Driver, General Labor, Transportation

Who We Are

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship.

As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

The Driver provides pick up and delivery services to donors, clients and customers by exercising safe and careful driving and material handling procedures.

• Ensures the safe and careful handling of all deliveries, donations, kettle and other funds while protecting property, including donations and vehicles.
• Takes responsibility for daily and overall safety, maintenance, operation of vehicle, and records of such.
• Provides customers and donors with courteous and diplomatic service.
• Maintains knowledge of legislative and company policies such as Health and Safety Regulations, provincial and municipal highway traffic acts.
• Performs circle checks of trucks and maintains truck logs.
• Loads and unloads pallets, boxes and totes at the warehouse, stores, and other pick up and drop off locations, manually and with the use of pallet jacks.
• Ensures the loads are wrapped to ensure safe transportation, loading and unloading.
• Records data of incoming and outgoing loads, using manual and electronic devices.
• Cleans bins and garbage, general cleaning of shipping area, including sweeping and mopping when necessary.
• Assists/directs farmers with farm waste.
• Assists/directs volunteers to ensure tasks are completed to food safety standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Staff, management, volunteers, clients

Donors, community

• Reports directly to the Community Ministries Supervisor
• Direct reports: none
• The incumbent is responsible for his/her own time and effort only.
• They may demonstrate work methods to new employees, volunteers and/or students.

• Considerable material responsibilities – safe material handling and picking up/delivering donations.
• Uses or maintains organization assets in accordance with established guidelines.
• Does not process any financial transactions with no budget responsibilities.

• The incumbent’s work environment is typically in a truck and warehouse.
• This a part time positions, 2 days a week (Sunday and Monday), flexibility is required on the schedule to meet operational needs.
• The incumbent will work under the following disagreeable conditions, garbage, odours, dirty environment, truck fumes, excessive noise, extreme temperature changes, work schedule may impact life (weeknights and weekends).
• The incumbent is required to travel more than 70% of the time.
• The work requires frequent amount of standing, walking, bending, repetitive lifting, and the ability to lift up to 39 pounds with no assistance from others.
• The incumbent works on call for emergencies only.
• The job incumbent may be exposed to the risk of moderate to severe injury or illnesses due to, moving objects, driving in hazardous conditions, risk of back injuries (throwing out back), traffic accident injuries, other potentially dangerous situations.
• The incumbent must take the following precautionary measures (in addition to health and safety rules), universal precautions, wear Hi Vis vest, wear steel toed safety shoes, wear gloves, use back brace.

The above responsibilities must be performed in keeping with The Salvation Army’s Mission, Vision and Values, in a professional manner, upholding our code of…