Would you be excited to work with the Food Bank’s fantastic volunteers?
Do you have experience using a forklift and a ride-on pallet jack?
Do you have warehouse experience?
Are you interested in a M-F, 8-4 schedule?
If you answered yes to these questions, you might be a good candidate to be one of the Food Bank’s Food Processing Coordinators!
The Food Processing Coordinators lead our volunteers in sorting donated and salvage product which goes out to our member agencies.
For the full job description, visit our website at https://www.foodbankwma.org/who-we-are/careers/
We offer:
- 14 days of paid vacation to start
- 12 paid holidays
- 10 paid sick days
- Paid lunch
- Retirement plan with employer match
- 80% Food Bank paid Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance and excellent dental coverage
The starting pay for this position is $19.52/hour with a higher starting wage based on preferences noted in the job description below. We also offer an additional $1.50/hour for Spanish proficiency.
The Food Bank is an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment for all its contracted workers, employees, and volunteers.
Some of the essential functions of this position are:
- Utilize our inventory system to monitor inventory and help establish priorities, sorting schedule, and other product needs for direct service programs, online ordering, and onsite shopping area.
- Responsible for dropping unsorted products to sort and put away sorted products into assigned storage locations.
- Responsible for monitoring and reporting sorting room supply levels.
- Utilize our inventory system to enter food processing data (i.e. transforming product).
- Ensure food processing shift paperwork is completed and processed, with a focus on accuracy.
VOLUNTEERS
- Supervise and provides guidance to volunteers on salvage and other food and non-food sorting projects.
- Communicate sorting procedures and policies to volunteers and train them in how to use necessary equipment and tools including shrink wrap, pallets, sanitizing sink, manual pallet jack, compactors, and scales.
- In collaboration with the Volunteer Coordinator, help to promote and maintain positive volunteer relations and an inclusive and welcoming work environment for them.
Some of the job specifications/requirements are:
- Education & Training – HS Diploma or equivalent
- 1+ years of related work experience including 6 months of warehouse experience
- 6 months of experience on ride-on pallet jack and forklift
- Proficiency in computer data entry in the Windows environment
JOB PREFERENCES
- Spanish proficiency
- 1+ year of ride-on pallet jack and forklift experience
- 2+ years of warehouse experience
- Experience working in food warehouse facility
- Familiarity with food safety and food storage
- Experience training or teaching
- Experience with volunteers
In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture Nondiscrimination Policy, this institution is an equal opportunity provider and prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, marital or familial status. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call 202/720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.52 - $21.33 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 3% Match
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No nights
- No weekends
Ability to Relocate:
- Chicopee, MA 01020: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person