JOB POSTING #2024-30-11

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

Food Bank

Food Bank Lead Driver

Wage: $23.75 to 25.00 per hour

Full Time: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Permanent

Provide Oversight in the Day-to-Day Operations of Food Deliveries and Pick-Ups   

Join the team at Archway

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Location:  Abbotsford

On Site

Job Summary:

The Food Bank Lead Driver reports directly to the Food Access Supervisor and works in collaboration with the Warehouse, Fresh Food Recovery and Home Delivery Coordinators along with key satellite location staff. The Lead Driver will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the drivers including the scheduling and coordinating of driver routes, managing vehicle maintenance, ensuring safety practices are followed, and maintaining positive public presence when out in the community. The Lead Driver provides mentoring as necessary, and collaborates and interacts with others in a positive, and effective manner.  The Lead Driver must have the ability to make sound decisions and be proactively involved in storage capacity decisions. 

Your Role:

Archway’s Lead Driver with the Food Bank contributes by:

• Scheduling drivers for daily and weekly pickups and deliveries to and from the Food Bank and Warehouse.
• Working in collaboration with the Warehouse Coordinator, Fresh Food Recovery Coordinator, Home Delivery Coordinator and key satellite location staff in scheduling deliveries and pickups.
• Communicating regularly with both internal and external stakeholders, coordinating pickups and deliveries for the Fresh Food Recovery program, satellite locations, and donated food.
• Scheduling regular maintenance for the Food Bank vehicles to include vehicle repairs, tune-ups, and inspections.
• Managing and following up on reported vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations or damage to the vehicles.
• Ensuring drivers have completed pre-and post-shift equipment and vehicle checks for all trucks.
• Monitoring drivers and ensuring all drivers are properly trained and possess the necessary skills for safe driving.
• Ensuring all drivers are trained on the safety regulations for operating Food Bank vehicles, truck tailgates and pallet jacks.
• Overseeing safety standards during loading, unloading and delivery of food.

This position is a great fit for someone who has experience in scheduling and coordinating driver routes, who is well organized and has excellent attention to detail, has good networking and relationship building skills, and can lead and direct groups of people.   

Our Offer

• Wage: $23.75 to $25.00 per hour
• A permanent, full-time position at 40 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
• Benefits include:
  • Three weeks vacation in your first year; four weeks in your second year.
  • A great benefits plan including extended health and dental; you choose your plan.
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
  • A pension plan; Archway meets your contribution.
  • Great in-house training opportunities.
  • Rewarding work in a positive environment.
  • Work/Life balance.

Getting an Interview – you will be considered if you have:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience.
• A valid Class 5 BC Driver’s License and a clean Driver’s Abstract.
• At least one-year experience in a customer service position.
• At least one-year experience, preferably driving vans, forklifts and/or other machinery.
• At least one-year leadership experience is preferred.

The Job Requires you to have:

• Well-developed verbal, written, and active listening skills; able to communicate effectively and respectfully with people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
• Strong ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good organization, planning and time management skills.
• Well-developed relationship building skills.
• Strong teamwork and leadership skills. 
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Strong understanding of safe working procedures and the ability to train staff based on those requirements.
• A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.

Closing date is September 06, 2024.

No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies. If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.

Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.  

We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional and unceded territory of the Stō:ló people. Stō:ló territory extends from the mouth of the Fraser River to Boston Bar. Locally, this includes the Matsqui First Nation and Sumas First Nation. We give them thanks for sharing their land and resources with us.

We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.