Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) is committed to building a talented, skilled, and diverse workforce; enhancing the employee experience; and ensuring excellence customer service for County residents, businesses, and licensees. ABS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and values diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and cultures. ABS encourages BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), immigrants, women, LGBTQIA , individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.

Generating more than $40 million in net income annually, Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) is the sole distributor of beer, wine, and spirits for Montgomery County. With more than 450 employees, ABS operates a distribution center in addition to 26 full-service beer, wine, and spirits retail stores and manages alcohol licensing, regulation, and education to over 9000 licensed establishments. The employees of ABS are a motivated, agile, diverse group of employees committed to providing the highest-level of exceptional service to Montgomery County’s many diverse communities, residents, and business.

What You’ll Be Doing:

The Warehouse Operations Equipment Operator is a skilled equipment operator that performs work operating work order selector trucks, forklifts, squeezer and slip sheet machines to load/unload merchandise and move large quantities of alcohol beverage products throughout a warehouse, and to obtain stock from high storage areas within the warehouse.

As the Warehouse Operations Equipment Operator, you will:

• Operate order selector trucks, forklifts, squeeze machines, and slip-sheet machines to move merchandise to designated areas.
• Manually stack unloaded merchandise as necessary and manually replace stock that has been returned from delivery runs.
• Check accuracy of product placed on conveyor.
• Safely load (hand-stacking) trucks to prevent product breakage.
• Fill warehouse orders by picking merchandise and transporting it to assembly points; replenish the picking lines.
• Update the master case location file; maintain list of high turnover items and recommend movement to other areas to improve warehouse efficiency.
• Take warehouse inventory; recommends replenishment of stocks or relocation of same within the warehouse.
• Verify shipments to ensure orders are accurate.
• Perform general warehousing and housekeeping duties as assigned.

To be a successful Warehouse Operations Equipment Operator, you must have:

• Knowledge of established principles and practices of ordering, receiving, storing, inventorying and issuing items of supply peculiar to Alcohol Beverage Services.
• Skill in problem solving to select, organize, and logically process relevant information to solve problems.

Who We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate will have excellent oral and written communication skills, is savvy with computer skills and be detail oriented. The candidate must be able to meet deadlines and follow through with multiple projects simultaneously and have the ability to work independently to perform a variety of difficult and complex actions.

• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• You enjoy working autonomously to complete tasks and projects.
• You are organized and detail oriented.
• You are a problem-solver who can create innovative solutions.

Additional Information:

The selected candidate will be required to complete a background investigation and a medical exam with drug screening.

This position MAY require work during non-traditional hours to include early mornings, evenings/nights, weekends, and holidays; may require work that involves physical demands, occasionally working in warehouse and/or retail store environments; and the ability to attend meetings or perform work at locations outside of the assigned facility.

To ensure a positive workplace and to comply with federal, state, and County laws, the incumbent is responsible for completing mandatory training within the first three to six months or within the specified timeframe.

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Experience: One (1) year of experience in general warehouse operations, including some experience in operating various types of equipment such as a forklift.

Education: Ability to read and write in English.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Physical Ability: Ability to occasionally hand move by lifting, pushing, or rolling single objects weighing up to a maximum of 165 pounds.

No Preferred Criteria

All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated "Qualified," placed on the Eligible List, and may be considered for interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are same grade or higher will be placed on Eligible List as a "Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following:

• Warehouse operations material handling equipment.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.