Mover/helper - Chicago, United States - A Move to Remember LLC

Description

We are currently hiring at A Move to Remember for our Spring/Summer Season Below is a solid overview of our Mover position.

We are primarily seeking folks who have some level of moving/transportation/warehouse experience.

While we do train folks up from a starting position, folks are likely to find that working for us is a match for them after having some level of experience in the fields previously mentioned, or experience in personal fitness (weightlifting + cardio-based).

Accepting Applications on a rolling basis through August 2023.

Hiring for April-August, with potential rolling work throughout the off-season.

We typically do not hire new folks during the winter season.

(Movers)

Pay:
$18-19/hr plus tips, based on experience

Location:
Our home base is located in West Town, by the United Center. Movers can meet at our warehouse, or on job-sites at the starting locations of customers.


Company Mission:
A Move to Remember is always seeking to grow, and expand employment opportunities for the queer community. At A Move to Remember, we make moving a safer and affirming, and safe process.

Moving can be intimate, and we're here to serve our clients as if we were "their friends who know what there is to know about moving".

Training/Evaluation Period:


Pay:
$16/hr plus tips for the first 75 hours of work

Description:
You've just come on-board for your first few trail shifts with AMTR.

Within this training period, both us and you see if we're a good match for each other, see if you vibe doing physical labor for extended periods of time, and this is the time period where we teach you our processes and ways we like to connect with our clients.

Job Role:
Movers

Movers get moves done You just hopped on the team and completed your trial shifts, and you're liking the vibe of working with A Move to Remember.

Within this timeframe as a Jr. Mover, you're feeling out whether you will like doing this long-term. Will the summers be hot and the winters tough? Possibly.

Are you alone in going through it? Absolutely not You're learning how to move, how to organize, how to keep the flow going on the assembly line and where your strengths and room for improvement are.

You're learning how to wrap, how to properly lift and move furniture safely, and how to get through awkward items.

You're also connecting with the clients and making their moves one to remember. And the best part is you got a team supporting you every step of the way.


Essential Duties include:

• Lifting or carrying 75+ lbs over long periods of time hours with breaks)
• Lift/carry while going up and down stairs, backandforth on pathways, and up and down ramps or onto trucks
• Attend all inperson walkthroughs at the start of each location or shift
• Complete jobs at multiple locations within the same 24 hours
• Safely carry and load/unload client's items by following safety procedures, the employee handbook, and any updates given by Team Leads or the Leadership Team
• Responsible for wrapping furniture and fragile items with blankets, wrap, or other padding methods; carrying boxes (and ensuring boxes are properly secured or taped), and responsible for using supplies to safely prepare items for transport
• Willing to receive feedback from the Leadership team, Drivers, and the owner of A Move to Remember
• Responsible for texting or communicating with team or clients while in the passenger seat of the vehicle
• Movers are responsible for collecting supplies, unwrapping furniture, cleaning the beds of trucks, and organizing/strapping supplies within the truck
• May be responsible for assembly or disassembly of furniture. All tools will be provided by the company onsite

Qualifications/Experience:

• Able to uphold our values as being affirming of LGBTQ household structures, trans/queer identities, and lowincome households
• Has reliable transportation to get to job sites around the Cook county area, or to our warehouse located in West Town
• Excellent communication skills
• Expected to attend team meetings via Zoom or phone
• General attentiveness of one's surroundings and onsite variances in nature
• Experience with assembly / disassembly of furniture
• Experience with lifting, cardio, and/or outdoor work experience
• Mover or Athletic Experience preferred

Scheduling:

Given the nature of scheduling moves, preferred availability (or days off) are requested a month in advance via a Google Spreadsheet.

It is expected that movers show up to their shift, or find coverage for their shift.

There is no limit to the number of vacation or off days that a Mover can have, outside of the above stated expectations.

Our scheduling team relies on a mover's communication about any changes to their availability, to ensure the team does not get overscheduled / to provide hours to the team.

Movers can expect more work available during peak times of the month (14th-17th and 26th-4th of