Why Evansville Goodwill?

Join our team at Goodwill—where your work goes beyond a paycheck and directly supports our mission through life-changing programs like job training, digital skills, disability assistance programs, and high school diplomas for adults! Your efforts make a real difference in people's lives.

What You’ll Do:

Under the leadership of the assigned Operations Supervisor or Logistics Manager, the Lead Material Handler is a member of the Donated Goods Retail Operations team and is tasked with the daily operation of the plant and processed product, material handles, provides excellent customer service, and assists in other areas as assigned. This position will also assist in training, development, and helping identify opportunities for the personal and professional growth of team members, clients, and volunteers in support of Goodwill's mission.

Job Type: Part-time

Hourly Rate: $14.25 per hour

Shift:

• 8-hour shift, scheduled for 40-hours per week
• Weekend availability

Essential Functions:

• Safely transport and unload goods within the warehouse using material handling equipment; ensure proper handling and processing of incoming donations in compliance with Goodwill policies.
• Sort donations following company guidelines, bale salvageable items appropriately, and identify items that need separate processing.
• Meet production standards for sorting, pricing, and stocking; rotate products regularly, and track donations and production using basic calculations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive attitude, ensuring a great experience for customers and donors while adhering to Goodwill policies and procedures.
• Train and develop team members, assist with warehouse security, and notify management of inventory concerns.
• Perform janitorial duties, work flexible hours, and assist with other tasks as needed, ensuring punctuality and dependability.

What You’ll Bring:

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English, with flexibility to accommodate diverse communication styles and abilities, ensuring inclusive engagement with the public, department staff, and individuals with varying needs.
• Employment offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test and criminal background check.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment: The physical demands/work environment conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to assist individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical requirements include the ability to twist, bend, squat, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, push, and pull. The employee must be able to lift up to 40 pounds (common items include, but are not limited to, bags of clothes/miscellaneous items, televisions, computers, sofas, kitchen appliances, bicycles and bedroom sets).

Working environment is indoors with occasional exposure to outside temperatures, and will work around occupational allergens, both air and contact, including but not limited to dust, animal hair and dander, perfumes, and mold. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Employee Benefits:

Full Time Employees: For Full-Time Employees, Goodwill offers a total rewards package of: competitive wages, bonus eligibility, annual merit increase eligibility, paid sick time, paid vacation days, 10 paid holidays annually, employee health clinics, dental, medical, HSA, vision, retirement plan, life insurance, student loan forgiveness eligible, employee discount, and mileage reimbursement.

We embrace a variety of backgrounds, including individuals with previous involvement in the criminal justice system. Evansville Goodwill Industries is dedicated to offering fair employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest or conviction records.

Evansville Goodwill Industries, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

-Evansville Goodwill Industries, Inc. and Goodwill Educates, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

-This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.