Material Handler / Packer

MGP Ingredients is a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and food ingredient solutions. Its Distilling Solutions segment provides bourbons, whiskeys, ryes, gins, and vodkas to craft and multinational brands. MGP's own Branded Spirts business is growing following the 2021 acquisition of Luxco, a top spirits producer, bottler, supplier, and importer as well as the 2023 acquisition of Penelope Bourbon, known for its wide range of uniquely blended expressions. Ingredient Solutions delivers nutritional, functional wheat- and pea-based ingredients aligned with consumer trends. The company operates in locations across the Midwestern U.S., and overseas in Northern Ireland and Mexico.

This position will be working 7pm-7am on a rotating shift working every other weekend and holidays

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive Pay – Starting at $29.01 and increasing to $30.26 after completing a training period (plus shift differential & on call pay)

• Incredible benefits – Medical, dental, vision & Others

• Retirement contribution – up to 7% company match

• Ability to grow and work in different areas of the plant based on your interest – tuition reimbursement provided to support growth in different areas

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Industrial environment – boots & hardhat required
• Operating palletizing and packaging line systems, forklifts, and other material-handling equipment
• Using your hands – you will be working in the warehouse stacking products, loading and unloading trucks, and packaging up the final product to ship out
• Working in a food ingredient industrial manufacturing facility – including completing quality assurance paperwork, entering required data on a computer and keeping the work area clean

What You’ll Need:

• Ability to operate forklifts

• Desire to take action and own your part in the larger process by reading and following written and verbal instructions, managing multiple tasks, work with minimal supervision and meet deadlines

• Ability to work as a team to maintain shift work (12 hour shifts) and overtime, rotating shifts, and holidays as required (premium pay for overnight shifts and worked holidays)

• Growth Mindset – desire to learn and work as a team to produce ingredients in some of your favorite brands for 85 years

MGP offers exceptional medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) Match and PTO.

All successful candidates for this position will be required to submit to a criminal background check and drug test as part of the pre-employment process

Positions available plant wide through internal bid process, some positions include: Electrician, Packaging Operator, Material Handler, Pre-Operator, Warehouseman, Dryer Operator, Maintenance, and more

warehouse | forklift | picker | packer | manufacturing | production | assembly | palletizing | material handler