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Job 1 of 2

Empties Pickup Driver - Starting wage: $22.00 - $24.00 per hour

Loaves & Fishes is responsible for distributing food to those in need across Vancouver Island. Our warehouse is the main hub of our operations. There are a variety of tasks required daily to be accomplished. We have a diverse team of people dedicated to making Vancouver Island a better place - if you want to be a part of our dynamic team of hard working individuals, please apply!

MUST apply in person to our location at 210 Fry Street (Open Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm) with Resume and Cover Letter. Ask for Alex, Don or Joel.  Be prepared to discuss availability for 5 minutes.

Please Note - This is NOT long haul driving. It is stop and go, over and over again. You will drive to an empties bin, open it up, pull the mega bag out of the empties bin which are sometimes very heavy (if full of glass), and replace with an empty mega bag. And then move on to your next stop. At the end of the shift you need to unload the mega bags of empties by hand. Driving is not the main part. Loading mega bags full of empties on and off the truck is the bulk of the work.

The ideal candidate must be:

- Comfortable lifting/pulling heavy weight repetitively.

- Comfortable working alone (once trained).

- Comfortable driving 5ton truck. No air brakes, class 5 license is all you need.

- Comfortable doing dirty work.

*After a 3 month probationary period we can offer a benefits package (medical and dental). The job comes with 2 weeks paid vacation time, based on a 40 hour work week*

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Job 2 of 2

Warehouse Crew & Driver - Starting wage: $22.00 per hour

Loaves & Fishes is responsible for distributing food to those in need across Vancouver Island. Our warehouse is the main hub of our operations. There are a variety of tasks required daily to be accomplished. We have a diverse team of people dedicated to making Vancouver Island a better place - if you want to be a part of our dynamic team of hard working individuals, please apply!

MUST apply in person to our location at 210 Fry Street (Open Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm) with Resume and Cover Letter. Ask for Alex, Don or Joel.  Be prepared to discuss availability for 5 minutes.  

Duties include:

- driving truck

- picking up food from grocery stores

- unloading trucks

- moving food around on pallet jacks

- washing dirty bins, sorting food (including separating good food from unusable food)

- sorting empties

- lifting boxes of food

- building pallets

- distributing food to various points in Nanaimo and across Vancouver Island.

NOTE - air brake endorsement is not required. All you need to drive our vehicles is a class 5 drivers license.

Full availability is a MUST. The right candidate will regularly be working weekends, and a mix of shifts from early in the morning to late at night.

Being familiar with the operation of a 5 ton truck, pallet jacks and forklifts are all assets - but not required. We can teach all the necessary skills.

The right candidate needs to be punctual, have a positive attitude and be prepared to integrate into a team environment.

Please note - this is a physical job. You need to be able to lift 50 lbs repetitively. The driving is broken up with LOTS of physical hand loading of trucks. This is NOT a driving only type of job.

*After a 3 month probationary period we can offer a benefits package (medical and dental). The job comes with 2 weeks paid vacation time, based on a 40 hour work week*

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent