Truck Helper
About The Position
The Truck Helper assists with picking up donations by riding in a Salvation Army truck, helping navigate the driver, and lifting, carrying, packing, and unloading donated items. The role helps ensure donations are handled safely and securely, prepares accurate donation receipts, and assists with routine truck maintenance and repairs. At the warehouse and family store, the Truck Helper may receive, inspect, sort, price, and prepare donated items for display, distribute donations to appropriate locations, and help produce bales from unsold clothing. The position also includes cleaning and maintaining the store, warehouse, storage facilities, bathrooms, floors, and sidewalks. This is a regular full-time, day-shift position at the New Bern Family Store in New Bern, North Carolina. The schedule is Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with no travel beyond the scheduled local route indicated.
Requirements
- No formal education required.
- Six months of experience lifting and hauling heavy items such as appliances and furniture, or an equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Responsibilities
- Ride in a Salvation Army truck on scheduled donation pickup routes.
- Navigate the driver to destinations using maps and/or handwritten directions.
- Briefly inspect donated items and explain donation acceptance policies to customers.
- Lift, carry, haul, and pack donations in the truck to maximize space, protect items, and maintain safety.
- Prepare complete and accurate donation receipts for customers.
- Unload donations at the warehouse and distribute items to appropriate locations.
- Perform routine truck maintenance, check fluid levels, and coordinate or participate in repairs as needed.
- Receive, inspect, sort, price, and prepare donated items for display according to category, condition, and established standards.
- Maintain orderliness and cleanliness in the warehouse, store, and storage facilities.
- Clean and sanitize bathrooms, replenish supplies, and clean sinks, toilets, and mirrors.
- Sweep, vacuum, mop, and wax floors and sweep sidewalks.
- Help produce bales from unsold clothing for loading onto a truck.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
