42 Best trucking safety Jobs in Jersey City, New Jersey (November 2025)

Rethink Food

Trucking Team- Driver

3 days ago

New York

Job DescriptionSalary: $23.76/ hour- $27.00/ hour ABOUT US: Rethink Food is a chef-led nonprofit partnering with restaurants to better feed communities. Through strong partnerships with local restaurants and community-based organizations, we work with a responsive, hyperlocal network that provides culturally celebrated, nutritious meals. Since 2017, we've served over 30 million meals and reinvested more than $142 million into local economies. Our work falls into three core areas: • Building the Network: We connect restaurants, community-based organizations, and food donors to deliver meals where theyre needed most., • Setting the Example: Through our Sustainable Community Kitchen, we demonstrate what dignified, community-centered food access can look like., • Advocating for Change: We champion policy and systems change to create a more sustainable, equitable food future for all. ROLE SUMMARY: The Rethink Trucking Team supports transportation for our Commissary Kitchen, Rethink Certified Program and Rethink's in-kind donations. The Trucking Team Member responsibilities span both driving and food distribution assistance. Non-CDL hourly: $23-25 per hour CDL hourly: $25-27 per hour Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your application online. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Completes the pre and post route checklist every shift; communicates any issues to Supervisor, • Safely transports food from donor to kitchen and from kitchen to CBO, filling out all required paperwork needed to document these processes, following the standard operating procedures, • Ensures all food contact equipment used is clean, dry and organized before starting on route, • Returns food donor equipment on truck routes, ensuring it is in good condition, • Picks up Rethink equipment from CBOs and delivers back to the Rethink kitchen, • Supports Trucking and Culinary team when needed; storing food in the walk in refrigerator in accordance with regulatory agencies storage guidelines, • Maintains all safety guidelines; follows all traffic regulations, ensures trucks have gas and are operating normally throughout shift, follows Covid-19 protocol and wears appropriate PPE in the field, • Cleans trucks once a week, • Notifies Supervisor of any equipment breakage or issues throughout shift, • Performs other related duties as assigned. REQUIREMENTS: • Valid Drivers License from the Tri-State area and clean driving record, • Minimum 3 yearscommercial driving experience, • No more than one minor infraction on driving record in last 5 years, • Drivers are required to maintain a safe following distance at all times., • Drivers are required to participate in driver training, including videos and in-person trainings as offered or otherwise, in accordance with company policy, which may be updated from time to time., • Professional, reliable, enthusiastic, • Have a good attitude and willing to take instructions and work well with others, • Drive with caution and care, • Self motivated individual who takes initiative, and is always looking to grow and learn, • Ability to embrace an environment that is rapidly growing and changing to adapt to new business demands, • Must embrace the mission and core values of Rethink Food. Rethink Food has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy (with the exception of reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons). Documentation will be required upon hire. Rethink will offer a company contribution that will fully cover a basic company health insurance plan for any employee that wants it. Just as we believe food is a basic human right, we also believe access to basic health care is as well. Rethink Food has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy (with the exception of reasonable accommodation for religious or medical reasons). Documentation will be required upon hire. WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE: Commitment to embodying our values of: Inventiveness: At our core, we are relentlessly curious about solving problems. As our name suggests, were a team of creative thinkers, but were also hands-on doers, challenging norms with humility to find practical solutions that can create lasting change. Vulnerability: Guided by an always be better mindset, we are a team that intentionally reflects on what we are doing well and where we need to improve. We hold ourselves and each other accountable, every day. No blame, no shame we just want to be sure were always doing the right thing. Thoughtfulness: Our vision for a nourished and thriving world starts with nourished and thriving individuals in each of our communities. Our work is centered on the needs of the people that bring our communities to life. We dont pretend to have all of the answers. We are committed to listening and learning in order to identify and scale solutions that ensure stable and reliable access to healthy food for all so each and every community can thrive. Kindness: At Rethink, we show up every day with empathy and compassion and believe everyone should be treated with dignity. Kindness goes a long way we are all about just being kind Rethink Food is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender (including gender identity or expression), pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, marital status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, ancestry, national origin, alienage or citizenship, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or other protected status. The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

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