Industrial Manufacturing Operator (Hourly, Atchison KS)

MGP Ingredients; Elwood (KS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Retirement plan with 401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MGP Ingredients is a leading producer in a food ingredient manufacturing setting in the Midwest. This role involves hands-on work in the plant or warehouse, operating forklifts, pumps, packers, dryers and mixers, with emphasis on safety and teamwork.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a 401(k) with company matching. Training leads to increased responsibilities across multiple areas of the plant as you grow with the company.

Qualifications

• Interest in industrial manufacturing, food ingredients, warehouse or packing.
• Desire to take action and own your part in the larger process.
• Ability to work 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.

Responsibilities

• Working in a food ingredient industrial manufacturing facility.
• Operating equipment – forklifts, pumps, packers, dryers, and mixers.
• Industrial environment – boots & hardhat required.
• Using your hands – this is not a sit in the office job, you will be working in the plant or warehouse making, packaging and moving.

Skills

Forklift operation

Packaging

Warehouse duties

Equipment operation

Job description

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.

What You’ll Get

• Competitive Pay – Starting at $21.69 and increasing to $29.01+ after completing a training period
• 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

• Working in a food ingredient industrial manufacturing facility
• Operating equipment – forklifts, pumps, packers, dryers, and mixers
• Industrial environment – boots & hardhat required
• Using your hands – this is not a sit in the office job, you will be working in the plant or warehouse making, packaging and moving

What You’ll Need

• Interest in industrial manufacturing, food ingredients, warehouse or packing
• Desire to take action and own your part in the larger process
• Ability to work 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

Multiple positions available dependent upon internal bid process, some position titles include: Electrician, Packaging Operator, Material Handler, Pre-Operator, Warehouseman, Dryer Operator, Maintenance, and more

warehouse | forklift | picker | packer | manufacturing | production | assembly