Warehouse Associate

Sharing Excess; New York (NY); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Sharing Excess is seeking a Warehouse Associate to join their team at the Hunts Point Produce Market. The role involves overseeing the daily food rescue operations, ensuring food safety, and assisting in the redistribution of donated food to local communities. Candidates should expect to work in a fast-paced, temperature-controlled environment while performing physical tasks like lifting and sorting produce. This position offers a starting salary of $20/hour.

Qualifications

• Forklift certification preferred.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Available 10 am - 3 pm M-F.

Responsibilities

• Inspect produce for quality and sort edible vs. non-edible food.
• Weigh food donations and maintain records.
• Supervise on-site volunteers when applicable.

Skills

Sorting produce

Record maintenance

Supervising volunteers

Pallet handling

Food safety handling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Warehouse Associate

About the Job:

Start your day by doing good! Join a fun, vibrant team that’s driving our mission and feeding local communities while diverting over 200,000 pounds of food from landfills every week. Sharing Excess is a national non-profit that is rescuing surplus food and feeding to solve scarcity. Our mission is to rescue surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, wholesalers, and farmers and redistribute it to communities in need at no cost to the consumer. We’ve rescued over 80 million pounds of food to date - and we’re just getting started.

Sharing Excess operates a wholesale food rescue program out of the Hunts Point Produce Market, one of the largest produce terminals in the world, providing around 60% of the produce to New York City and the surrounding area. We are seeking a Warehouse Associate to oversee and also be hands-on with the daily rescue and redistribution of donated food at Hunts Point. In this position, you will be a part of a team of 10+ who are gleaning through food donations, moving pallets of food, loading trucks, and logistically coordinating the incoming and outgoing deliveries of food donations.

Position Overview:

Our warehouse associates work 10 am - 3 pm every weekday, so being comfortable with early mornings is a must! There is also a need for flexibility with scheduling, with us potentially needing help as early as 7 am and as late as 4 pm (this is not likely to happen often).

Main responsibilities for this position include sorting and packing produce and assisting with warehouse operations in the Hunts Point Produce Market. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working on a close-knit team and in a temperature-controlled warehouse environment. You will assist with a variety of essential tasks to ensure our operations run smoothly and be an essential part of our nonprofit as we reduce food waste and food insecurity across New York City.

Responsibilities:

• Inspecting produce and sorting edible vs. non-edible food (looking for bruising, mold, puncture wounds, etc. and sorting out inedible produce)
• Setting up, breaking down, and general upkeep of food sorting area
• Weighing food donations with a pallet scale
• Helping maintain accurate records of food donations
• Supervising and training on-site volunteer produce sorters, when applicable
• Packing produce in boxes ready for distribution
• Moving pallets of produce with an electrical power jack
• Helping coordinate and move food from the sorting area to the loading dock or external vehicles
• Maintaining a safe and clean warehouse environment
  
  

Qualifications:

• Available 10 am - 3 pm M-F
• Forklift certification preferred
• Must have a personal vehicle or reliable transportation (Our warehouse is in an industrial area & not accessible via public transportation)
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand for extended periods (up to 7 hours)
• Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds at one time
• Capability to bend, stoop, reach, and perform repetitive motions
• Comfortable working in a temperature-controlled environment (cooler temperatures)
• Ability to maneuver through a busy warehouse and handle food safely
  
  

Compensation: Starting Salary: $20/hour.

Sharing Excess is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants of all backgrounds to apply. We shall not discriminate and will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, Board membership, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, or for any other discriminatory reason.