Are you ready to join an awesome team, doing work that makes a difference in our community?
Apply to be a Warehouse Cooler Associate!

We are looking for enthusiastic applicants that are able to embrace our BCS core values (www.birchcommunityservices.org/about)

Here are the details:
POSITION: Warehouse Cooler Associate
REPORTS TO: Operations Manager
LEVEL/STATUS: Full-Time
SALARY: $18-22/hr, DOE
Send your resume AND cover letter to andrew@bcsi.org.

In general, Warehouse Cooler Associate is responsible for intake, organization, and distribution of refrigerated donated products. Responsible for ensuring that warehouse safety and maintenance processes are maintained.

Full-time hours:

Monday: 8:00 am to approximately 3:00 pm.

Tuesday: 10:00 am to approximately 8:30 pm.

Wednesday: 8:00 am to approximately 3:00 pm.

Thursday: 10:00 am to approximately 3:00 pm

Friday: 8:00 am to approximately 3:00 pm.

Check out the position on our employment page ASAP (https://www.birchcommunityservices.org/employment/) and apply TODAY!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Warehouse Duties

Refrigerated Areas

In general, responsible for the intake, organization, and distribution of refrigerated

goods.

• Self-motivated to address warehouse needs in appropriate time frames.
• Assure all refrigerators and freezers are in good running order.
• Orderly organization of warehouse space, and regular cleaning procedures.
• Inventory control and record keeping, in alliance with other BCS employees.
• Forklift and electric pallet jack operation.
• Management of safety procedures and record keeping, in alliance with other BCS employees
• Appropriate management (with grace ) of numerous untrained volunteers.

Shopping

• Coordinate volunteers to keep the shopping floor clean and orderly, especially in tune with safety issues (wet floors, loose shrink wrap, etc.)
• Have volunteers sort Resers, Alpenrose, KeHE, Provvista, etc.
• Maintain the condition and stock of the deli shelves equally distributing items through out the entire shopping day (ESPECIALLY the last hour of shopping).
• Distribute product in Gracie and BOB periodically throughout the day to maintain equal amounts for all shoppers.
• Organize product received that day and stock it into racking.
• Maintain quantities and neatness of refrigerated goods on the floor.
• Restock 10 door and 9 door freezers as needed.
• Sort through any mixed pallets received to ensure proper placement (refrigerated, frozen, and dry.)

Clean-up

• Decide which product to restock on the floor and communicate with volunteers how to organize it, leaving space for the possibility of intake of new items on non-shopping days.
• Decide the quality on remaining produce giving it to the animal farmers or restocking it into BOB.
• Move frozen product from BOB back into Rico (drive-in freezer).
• Make sure 10 door and 9 door freezer are full and restock if not.
• Direct volunteers in clean-up (sweeping, mopping, garbage, etc.)

The Rest of the Warehouse

General

• Share the responsibility for the overall condition of the warehouse with warehouse team. Coordinate the organizational strategies for the intake and storage of the product.
• Coordinate with the warehouse team and share the responsibility of communicating with the volunteers as well as ensuring that all product that is received is appropriately weighed, stored, and/or distributed.
• Maintain an OSHA-approved safety program that will cover the safety of the whole warehouse.

Shopping Time

• During shopping time, help put away the product that we have received that day.
• Maintain the organization of the empty pallets and return crates.
• Help with restocking any items in Gracie and BOB that need restocked during the day.

Clean-up

• Make sure the warehouse is secure at the end of the night.
• Coordinate the loading of animal farmers.
• Do the ‘walk-through’ at the end of the clean-up process before locking up, to determine nothing has been left undone, gated area is locked, and all doors are locked.

Odds and Ends

• Coordinate any recycling that needs to be picked up.
• Work with warehouse team on the recycling of pallets, being available to load pallet trucks when they come for pickups.
• Responsible for organizing and implementing the overall plan for inventory with the Operations Manager. We usually discuss the plan and begin weighing the racking in late July or early August for the inventory which takes place on or around October 31st.
• Every six months (February and August) coordinate with Operations Manager on a full fire drill.

BENEFITS:

• Paid vacation – Starting at 3 weeks, adding one more day per year on your anniversary (starting after 5 years and with a max of 5 weeks)
• Paid sick time – 5 days per year
• Participation in a Simple IRA Retirement Plan after one year of employment, with 3% matching.
• Participation in an FSA plan after 60 days of employment
• Participation as a shopping employee; each employee pays the monthly service fee but can access extra groceries as needed.
• Yearly paid Costco membership
• Kaiser health insurance premium paid in full for employee; up to $1200 monthly family premium paid by BCS
• Yearly bonus

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $22.00 per year

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Experience level:

• No experience needed

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Language:

• English (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Portland, OR 97230: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person