Now Hiring: Packaging

Looking for some hands-on experience in a rapidly-growing craft brewery?

Bale Breaker Brewing Company is seeking a hard-working and passionate individual to join the packaging and cellar team at our 30-barrel production brewery in Yakima, WA. Deadline to apply: April 6. To apply, please email your resume and cover letter, indicating interest in the Packaging position, to info@balebreaker.com. Interviews are planned for the week of April 9. 

Job Title:  Packaging

Position Type:  40 hrs/wk, hourly

Position Summary:  Works in beer production department helping to operate and maintain equipment needed to condition and package beer, monitor fermentations, and fill distributor orders

Essential Duties:

• Abides by workplace safety regulations while upholding quality standards
• Operates equipment needed for the following activities: product packaging, product transferring, vessel CIP (clean in place), warehouse organization, and order filling
• Continual lifting, dragging, carrying, and manipulating of hoses, parts, pumps, buckets, and reservoirs, requiring standing, walking, crouching, and lifting regularly throughout the duration of the shift
• Assists in general sanitation of all beer contact surfaces and equipment
• Transfers beer between vessels, assembles and dismantles hard and soft piping pathways
• Prepares beer for packaging, packages beer, organizes and records packaged product
• Performs routine preventative maintenance and cleaning on equipment and infrastructure
• Works with rest of packaging team to fill orders and complete daily duties in a timely fashion

Materials/Machines/Equipment Used:

• Industrial cleaning and sanitizing chemicals including strong acids and bases
• Works on the canning line and kegging line
• Pumps, hoses, valves, clamps, gaskets, and other brewery equipment
• Sit-down and standup fork lifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks
• Oversized delivery truck

Important Skills and Abilities:

• Positive outlook and attitude
• Ability to work unsupervised while maintaining quality and safety standards
• Attention to detail and hygiene
• Ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously
• Self-motivated
• Good time management
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to effectively communicate with staff throughout the brewery
• Must have a valid driver’s license

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb
• Ability to frequently talk, hear, and smell
• Ability to frequently lift up to 50lbs and drag up to 100 lbs
• Ability to frequently reach with hands and arms. Use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to focus on small moving objects
• Must be able to participate in the critical assessment of beers i.e. must be 21+

Work Environment:

• The work environment is usually that of a brewery
• The employee regularly works with hazardous chemicals
• The employee works on wet floors and with wet equipment
• The employee regularly works around high voltage, hot water, and steam
• The employee frequently must work in a sanitary environment

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter, indicating interest in the Packaging position, to info@balebreaker.com.

Posted April 02, 2018