Summary: Join Urban Ore as a summer temp in our retail areas, involving physical labor, customer service, and teamwork in a unique reuse and recycling Ecopark. Highlights: 1. Engage in physical labor and customer service in a retail setting 2. Contribute to a mission to end the Age of Waste 3. Work cooperatively with teammates and help customers Urban Ore, a Berkeley institution since 1981, has a summer temp position available! Our mission is To End the Age of Waste. We recover about 8,000 tons of material a year and recirculate these resources back into the local economy and community mostly by selling them via retail. We have a three-acre reuse and recycling Ecopark that is open to the public for shopping 360 days a year. We’re looking for summer help in our retail areas. The General Store Department takes up most of our 30,000-square-foot warehouse. The General Store sells furniture, housewares, artists’ materials, books, hardware, lighting, old electronics, sporting goods, clothes, collectibles, jewelry, and novelty items. The Building Materials Department is partly inside, mostly outside. It sells doors, windows, sinks, bathtubs, toilets, garden equipment, tiles, marble and granite sheets, metal sheets, fencing, lumber, and pipes. The Salvage and Recycling Department rescues materials from the landfill and brings them back to the store to sell or recycle! No matter the department, the work at Urban ore involves physical labor such as unloading and loading vehicles, lifting and rearranging heavy inventory, and cleaning. Must be able to lift 50 pounds safely and continually all day as the flow of business demands. The job will involve customer service such as working at a POS and answering customers’ questions. Must enjoy helping people and must be self-directed while working cooperatively with teammates to help customers. The position is available for a 3-month term. Possibility of future re-hiring depending on performance. Must be able to work both weekend days. The starting wage starts at $21.97 an hour base wage plus an average incentive of $3.54 per hour, or an average hourly wage of $25.51 per hour. Employees also receive 50% discount on purchases for personal use. Schedule: This full-time position is five (5) days a week. Must work weekends. Pick up an application at the front cash register and fill it out right away. We ask that all applicants submit the application in person so you can experience Urban Ore’s environment before applying. Business Address: 900 Murray Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Business Hours: Sunday, 10:00AM to 5:00PM Monday to Saturday, 8:30AM to 5:00PM. No emailed applications will be considered.
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