ReStore Box Truck Driver

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:  

Key Responsibility: Truck Driving & Donation Transport (70%)   

• Drive a 16-foot box truck with utmost safety and efficiency in Chicago and nearby suburbs. This includes adhering to all federal, state, and local laws of driving a box truck in Cook County. 
• Provide exceptional donor experience while screening heavy volume of donated items at donor’s home or business and loading and unloading items for donors.  
• Ensure all donated items are securely transported avoiding damaged merchandise to ensure maximum revenue and profit generation.   
• Ensure safety standards are always met in loading, transporting, and unloading material. 
• Work collaboratively with the Operations and Experience Teams, and volunteers for the timing, unloading, and loading of the ReStore truck to the processing runway. 
• Ensure all donated items are acceptable and can be processed without undue burden. 
• Responsible for scrap metal disposal and cash handling of receipts and financial donations.  
• Communicate regularly with Procurement Team while on ReStore truck. 
• Provide ride-along support on ReStore trucks as needed when not driving. 

Key Responsibility: Donation Processing & Merchandising (30%)   

• Ensure safety standards are always being met in receiving and processing donated items. 
• Consistently demonstrate responsibility for items entering the ReStore dock & processing runway. 
• Ensure all donated items are cleaned, properly grouped together, and ready for the sales floor in a timely manner to ensure quick sale and maximum revenue and profit generation. 
• Research and price building materials, doors & windows, tile, and flooring. Price additional donations as requested. 
• Assist in screening a large volume of donations.  
• Transfer designated sold items to the sold bay and safely load them into customer vehicles. 
• Supervise and work alongside ReStore volunteers to process and display merchandise. 

Key Responsibility: Teamwork (All Times)  

• Maintain a “team first” outlook, supporting the success of the team and the mission in attitude, ideas, and actions; lead by example and with active, creative input for growing and improving the organization. 
• Contribute enthusiastically to all organizational events, helping as necessary with set up/take down, management, networking, various tasks, etc.  
• Engage with all members of the team, program participants, and core volunteers.  
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to the shifting overall needs of the team in day-to-day operations. 

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities  

• Driving experience of 16 to 24 ft box truck 
• Understanding of safety measures to safely move bulk items to and from vehicles and warehouse.  
• Demonstrate initiative represented by a sense of urgency, energy, enthusiasm, attention to detail, and follow up.   
• Exceptional work ethic and track record of personal initiative  
• Quick, sound, and decisive decision-maker in rapidly changing conditions; anticipating, addressing, and solving problems.   
• Current authorization to work permanently in the United States 
• Valid driver's license 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities  

• Familiarity with warehouse equipment, such as hand trucks, dollies, pallet jacks, forklifts, etc. 
• Forklift certification. 
• Technical computer skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, & Outlook 

Education and Experience  

• Warehouse, logistics, material movement, and retail experience preferred.  
• Personal volunteer experience. 

Hours: Part-time, approximately 24 – 30 hours per week, including weekends 

Environment: ReStore Chicago is located at 6040 N Pulaski Rd in Chicago. It is accessible by car or public transit.  

Conditions: Ability to safely lift and position up to 50 pounds. The job entails bending, kneeling, and reaching, often in awkward or tiring positions. The position requires driving a 16 to 24ft box truck and has access to a shared laptop computer and phone (while on ReStore truck) in a fast-paced warehouse. 100% of the time is in a fast-paced environment engaging donors, inspecting, and auditing donations, and processing them to their assigned locations. 

Compensation: $16.50 hourly 

FLSA Status: This position is non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The incumbent is eligible for overtime pay or compensatory time according to HFH Chicago policy. Further, the employee must submit timesheets that accurately reflect all hours worked. 

Training: The position will begin with an onboarding period to become familiar with the organization's work and policies; the new hire will be trained on the specifics of the role through a combination of in-person, online and written training and will be expected to take the initiative to review materials as needed and seek understanding of new developments in order to perform her/his responsibilities. Additionally, the successful candidate may be asked to attend training and certification programs as identified.   

To Apply: Submit compelling cover letter and resume to careers@habitatchicago.org with “ReStore Logistics Associate - Your Name” in the subject line by 12/31/2024. Successful applicants will be contacted for interviews. No phone calls please.