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Position Title: Packaging and Cellar Associate Department: Production

Employment Status: Part-Time

Effective Date: April 2nd, 2024

Hourly Rate: $18/hr

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Packaging Team Associate is primarily responsible for helping operate Walker Brother’s canning line system. This position also performs general tasks to help ensure that the packaging equipment and packaging area remain well maintained, organized, and sanitary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

PACKAGING RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Regular and dependable attendance for work packaging shifts as scheduled by packaging manager weekly
  • Help safely operate, clean, and sanitize canning line following company standard operating procedures (SOP’s)
  • Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to brewery standards.
  • Safely load and organize packaged inventory on pallets and transport finished pallets to walk in cooler
  • Perform basic preventative maintenance on machinery to ensure it is functioning safely, properly, and efficiently.
  • Communicate all mechanical issues to Packaging Lead
  • Help out as needed in other parts of the brewery (Team Player)
  • Help maintain a safe and clean production facility that aligns with OSHA standards

CELLAR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • CIP (clean in place) brite tanks after packaging runs following company SOP
  • Safely operate keg cleaner following keg cleaning SOP
  • Fill Kegs in advance of packaging
  • Use Zahm & Nagel to measure Co2 levels prior to packaging
  • Assist with kombucha transfer tasks and other CIP tasks as needed
  • Use Ekos software to document cleaning and packaging task and inventory counts

REGULARLY SCHEDULED WORKING HOURS

In general, you will be expected to report to work on the following days / times. Any changes or absences to the below schedule must be approved by a manager at least 7 business days in advance.

9-5pm Wednesday & Thursday with potential to pick up additional hours

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

  • High School Diploma or GED graduate preferred
  • 1 year or more experience in commercial brewing/manufacturing/kitchen work preferred
  • Ability to handle stress under pressure
  • Ability to lift up to 30lbs on a regular basis
  • Ability to learn technical equipment and procedures (i.e,canning line setup/breakdown, 

    operation, and cleaning and sanitation)
  • Attention to detail (observing low-fills, damaged cans, irregular machine functioning etc.)
  • Willingness to maintain a clean, healthy, and safe working environment
  • Ability to coordinate multiple activities with attention to detail
 to apply, email your resume to resumes@drinkwalkerbrothers.com 

 

Position Title: Packaging Team Associate Department: Production

Employment Status: Part-Time

Effective Date: March 26th, 2024 
Hourly Rate: $18/hr FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Packaging Team Associate is primarily responsible for helping operate Walker Brother’s canning line system. This position also performs general tasks to help ensure that the packaging equipment and packaging area remain well maintained, organized, and sanitary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

PACKAGING RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Regular and dependable attendance for work packaging shifts as scheduled by packaging manager weekly
  • Help safely operate, clean, and sanitize canning line following company standard operating procedures (SOP’s)
  • Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to brewery standards.
  • Safely load and organize packaged inventory on pallets and transport finished pallets to walk in cooler
  • Perform basic preventative maintenance on machinery to ensure it is functioning safely, properly, and efficiently.
  • Communicate all mechanical issues to Packaging Lead
  • Help out as needed in other parts of the brewery (Team Player)
  • Help maintain a safe and clean production facility that aligns with OSHA standards

REGULARLY SCHEDULED WORKING HOURS

In general, you will be expected to report to work on the following days / times. Any changes or absences to the below schedule must be approved by a manager at least 7 business days in advance.

  • 9-5pm Wednesday & Thursday with potential to pick up additional hours

  • Our production output is seasonally driven - as a result, there may be some weeks with no work days and others with additional hours available to pickup

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)
    • High School Diploma or GED graduate preferred

    • 1 year or more experience in commercial brewing/manufacturing/kitchen work preferred

    • Ability to handle stress under pressure

    • Ability to lift up to 30lbs on a regular basis

    • Ability to learn technical equipment and procedures (i.e,canning line setup/breakdown, operation, and cleaning and sanitation)

    • Attention to detail (observing low-fills, damaged cans, irregular machine functioning etc.)

    • Willingness to maintain a clean, healthy, and safe working environment

    • Ability to coordinate multiple activities with attention to detail

     to apply, email your resume to resumes@drinkwalkerbrothers.com 

    The following applies to both roles: 
     
    PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to sit; walk; use hands to hold, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Tasting and smelling abilities are required occasionally to distinguish with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, and hot liquids. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
    NOTE
    This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.