Packaging Supervisor

Job Summary

The City's Packaging Supervisor is essential to ensuring our high-speed canning, bottling, and kegging lines run as efficiently and safely as possible. This individual collaborates heavily with other departments including Brewing/Batching, Warehousing, and Quality to obtain timely production results.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensures safety procedures are followed by adherence to Company policies which include strict GMP and HACCP practices
• Conducts front line quality checks to meet City's quality standards
• Recommends measures to maintain safe operations, improve production methods, and enhance the efficiency of equipment performance
• Identifies continuous improvement opportunities
• Leads shift change meetings and daily directional settings with the department to identify goals and watch-outs before starting the shift
• Understands the production schedule so that materials needed are requested and available, and the sequence of production is communicated to the line team
• Composes weekly staffing schedules based on production requirements to ensure seamless operations and limit overtime
• Participates in the appropriate selection and usage of resources (materials, systems, utilities and equipment) required
• Confers with site leadership team and departmental team members to coordinate activities to assure a safe environment, quality product, and product operations
• Suggests and initiates recognition activities to encourage team and reward high performers
• Provides real-time feedback to team members to mitigate any potential safety issues and identify opportunities for development
• Initiates personnel actions such as performance evaluations and disciplinary measures
• Facilitates daily shift debriefs with team members
• Checks and approve hours worked for hourly employees on the lines
• Affords assistance in internal auditing, such as GMP, HACCP and Safety
• Ensures compliance with Internal, Federal, State and local guidelines and regulations including GMP, HACCP, OSHA, FDA and TTB
• Checks the machinery of the lines for operational readiness and proper setup
• Oversees the operations of the lines during production; collaborates with team members to resolve challenges as they arise
• Directs changeovers so that proper materials are utilized, production goals are met, and all appropriate codes are used per the bill of materials
• Leads shutdown activities to ensure the all machinery, conveyors, air, CO2, water and chain lube is shut off
• Audits, records, and communicates case counts
• Initiates work orders for repairs or improvements needed on the lines; communicates as needed with Maintenance team to ensure appropriate action is taken
• Works with the Training Manager to supervise training of employees in operations, safety, quality standards, GMP’s and HACCP procedure

Shift Schedule

This role will work a 2-2-3 schedule

Minimum Qualifications

• BA/BS in Business, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or other related field, preferred
• High school diploma, GED, or other equivalent degree
• Experience managing and mentoring large teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with high-speed manufacturing, preferred
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite especially MS Excel
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, to meet the needs of a 24/7 operation