Food Rescue Warehouse Associate

Food Rescue Warehouse Associate

About the Job:

Start your day by doing good! Join a fun, vibrant team that’s driving our mission and feeding local communities while diverting over 200,000 pounds of food from landfills every week. Sharing Excess is a national non-profit that is rescuing surplus food and feeds to solve scarcity. Our mission is to rescue surplus food from grocery stores, restaurants, wholesalers, and farmers and redistribute it to communities in need at no cost to the consumer. We’ve rescued over 80 million pounds of food to date - and we’re just getting started.

Sharing Excess operates a wholesale food rescue program out of the Hunts Point Produce Market, one of the largest produce terminals in the world, providing around 60% of the produce to New York City and the surrounding area. We are seeking a Warehouse Associate to oversee and also be hands-on with the daily rescue and redistribution of donated food at Hunts Point. In this position, you will be a part of a team of 10+ who are gleaning through food donations, moving pallets of food, loading trucks, and logistically coordinating the incoming and outgoing deliveries of food donations.

Position Overview:

Our warehouse associates work 10 am - 3 pm every weekday, so being comfortable with early mornings is a must! There is also a need for flexibility with scheduling, with us potentially needing help as early as 7 am and as late as 4 pm (this is not likely to happen often).

Main responsibilities for this position include sorting and packing produce and assisting with warehouse operations in the Hunts Point Produce Market. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working on a close-knit team and in a temperature-controlled warehouse environment. You will assist with a variety of essential tasks to ensure our operations run smoothly and be an essential part of our nonprofit as we reduce food waste and food insecurity across New York City.

Responsibilities:

• Inspecting produce and sorting edible vs. non-edible food (looking for bruising, mold, puncture wounds, etc., and sorting out inedible produce).
• Setting up, breaking down, and general upkeep of the food sorting area.
• Weighing food donations with a pallet scale.
• Helping maintain accurate records of food donations.
• Supervising and training on-site volunteer produce sorters, when applicable.
• Packing produce in boxes ready for distribution.
• Moving pallets of produce with an electrical power jack.
• Helping coordinate and move food from the sorting area to the loading dock or external vehicles.
• Maintaining a safe and clean warehouse environment.

Qualifications:

• Available 10 am - 3 pm M-F.
• Forklift certification preferred.
• Must have a personal vehicle or reliable transportation (Our warehouse is in an industrial area & not accessible via public transportation).

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand for extended periods (up to 7 hours).
• Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds at one time.
• Capability to bend, stoop, reach, and perform repetitive motions.
• Comfortable working in a temperature-controlled environment (cooler temperatures).
• Ability to maneuver through a busy warehouse and handle food safely.

Compensation: Starting Salary: $20/hour.

Sharing Excess is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants of all backgrounds to apply. We shall not discriminate and will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, Board membership, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, or for any other discriminatory reason.

Sharing Excess is one of the fastest-growing food rescue organizations in America, built on a simple but powerful mission: to reduce food waste through scalable and sustainable solutions. What started as a grassroots movement now operates across the country—moving nearly 2 million pounds of food every week, 100 million pounds annually, to thousands of community partners nationwide. Our work is visionary, impactful, and deeply human. We move quickly, think creatively, and operate like a high-growth startup—with the heart of a grassroots movement. From building custom technology to rethinking the food supply chain, we’re actively reshaping how food reaches communities. If you're looking for a career with purpose - where your daily efforts make the world a better place - look no further than team SE.