**Brand:** 8th Ave Food & Provisions **Categories:** Operations Production **Locations:** Troy, Alabama **Position Type:** Regular Full-Time **Remote Eligible:** No **Req ID:** 26752 **Job Description** **Business Unit Overview** 8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm. **Responsibilities** **Position Summary:** The WSR / Forklift Operator position ensures that the roasting, blanching, and sorting processes deliver an on time, safe, cost effective, and quality product to support the mission and vision of the Golden Boy Nut Corporation. **Duties and Responsibilities:** · Before startup check all equipment and work areas to ensure safety and sanitation conditions are correct and ready to use. · Checks for quality and cleanliness of raw materials. · Unloads and receives truckload, LTL, UPS and airfreight shipments. Loads export containers by mechanical or hand method. Ensures good production distribution for product protection and cube maximization. · Rotates materials and finished product (FIFO). Utilizes good storage and stacking practices to attain maximum storage utilization. Uses JDE system for all receiving and shipping transactions to include warehouse moves. Creates pallet labels for each resource and places label on each pallet. Completes all **Education and Experience Required:** · Must be willing to work weekends, 12-hour shifts, holidays, and overtime **Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:** · High school diploma or GED equivalent from an accredited institution · Previous supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment · Previous experience in a food manufacturing environment strongly preferred **Physical Requirements:** Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation: · Must be able to balance, bend, crouch, kneel, and stoop for 4+ hour per shift · Must be able to stand or walk for up to 12 hours per shift · Must be able to reach above shoulders for 4+ hours per shift · Must be able to climb/work off ladder for 1+ hours per shift · Must be able to work in a dusty environment, high heat, or humidity for 8+ hours per shift · Must be able to push, pull, and feel for 4+ hours per shift · Must be able to list up-to 50 pounds for 4+ hours per shift · Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken or written word · Must be able to distinguish object or equipment visually Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)