Patchwork Delivery Driver & Food Co-op Coordinator

Patchwork Family Farms is hiring for the Patchwork Delivery Driver & Food Co-op Coordinator position in Columbia, MO. This hands-on role supports the operation's day-to-day production and care work. Reliable execution and early communication matter because the work directly affects plants, animals, equipment, coworkers, customers, or the surrounding property. What you will do • Receive, stage, sort, pack, load, or deliver farm products according to the day's orders, quality standards, and food-safety procedures. • Use assigned containers, carts, packing equipment, vehicles, and material-handling tools safely and only within completed training. • Maintain accurate counts and labels, protect product condition, and communicate shortages, damage, delays, sanitation concerns, or order exceptions promptly. • Complete in-town and out-of-town delivery routes for family-farm pork and rural food-program orders, protecting product condition, following route instructions, and maintaining professional relationships with restaurants, stores, and community partners. • Load and unload the delivery truck safely, arrange orders in route sequence, confirm counts and destinations, and reconcile returned product, containers, paperwork, or delivery exceptions at the end of the route. • Manage and track inventory accurately for Patchwork and food-cooperative work, communicating shortages, damage, temperature, timing, vehicle, customer, or record discrepancies before they affect another order. How the work fits together Packing and distribution work begins with confirmed orders, product availability, route or packing priorities, and a clean, ready work area. The team receives and stages product, checks quality and counts, packs or loads in the required sequence, and records exceptions before anything leaves the farm. Containers, work surfaces, vehicles, and remaining inventory are reset for the next production or delivery cycle. At Patchwork Family Farms, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Complete in-town and out-of-town delivery routes for family-farm pork and rural food-program orders, protecting product condition, following route instructions, and maintaining professional relationships with restaurants, stores, and community partners. Load and unload the delivery truck safely, arrange orders in route sequence, confirm counts and destinations, and reconcile returned product, containers, paperwork, or delivery exceptions at the end of the route. Manage and track inventory accurately for Patchwork and food-cooperative work, communicating shortages, damage, temperature, timing, vehicle, customer, or record discrepancies before they affect another order. What the employer is looking for • A clean driving record and ability to obtain a Missouri Class E driver's license, along with strong communication, organization, attention to detail, and a customer-service approach suited to recurring farm-food accounts. • Ability to lift more than 50 pounds and complete a physically demanding combination of driving, loading, unloading, inventory handling, and delivery work while caring for the vehicle and products. • Dependable attendance, direct communication, and willingness to follow the employer's safety, quality, and customer- or production-care procedures. • Ability to complete the role's active, in-person work and to ask for instruction before using unfamiliar tools, equipment, products, or animal-handling methods. Schedule, conditions, and compensation This is a full-time position based in Columbia with starting compensation of $20 per hour. Benefits include fully employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, sick leave, paid holidays, and retirement options with an organizational match. The posting does not state the daily start time, normal route days, guaranteed weekly hours, overtime pattern, benefit waiting periods, or frequency of longer trips. Applicants should ask for those details and the Class E licensing timeline during the interview. The employer publishes starting compensation of $20 per hour; no upper limit is stated. Applicants should confirm the final hours, overtime treatment, starting assignment, travel or reporting point, supplied equipment, and benefit eligibility directly with the employer before accepting an offer. This is an in-person agricultural production position with a small operation. Daily priorities can change with weather, plant or animal condition, equipment availability, customer schedules, and the season. The successful person should arrive ready to work, communicate early when a task or condition is unclear, follow the employer's safety and quality procedures, and leave tools, vehicles, production areas, and job sites secure and ready for the next shift. Applicants should expect active work that may include long periods of standing or walking, bending, lifting, repetitive hand tasks, noise, dust, mud, pollen, heat, cold, rain, or work around moving equipment. The exact physical demands differ by assignment. Candidates should discuss any accommodation needs with the employer and confirm the final schedule, overtime treatment, training period, travel expectations, and benefit eligibility before accepting an offer. Only compensation and benefits expressly published by the employer are included here; unpublished terms have not been estimated. How to apply Email a resume to cody@morural.org or call 573-443-1568 to apply. Identify the Patchwork Delivery Driver & Food Co-op Coordinator opening and highlight commercial or local delivery, clean driving, food handling, inventory, warehouse, route planning, farm products, and customer-account experience.