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Bottles of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey line the shelves of a liquor outlet in Montpelier, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
TRINITY, Alabama – Jack Daniel's Cooperage is seeking operator technicians for its new white oak barrel-making plant in Trinity.
The facility, which represents a total investment of up to $60 million by spirits company Brown-Forman Corporation, is designed for 200 workers in Lawrence County's Mallard Fox West Industrial Complex. State and local governments provided $63 million in incentives to lure the company to North Alabama.
The positions start at $16 per hour. Workers must have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent, be at least 18 years old, have two years of industrial or manufacturing experience, have the ability to work flexible work schedules and meet the physical demands of the job.
The job involves several functions:
- Wood receiving - support with inventory controls and wood drying processes to provide adequate supply for production needs
- Wood processing - process staves and heading thru equipment (i.e. planer, jointer, rip saws and other barrel making equipment) and stacking the finished product
- Wood inspection - apply wood quality specification as determined by our internal quality program
- Barrel assembly – support barrel construction including raising, toasting, charring and hooping (and hoop making equipment) and barrel head assembly
- Barrel inspection – inspect and repair, understand and apply all quality control guidelines
- Operate a forklift and other equipment if needed
- Drive a company vehicle if needed
- Support our Maintenance Technicians on preventative maintenance tasks and communicate equipment malfunctions
Job candidates must pass a drug test and background check as part of the employment screening process. To apply, visit AIDT.edu/jobs.
Last October, IT-TRI LLC announced plans to invest up to $68 million to build a new steel tubing and pipe manufacturing plant in the Mallard Fox West Industrial Complex. The company expects to bring 100 new jobs to the area before 2016 and open by the end of 2014.
Send Lucy Berry an email at lberry@al.com.