Warehouse Worker 1 - Ripon

The Wine Group (TWG) is a leading producer of award-winning wines and alcoholic beverages across 120 brands. With operations in California, New York and Australia, TWG is an innovator in developing and marketing brands beloved by consumers globally, including Cupcake, Franzia, Benziger, Imagery, Tribute, Chloe, Meiomi, Cooks, 7 Deadly, Cooper & Thief, and more. We produce our products using sustainable practices to create delicious beverages that people can feel good about. Visit us at www.thewinegroup.com.

Job Summary

The Warehouse Worker 1 will have a direct impact on ensuring quality and food safety for our product as they are responsible for special projects, labeling, housekeeping, and additional tasks to support customer and business requirements. Ideal candidates will have prior general labor involving consistent heavy lifting (preferably in a warehouse) and have experience operating powered pallet jacks. Must be flexible to work all 3 shifts (day, swing, and graveyard).

Essential Functions

• Support and execute best in class warehouse, material handling, and inventory management operations.
• Remain alert and operate all machinery and equipment; must perform job tasks in a safe and efficient manner to prevent injury to self and others in the team member’s work area.
• Responsible for housekeeping, groundskeeping, and submitting any required work orders for approval to ensure a safe and clean workplace.
• Conducts special projects such as rework, reclaim, recoup, repack, or other operational activities to support customer and business requirements.
• Ability to differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable product; take action to quarantine, communicate, and rectify any nonconforming products.
• Understands and displays teamwork across all shifts towards meeting departmental goals and metrics.
• Assist with dunnage, air-bagging, slip-sheeting, etc. as required to maintain teamwork and efficient operations.
• Understand and use computers, scan guns, and other warehouse technology to conduct efficient and effective operations.
• Completes necessary physical and virtual records for operational and audit purposes.
• Actively participates in safety activities, continuous improvement, and small-team problem solving.
• With the appropriate training, operate various warehouse and industrial equipment; maintain appropriate certification level.
• Identify, report, and provide potential solutions to any problems or issues.
• Work in various capacities.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older at time of hire.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• Must be able to pass all applicable testing.
• 2 years of general labor work involving consistent heavy lifting preferred.
• Experience in a warehouse, sorting, and/or operating powered pallet jacks is a plus.
• Must be flexible to work all 3 shifts (day, swing, and graveyard).
• Ability to train another team member in routine work responsibilities of the job according to standard operating procedure.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities, in a fast-paced environment while under pressure to meet changing customer demands, all while maintaining a high attention to detail.
• Ability to work with a minimum of direct supervision, which includes the ability to use independent judgment regarding work tasks.
• Demonstrates TWG core values and maintains professional communication, positive attitude, and cooperative relations with all team members and management.
• Must demonstrate a positive attitude towards the job and the duties assigned; exhibit initiative to continually learn and improve professional skills.
• Ability to understand, and support management direction.
• Ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directives. The team member must be able to read and understand verbal and written English.
• Ability to work any shift, inside and outside subject to current weather conditions, plus overtime as required by the company.
  
  

Physical Demands

• Ability to perform repetitious lifting of weights up to 50 lbs. for substantial lengths of time throughout the shift, as well as tasks requiring bending, stooping, and twisting.
  
  

Compensation

• Hourly Pay Rate Posted: $23.80/hr.
• Actual compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, knowledge, and abilities, education, and other position related factors.
  
  

At The Wine Group, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristic protected by law.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.