Label Specialist - 1st Shift

Kettle Cuisine; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettle Cuisine is looking for a Label Specialist to join their team in Everett, WA. This role involves label management for production, ensuring efficient operations and quality control in a cold environment. Candidates should be detail-oriented, organized, and capable of handling physical demands.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in cold environment (Cooler, Freezer).

Responsibilities

• Efficiently operate equipment in compliance with OEM guidelines.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area and manage inventory
• Print case labels for finished products.

Skills

Forklift certification

Self-motivated

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Basic math skills

Basic reading skills

Job description

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.

Job Summary

Hours: 10:00 am-6:30 pm

Responsible for daily picking, staging and organizing of product labels, and counting and returning labels to storage locations. Also responsible for printing case labels for finished product cases.

This role is part of an essential team that ensures production supplies and labels have sufficient supply and tracking and management of product and case labels.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Efficiently operate equipment in a safe manner in accordance with OEM guidelines.
• Completes scheduled label picking, staging, and printing as assigned.
• Maintains material demand and usage records.
• Return ingredients and packaging supplies back to proper storage locations after usage.
• Effectively complete all of the above-mentioned tasks through an ERP application and/ or excel.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area, including label cages and surrounding areas.
• Maintain strong working relations with warehouse and operations leads.
• Maintain strong working relations with warehouse and operations leads
• Monitor the accuracy of inventory locations and tags
• Effectively communicate inventory discrepancies and other issues to lead and manager as appropriate
• Maintain food safety practices
• Other duties as required

Required Skills

• Forklift or reach truck certification- or ability to get one.
• Self motivated
• Good organizational skills and detail oriented
• Basic math and reading skills

Desired Skills

• Two years of administrative experience in a manufacturing environment (preferred).
• Exceptional with auditing details.
• Good communication skills including computer, writing, and verbal
• Ability to understand and verbally express ideas and instructions effectively
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently with others
• Ability to prioritize, follow instructions and follow-through to achieve results

Working Conditions

• Ability to lift 50lbs
• Ability to stand and walk up to 2/3 of working time
• Ability to work in cold environment (Cooler, Freezer)

Americans with Disabilities Act

Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.

Core Values

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.

Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle

Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners

Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team

Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence

Pay Range for Label Specialist - 1st Shift

The Label Specialist - 1st Shift base pay range$22.00 - 24.00 USD/hourly.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Everett, WA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The Label Specialist - 1st Shift position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.