:

Position covered by OPEIU Local 29 Bargaining Unit

Shift is Tuesday through Friday 2:00am-10:30am, Saturday 1:00am-9:30am

PREFERRED: A valid California driver’s license and a clean DMV printout is preferred but not required. The ideal candidate can exert force and/or lift or carry items weighing twenty (20) to one hundred (100) pounds occasionally, and up to fifty (50) pounds frequently. A High School diploma or higher is required. 2 years forklift experience is preferred. The ideal candidate has basic computer skills and 1 year’s basic warehousing experience. They are able to work in a fast-paced environment and take direction from multiple managers.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT This position is set in a warehouse environment. The physical and environmental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SALARY The position is Full Time. The starting salary for this position is $19.81-21.87 per hour, with exact salary depending on experience.

BENEFITS All positions are offered generous holiday and sick time as well as retirement savings. This position also qualifies for medical, dental, life, long-term disability, and vacation time.

The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we value having staff who come from communities that we serve. We especially encourage people of color, folx from the LGBTQIA2+ community, and people with disabilities to apply. In accordance with and support of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest and conviction records to apply.