What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Specialist - Diversion Coordinator position at The Junkluggers?
HELP GIVE REUSABLE ITEMS A SECOND LIFE
The Junkluggers of Queens & Long Island | Hicksville, NY
Pay: $19–$21 per hour
Part-time, with the potential to grow into full-time
We are hiring an Operations Specialist – Diversion Coordinator to help turn incoming furniture, household goods, and other reusable materials into resale, donation, and recycling opportunities. This hands-on, warehouse-based role helps keep useful items out of landfills, reduce disposal costs, and grow our ReMix resale operation.
If you enjoy organizing a busy warehouse, spotting value in secondhand items, and getting things done, we would like to meet you. We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible.
What You Will Do
The Junkluggers of Queens & Long Island | Hicksville, NY
Pay: $19–$21 per hour
Part-time, with the potential to grow into full-time
We are hiring an Operations Specialist – Diversion Coordinator to help turn incoming furniture, household goods, and other reusable materials into resale, donation, and recycling opportunities. This hands-on, warehouse-based role helps keep useful items out of landfills, reduce disposal costs, and grow our ReMix resale operation.
If you enjoy organizing a busy warehouse, spotting value in secondhand items, and getting things done, we would like to meet you. We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible.
What You Will Do
- Sort incoming items for resale, donation, recycling, reuse, or disposal.
- Identify valuable items, research prices, and help recover value through approved resale channels.
- Photograph and list items, organize inventory, and track item status.
- Coordinate buyer communication, customer pickups, and warehouse sales.
- Keep the ReMix area and donation, recycling, metal, and disposal zones clean, safe, labeled, and organized.
- Improve material flow and support warehouse logistics and day-to-day operations.
- Help field teams identify reusable and recyclable items and support new recovery opportunities.
- Organized, dependable, self-motivated, and attentive to detail.
- Comfortable with hands-on warehouse work, including regularly moving and lifting items safely, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.
- Clear communication and strong customer service skills.
- Interest in resale, reuse, recycling, and sustainability.
- Warehouse, resale, thrift, retail, auction, moving, junk removal, recycling, or related experience preferred.
- Ability to drive preferred but not required.
- $19–$21 per hour.
- Part-time work with the potential to grow into full-time as business needs and performance support it.
- Hands-on work with a visible environmental impact.
- Opportunity to help build our ReMix resale operation and grow into broader warehouse or material recovery responsibilities.
Salary : $19 - $21