Kettle Cuisine
Lift Truck Operator - All Shifts
- Location: Everett, WA
- Position Type: Full Time
Delicious Food and Meaningful Careers
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.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Receive raw ingredients and packaging supplies according to specified procurement and quality guidelines
- Put-away all raw ingredients and packaging supplies to the appropriate storage locations
- Pick and transfer raw ingredients and packaging supplies from warehouse storage to operation departments as requested
- Ensure proper rotation of raw ingredients, first expired – first out
- Return ingredients and packaging supplies back to proper storage locations after usage
- Transfer finished goods to rack locations and/or shipping dock
- Pick, following first in – first out, and ship finished goods via shuttles or direct to customer in accordance with all quality and regulatory requirements
- Effectively complete all of the above mentioned tasks through an ERP application
- Maintain cleanliness of warehouse to include dry, frozen, and cooler storage, and all receiving and shipping docks as well as the finished goods cooler
- 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
- Practice safe forklift operating procedures
- Maintain food safety practices
- Monitor for safe load capacity on storage racks
- Monitor safe storage procedures to eliminate workplace hazards
- Other duties as required
Required Skills
- Forklift certification
- Reach Truck
Desired Skills
- Strong communication skills
- Self motivated
- Good organizational skills and detail oriented
- Basic math and reading skills
Physical Demands
- Ability to lift 50lbs
- Ability to stand and walk up to 2/3 of working time
- Ability to work in cold environment (Cooler, Freezer)
Job Environment
Different climates – Such as dry storage, Cooler, Freezer
Manufacturing environment—conditions can be wet and cold
Kettle Cuisine offers the following benefits at low cost or no cost:
- Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
- 401K
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Life Insurance and Disability Insurance
- Tuition Assistance
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 Lift Truck Operator - All Shifts
The Lift Truck Operator - All Shifts base pay range $22.00-26.00/hourly. The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries for the Everett, WA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’s rate 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 members as 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 Lift Truck Operator - All Shifts 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.