Job Description

Job Location: Main Office - Winchester, KY 40391
Position Type: Full TimeAre you seeking a career with a strong growing, expanding company with a long standing history and amazing workplace culture?  Are you a self-motivated, positive team player looking to contribute to an excellent team?
Ale-8-One Bottling Company is seeking qualified candidates for a full time Warehouse Helper and Truck Loader for second shift (12:00pm-8:30pm).  This position will manually build full pallets of product for our bulk deliveries.  These hand-built pallets are created with multiple products and built from scratch which makes this highly physical work. The warehouse helper will also load and unload our conventional and bulk trucks with a forklift, ensuring accurate loads for the next day’s sales.  Work duties also include food safety GMP activity, daily clean-up and other tasks as needed or assigned daily.
This position is an entry point into our Warehouse and Plant and requires excellent attendance, workplace behavior, and basic math and counting skills. Teamwork as well as flexibility in daily work activity and assignments are key competencies required for this position.
Qualified candidates will have a minimum 2 years work experience and preferably experience in a warehouse or manufacturing/ industrial environment and operating machinery or equipment.  1 year Forklift experience preferred.
We are seeking a positive, safety oriented, team player who can join our team and make a strong and positive contribution.  This is a very exciting time to join our growing Ale-8-One brand and strong workplace culture!
Essential Functions of the Position:
- Building full pallets of product by hand from the ground up to pallet tag specifications daily.  Example of this work load is employees moving by hand- 40 (32 lbs each) cases of product onto each pallet for an average of 60 pallets / day.
- Read pallet tag and truck load specifications in order to build pallets and load truck and trailers accurately.
- Safely operate a forklift and machinery/ equipment.
- Load and unload side loader trucks and tractor trailers with a forklift.
- Follow and perform all GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices for Food Safety).
- Perform all clean-up activities, including sweeping, mopping, trash clean up, etc.
- Use safe Lifting and Carrying techniques, including performing appropriate stretches.  Participating in the safe lifting/ carrying training and observations, as well as coaching with our third party on safety.
- Must be able to consistently perform the highly physical activity: continuous standing, grasping, and handling of materials and frequent walking, bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, kneeling, reaching, overhead reaching, lifting, carrying and handling heavy weight.  Frequent lifting of heavy weight, including Returnable bottles.
- Exposure to warm and cold weather conditions and temperatures
- Adhere to all safety guidelines and comply with PPE requirements
This is a full time, non-exempt/ hourly position with competitive benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, company paid life insurance and company paid long term and short term disability insurance. Benefits also include 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with a company match and vacation time.  We have an amazing workplace culture with strong company values.
Ale-8-One is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We have prioritized sourcing a diverse group of qualified candidates for our jobs. Our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are rooted in Ale-8's Company Values.
Ale-8-One, the soft drink unique to Kentucky, has been bottled in Winchester since 1926. We are a family owned and operated soft drink sales, marketing, production, distribution and vending company with 100 employees.  For more information about Ale-8-One Bottling Company and our products please visit us at www.ale-8-one.com or www.facebook.com/ale8one.

Qualifications
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Reliable transportation to and from work
- Available Monday - Friday 12:00pm-8:30pm (overtime as needed, earlier start as needed)
- At least 2 years work experience
- HS Diploma/ GED or equivalent
- Basic math and counting skills
- Forklift experience preferred
- Ability to perform continuous standing, grasping, and handling of materials and frequent walking, bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, kneeling, reaching, overhead reaching, lifting, carrying and handling heavy weight.Also periodic and sometimes frequent lifting of 50 and 52 lbs. Ability to safely operate a forklift and machinery/ equipment.
- Ability to work evenings and holidays
- Exposure to warm and cold weather conditions and temperatures
- Adhere to all safety guidelines and comply with PPE requirements
- This is a highly physical position