Food Hub Driver
Food Hub Driver
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Job Description
Position Title: Food Hub Driver (FHD)
Supervisor: Food Hub Operations Manager (FHOM)
Employee Status: Part-Time Non-Exempt from overtime pay (10-20 hours per week)
Food Connects is an equal opportunity workplace that does not discriminate on the basis of disability or other legally protected categories. If an employee has a disability that makes it difficult to perform their job duties they are encouraged to notify us to discuss reasonable accommodations.
About Food Connects
Food Connects is a nonprofit organization based in Brattleboro VT. We distribute regional foods through our Food Hub provide educational and consulting services to bring producers to market and inspire kids to love local foods through our Farm to School Program.
We partner with producers and customers across Vermont New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts to transform the local food system. Were growing quickly and are looking to expand our fun and quirky team.
Position Summary
The Food Hub Driver (FHD) serves as the public face of our regional food distribution network spanning Vermont New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts. Our drivers ensure the safe timely and undamaged transport of Food Hub products. Drivers are comfortable driving sprinter vans and box trucks are organized and keep good records and provide excellent customer service. The FHD must have consistently exceptional organizational skills record-keeping skills and attention to detail while providing courteous respectful service to a wide variety of customers and food producers. The FHD is supervised by the Operations Manager and works in close partnership with the rest of the FH Operations Team.
Core Competencies
- Technical Expertise: Familiarity and confidence driving large vehicles box delivery trucks or other comparably-sized vehicles.
- Attention to Communication: The ability to ensure that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
- Balancing Team and Individual Needs: Ability to work cohesively within a team environment while independently managing ones own duties and responsibilities
- Forward Thinking:The ability to anticipate the implications and consequences of situations and take appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
- Flexibility: Openness to different and new ways of doing things willingness to modify ones preferred way of doing things.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Food Hub Deliveries
- Ensure safe timely and undamaged pickup and delivery of all Food Hub products in vehicles as large as a 24-foot reefer box truck.
- Act as a cheerful positive and professional representative of Food Connects and in all outward-facing interactions especially with our customers producers and partners.
- Inspect and verify the complete contents and quality of all Food Hub products during pickup and quickly communicate any shortages or other issues to the Food Hub Operations Manager.
- Modify order slips at customer drops as needed and collect customer signatures and paperwork as needed.
- Coordinate directly with specific producers and customers to communicate ETAs and order status as needed.
- Track and communicate mileage hours and other pertinent issues for each route.
Food Hub Fleet & Facilities Maintenance
- Monitor the condition of all truck and refrigeration components and report and coordinate with the Food Hub Operations Manager and Fleet & Facilities Manager around maintenance required.
- Perform daily food safety and sanitation-related route and vehicle tasks and complete required daily food safety and sanitation records.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provide stakeholders with excellent customer service.
- Maintain detailed records for all work activities.
- Attend regular check-ins with the Food Hub Operations Manager and provide proactive and constructive feedback to aid in continuous improvement.
- Participate in annual self-review.
- Conduct peer reviews of other staff members as requested
- Assist with training Food Hub staff as needed.
Working Conditions & Physical Demands
Work Conditions:
Regularly scheduled shifts: Wednesdays 9am - 5pm Thursdays 11am - 7pm. Start times are negotiable. Additional shifts may be available. Route length is fairly consistent but may vary somewhat depending on season and customer orders.
- The position is based in the Food Connects Food Hub facility in Brattleboro VT.
- This is a part time position with 10-20 hours per week expected.
- Evenings may be required but will have plenty of lead time for planning.
- Monday federal holidays may require at least part-time work. Adequate advance notice will be provided.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to drive delivery vans and trucks.
- Ability to drive continuously for a full workday.
- Ability to work and drive in variant weather conditions.
- Ability to repeatedly lift and move products (up to 50 lbs) and climb in and out of vans and trailers.
- Ability to operate electric and manual pallet jacks.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Experience driving box trucks / straight trucks or other comparably-sized vehicles. Note that our trucks DO NOT require a CDL.
- Driving record free of serious infractions in the last three years.
- Ability to receive a Department of Transportation (DOT) Medical card (paid for by Food Connects).
- At least 21 years old (legal requirement for operating DOT registered vehicles).
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal: in person over the phone email text.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Strong organizational and record keeping skills.
- Reliable transportation for getting to headquarters in Brattleboro VT.
- Reliable cell phone.
- Cheerful professional presence and a positive can-do attitude.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in logistics and/or food distribution.
- General knowledge of veggies fruits or other locally-produced items.
- Familiarity and alignment with Food Connects mission and organizational culture.
- Existing relationships with local food producers.
- Familiarity with the geographical area of delivery services.
- Some mechanical knowledge/familiarity with diesel trucks.
- Basic knowledge of safe food handling practices.
- Servsafe Certified
Compensation
This is a part-time non-exempt hourly position.
Beginning at $20.00 hourly. Negotiable depending on experience.
A part-time position has the following benefits:
- 2% retirement contribution
- 15% employee discount on food purchases.
- Access to vision and dental insurance
- Life insurance (must average 20 hours/week)
- Short-term disability insurance (must average 20 hours/week)
- Paid time off: vacation sick personal and holiday leave
Employment Type
Full Time
