Logistics Specialist

ZipRecruiter; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive food service company in Cambridge seeks a driver to transport food and deliver Meal Kit Boxes. Responsibilities include loading/unloading vans, performing inspections, and ensuring optimal service. Candidates should have a clean driving record and a passion for food. This role offers competitive pay, career growth opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Pay is $23 per hour

Full health, vision and dental benefits

Generous discounts on meals

Flexible scheduling

$300 referral bonus

Free knife skills classes

Opportunities for food sourcing trips

Qualifications

• Clean driving record for the past 7 years.
• Forklift certification within 30 days.
• Must pass a road test conducted by Clover leadership.
• Experience with vehicle cleaning and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Transport food from the commissary to restaurants and delivery addresses.
• Load and unload vans.
• Deliver Meal Kit Boxes up to 30-miles outside Boston/Cambridge.
• Perform vehicle inspections and inventory checks.

Skills

Clean driving record

Customer service skills

Verbal communication

Ability to lift heavy items

Job description

Overview

Do you love food? Do you care about the environment? Join us at Clover!

Our ingredients are sourced from local farms and businesses and are prepared into delicious guilt-free meals without the help of freezers or microwaves. We operate 11 restaurants in the Boston area, a Commissary Kitchen in Cambridge, and a local Meal-Box delivery program. As a driver you will help to load, pack, unpack, deliver, and transport product. Generally, our drivers will spend their time transporting food from our commissary kitchen to our restaurants and delivering Meal Kit Boxes to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Move large containers of food from the Clover commissary to our food trucks, restaurants, and delivery addresses.
• Load and unload vans
• Deliver Meal Kit Boxes up to 30-miles outside Boston/Cambridge
• Drive a 14-foot van/truck, including parallel-parking and backing into tight loading docks
• Manually hoist heavy items
• Perform vehicle inspections and inventory checks
• Complete and submit paperwork
• Interact professionally with Clover employees and customers
• Assist with the coordination of driver routes and schedules

Requirements

• Clean driving record for the past 7 years from the State of Massachusetts
• Ability to become forklift certified within 30 days
• 100% drug-free
• Must be able to pass a road test conducted by Clover leadership
• Must be able to provide an official copy of current driving record and DOT card
• Experience with cleaning and maintenance of vehicles
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Stamina to lift heavy items
• Must share a passion for food and hard work, must lift the spirits of those around them
• The ability to stand for prolonged periods of time, and repeated walking, bending, stretching, and lifting 50 pounds or more, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Able to work a varied schedule that includes nights and weekends

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Clover Food Lab is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, disability, or other protected status.

Benefits

• Pay is $23 per hour
• Full health, vision and dental benefits available to full-time benefit-eligible staff
• Generous discounts on Clover meals, apparel, take-home mealboxes, and an array of local food items sold in our stores
• Accommodating to schedules; part-time and full-time opportunities
• A fun and welcoming work environment with supportive management
• $300 referral bonus when you refer a friend to Clover!
• Opportunity to build a meaningful career - lots of room to grow!
• Free Knife Skills 101, 102, 103 classes (custom knife when you pass 102)
• Free cooking classes (pickling, soup-making, hot sauce making)
• Opportunities to attend food sourcing trips to coffee roasters, farmers, cheese-makers, etc.
• Opportunities to attend food development meetings, contribute ideas/recipes to the menu