Are you a skilled professional who believes in lending your skills to end hunger during these unprecedented times? If so, consider being the Class A Driver for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. Join our friendly, collaborative, and hardworking Operations team, reporting to the Transportation Manager. Drive Class “A” truck and trailer, making local and state-wide pick-ups and deliveries. Perform daily warehouse duties (i.e. receiving, picking orders, maintenance, physical inventory, etc.) as assigned by the Warehouse Manager.

Who We Are:

The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is comprised of a dedicated team of approximately 240 staff working collaboratively to provide over a million meals to over 50,000 households every week in San Francisco and Marin.

Who You Are:

To excel in this position, you will need to approach the work with the following habits and values:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Ability to work and interact well with individuals (staff, volunteers, and participants) from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds in a culturally diverse environment.
• Ability to listen, identify, analyze, and guide lay users through system and procedural problems.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work efficiently, independently, and as part of a team; to communicate regularly; and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

What You Would Be Accountable for:

The role will be responsible for the following key pieces of work:

• Drive Class “A” truck and trailer locally and statewide, making pick-ups and deliveries of Food Bank product.
• Load and unload the tractor trailer in a manner that is consistent with weight specifications and scale requirements.
• Follow all guidelines established by the BIT and DOT inspections.
• Monitor and maintain the safe operation of the tractor trailer and complete necessary preventative maintenance logs.
• Drive other Food Bank vehicles to accomplish all donation pick-ups, product deliveries, and food drive barrel delivery/pick-up.
• Perform all daily warehouse duties: receiving, storage, agency order picking, salvage/produce sorting, load and unload vehicles.
• Assist in supervising warehouse volunteers.
• Perform other duties and tasks as required, including physical inventory.

What You Would Be Doing Right Now:

• Possession and maintenance of a clean California Class “A” driver's license.
• Two years route driving experience in a tractor trailer and knowledge of regulatory laws relating to the safe operation of a Class “A” vehicle.
• Two years previous warehouse experience combining inventory/order picking experience, safe operation of forklifts, pallet jacks, other warehouse equipment, heavy lifting, and other related warehouse tasks.
• High school diploma or equivalent with good basic math skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Previous supervisory experience a plus.
• Ability to work and interact well with individuals (staff and volunteers) from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds in a culturally diverse environment.

What Else You Should Know:

POSITION COVERED BY OPEIU LOCAL 29 BARGAINING UNIT.

PREFERRED: Cantonese, Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, or Tagalog language fluency. Knowledge of Food Bank Programs. Knowledge of low-income San Francisco and/or Marin populations, neighborhoods, service providers and faith-based organizations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT This position is set in a warehouse environment. The physical and environmental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SALARY The position is Full Time. The starting salary for this position is $32.97/hr ($68,515 per year), with exact salary depending on experience.

BENEFITS All positions are offered generous holiday and sick time as well as retirement savings. This position also qualifies for medical, dental, life, long-term disability, and vacation time.

The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we value having staff who come from communities that we serve. We especially encourage people of color, folx from the LGBTQIA2+ community, and people with disabilities to apply. In accordance with and support of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest and conviction records to apply.