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Food Hub Operations Support & Delivery Driver:
The Food Hub Delivery Driver position is responsible for packing produce and ensuring timely produce deliveries to our Food Hub customers, ranging from CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shareholders, schools, food pantries, senior food access partners and wholesale accounts. The position is a vital part of the New Entry Food Hub team, and as such will share in the responsibility of fulfilling program deliverables and reporting requirements.
Job Responsibilities:
Deliveries: 30 hours/week approx.
• Pick up produce from area farms
• Deliver CSA shares and wholesale produce orders to 15-20 locations per week in the eastern MA/Boston area on time and during scheduled pickup windows
• Work with wholesale customers, site coordinators and volunteers at various pick-up locations to trouble shoot delivery or pick-up concerns and communicate issues back to Food Hub team
• Provide friendly customer service to stakeholders at pick-up locations
• Maintain cleanliness and monitor operational and maintenance needs of delivery vehicles (gas, oil, windshield-wiper fluid); schedule and bring in trucks for service maintenance as needed
• Driving shifts will likely be 6-9 hours per day 3-4 days per week.
Food Hub Operations: 10 hours/week approx.
• Warehouse/Distribution: Work in a warehouse environment to pack and organize produce for delivery. Support management of storage, inventory, and produce quality. Clean and sanitize produce bins to ensure food safety. Maintain, clean, and organize warehouse space and equipment. Perform other Food Hub duties as required.
• Logistics: Support management of delivery routes and organization of coolers. Label and track packed orders.
• Quality Control: Ensure food safety and quality standards. Clean and sanitize produce bins and warehouse packing areas to ensure food safety.
• Equipment Operator: Operate forklift and pallet jack to load produce into trucks and coolers.
Key Qualifications:
• Clean Driving Record
• Ability to safely drive 14- and 16-foot box trucks in urban settings (narrow streets, tight loading docks, and alleyways)
• Delivery experience loading and unloading boxes
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and move hand trucks with stacked bins repeatedly in and out of vehicles, trucks, and buildings
• Ability to operate a forklift and pallet jack or willingness to learn
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Organized and detail oriented
• Customer service experience
• Friendly, reliable, high-energy level, comfortable with multi-tasking
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player, ability to interact with diverse personalities; tactful, respectful, flexible
• Good reasoning abilities and sound judgment
• Self-motivated and directed
• Willingness to start work early (6am) on delivery days
• Access to reliable private transportation to reach New Entry Food Hub required
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience driving a box truck in an urban setting preferred
• Experience working in a warehouse environment preferred
• Experience handling produce and food safety training preferred
• Experience in commercial farming or wholesaling preferred
• Cross-cultural experience preferred
• Carpentry or general handy-person experience is a plus
• Experience maintaining small engines or landscape equipment is a plus
• High School Diploma or equivalent
Hours and compensation:
$22-$25/hour
June-November: 40 hours/week, 4-5 days/week, April-May part-time if available.
To Apply:
To Apply for all New Entry open positions, please send a brief letter of inquiry and a summary of your experience to meet the qualifications or a resume and email to: Sara Poggi Davis, Food Hub Program Manager, sara.davis@tufts.edu. Candidates will be required to complete a background check and demonstrate a clean driving record.
New Entry values diversity and unique lived experience and does not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic information, veteran or disability status or any other factor prohibited by law.