Blending Technician

Tennessee Distilling Ltd.; Columbia (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401K Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Tennessee Distilling Ltd. seeks a Blending Technician to blend spirits per customer specifications, operate forklifts, pumps, scales, and filtration equipment, and prepare finished bottle-ready products.

The role requires reading blending orders, measuring ingredients, and maintaining target proofs while keeping a clean workstation. The position offers weekly pay and a comprehensive benefits package including health, life, disability, 401K with company match, paid time off and holidays, and

Qualifications

• Forklift certification or license preferred.
• Ability to calculate volumes, proofs and ingredient quantities.
• Attention to quality, safety, and sanitation while blending.

Responsibilities

• Use forklift to move barrels and totes.
• Operate pumps to extract and move spirits between tanks, totes, and tankers.
• Use computer to calculate volume, proof and weight for blending.
• Measure dry and liquid ingredients with scales.
• Operate filtration equipment to remove solids.
• Use chill filtration equipment and filters (lenticular, plate & frame).
• Read blending orders and mix ingredients to customer specs.
• Transfer spirits with ingredients such as water, glycerin, acid and colors as required.
• Ensure a clean and orderly workstation and verify proof daily.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Forklift operation

Basic math

Attention to detail

Quality awareness

Tools

Pumps

Scales

Filtration equipment

Chill filtration equipment

Lenticular filter

Plate and frame filter

Job description

Purpose of the Job

The Blending Technician is responsible for receiving spirts and other blend ingredients from Warehouse, Customers and other forms to follow customer requirements to ensure spirits has been blended to customer specifications with additional raw ingredients and preparing a finished product that is bottle ready.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Use of forklift to move barrels and or totes
• Use pump equipment to extract and move distilled spirits from tanks, totes, and tankers
• Use computer for calculating the volume, proof, and weight of spirits to determine the amount of water and other raw ingredients are needed to complete a blend.
• Use scales for measuring dry and liquid ingredients.
• Use filter equipment to remove solids (charcoal, wood, particulate matter, etc.).
• Use and operate chill filtration equipment
• Understand and use a lenticular filter.
• Ability to understand and use a plate and frame filter.
• Operate pumps and hoses to move distilled spirits or other ingredients from tanks, barrels, and totes.
• Read and understand the blending order for instructions on proof and flavors according to customer specifications.
• Transfer spirits and blend spirits with other ingredients such as water, other flavors, glycerin, acid, dextrose, and caramel color to customer specifications.
• Other duties as assigned.
• After blending completion, check proof to ensure adequate quantity of finished product to fill customer order.
• Keep a clean and tidy work station.
• Daily check tanks to measure proof.

Weekly Pay

Paid each Thursday

Health Insurance

Cigna Health Insurance (Gold Level)

TDG Team Member – 100% Company paid premium, Annual Deductible $2,000

TDG Family/Spouse/Children/Significant others – 75% Company paid premium, Annual Family Deductible $4,000

Life Insurance

Long Term Disability

Short Term Disability

Dental Insurance (Carrier is Principal)

Team Member paid

Vision Insurance (Carrier is VSP)

Team Member paid

Flexible Spending Account (FSA) (Carrier is Pinnacle)

TDG will contribute $500 with an employee minimum annual contribution of $260 ($5 per week)

Supplemental Life Insurance

Team Member paid – up to an additional $300,000 individual,

Accident, Critical Illness

Team Member paid at a negotiated rate

Paid Time Off (PTO)

16 days (personal, medical and vacation) at Team Member’s discretion – Prior supervisory approval required

Option to carry 5 days forward to the following year

Paid Holidays

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving

Fourth of July Christmas Day

Paid Maternity Leave Paid Paternity Leave

100% paid up to 6 weeks

100% paid up to 2 weeks

401K Plan

100% Company match for first 5% contribution 100% immediately vested

Logoed Apparel– Everyday Wear

TDG logoed issued shirts, hats, and hoodies

Logoed Apparel

TDG Team Member receives $400 of new TDG logoed apparel after 90 days of employment; to be elected from a catalog provided by HR

On-Campus

TDG provided free healthy snack program, healthy beverage choices, and coffee bar

Company-wide bonuses issued annually at company discretion,

contingent upon budgetary approval.

Barrel Bonus Program

TDG Team Members receive a full barrel of new-make whiskey upon their date of hire and after each additional 2 years of employment.

The barrel(s) may be sold back to the company between 2-4 years ageing at an internal company published price.

5 Year Anniversary Employee Benefit

TDG Team Members receive a $5000 (after tax) bonus upon 5-year anniversary

Employee Referral Program

TDG Team Members receive $1000 (after-tax) once referral hire reaches 6 months of employment at TDG

Tuition Reimbursement

100% tuition reimbursement with supervisory approval

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and productive work environment, pre-employment drug testing is conducted post-conditional job offer acceptance. A positive result may lead to the denial of employment. Post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing are also implemented to ensure a safe work environment.