Outlet Production Associate Full-time

About the role

Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1923 that helps people get jobs across Northwest Washington by offering high-quality free job training, education and job placement. Goodwill empowers individuals to overcome barriers to working, by providing comprehensive support and connecting them with life changing job opportunities, ensuring they are career-ready and can support themselves and their families.

Department

Operations

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Reports to

Outlet Production Supervisor

About Goodwill

We believe in the potential of individuals to make positive changes in their lives. We believe that education and training empower people to make those changes. Our vision for the communities we serve is that each person is able to choose rewarding employment, financial security and the experience of educational achievement. We are committed to creating and sustaining a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion (DEI). We embrace our employees’ differences and acknowledge and support our collective responsibility.

About The Position

• Load and unload transportation containers.
• Remove goods from transportation containers and place in designated areas.
• Sort and remove salvage material and garbage from salable goods.
• Evaluate and determine product value as requested.
• Prepare salable goods for retail store.
• Maintain production tallies.
• Identify goods for special sales and auctions.
• Remove and process unsold items from sales floor as appropriate.
• Build and maintain internal and external customer satisfaction.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Demonstrates safe work practices through awareness and observation in support of a safety culture; reports any potential hazards or accidents.

Position Requirements

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education And/or Experience: No previous experience or education required.
• Ability to read, speak and write Basic English and perform basic math skills.
• Ability to work with a diverse team.
• Certificates, Licenses, or Registrations: None.
• Computer/Technology Skills: None.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 40-60 pounds.
• The employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; balance; bend and reach with hands and arms; use feet to operate foot pedal operation; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to climb ladders, sit, stoop, kneel, squat, crouch, or crawl.

Essential Mental/Sensory Abilities

• Organizing, sorting, categorizing, counting, adding, subtracting.
• Recording data.
• Problem Solving.
• Team player.
• Communicating with the public.
• Creating written communication.
• Work Environment.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an outdoors environment, temperature varies with weather and exposure to dust.
• The noise level in the work environment is loud.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule.

Pay Rate

$20.77/hour