Packaging Supervisor

We are currently hiring a Packaging Supervisor in Cincinnati, OH.

ThePackaging Supervisorwill be responsible for the day-to-day management of assigned shifts, including safety, quality, efficiency, process execution, and team development. This position will be responsible for in-specification packaging of all high-speed manufacturing production, including but not limited to; bottling, canning, and/or kegging lines, ensuring the product is ready on time, as needed for distribution, and complete supervision of hourly staff. Supervises operation following brewery policies and procedures. This role may also include weekly ownership of process improvement for a specifically assigned zone.

What You'll Brew:

• Direct Packaging Operators perform required tasks to ensure quality product production through proper sanitation, processing, and packaging procedures
• May be required to perform the tasks of a Packaging Operator as needed
• Participate in the interview and selection process
• Lead the onboarding of hires and participate in operator succession planning
• Lead preparation and delivery of employee evaluation process and ensure alignment within the spirit of the performance management program, including new hire evaluations
• Proctor pre-shift meetings daily to express high-level information and direct the hourly group through safety, quality, brewing, and material concerns, developments, or obstacles
• Ensure teams are following processes and projects related to continuous improvement activities, including but not limited to; Lean, Kaizen, Centerline, line visualization, TPM
• Supervise and review the performance of direct reports and develop staff professionally and technically to meet goals
• Lead, develop and monitor all critical control points to ensure consistency and quality
• Monitor production plans and accomplish current and future schedules
• Identify production-related issues, including process loss and equipment OEE, and make recommendations to bring issues to closure
• Report, investigate and ensure accurate communication of incidents and work-related injuries
• Accurate and timely reporting of hours worked for payroll purposes
• There is frequent exposure production environments:
  
  
  
  • Subject to loud and constant noise
  • Non-environmentally conditioned spaces which may lead to extreme hot and cold
  
  
• Operating environment is complex and densely populated with production equipment and forklifts that necessitates high situational awareness

• Work overtime as needed which may require 12-hour days, weekends, and holidays

What Ingredients You'll Bring:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ years of proven leadership and supervisory skills/experience
• 2+ years experience in a manufacturing/CPG environment or engineering (mechanical or electrical)
• In-depth understanding and track record of delivering operational processes that drive safety, quality, cost improvements
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, Process Improvement, and Process Control
• Competent in using Microsoft Office, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• All production roles are required to pass a pre-employment physical exam to comply with their specific role requirement(s)
• Certain roles may require the use of a respirator and passing the associated fit test
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs, sometimes repeatedly
• Regular walking and standing for long periods of time (up to 11 hours a day) on concrete, metal and grated surfaces
• Responsibilities may require crouching, stepping over, crawling under, bending, twisting, climbing and reaching above head and shoulders repeatedly throughout the day
• Responsibilities may require climbing flights of stairs, working from heights or on elevated platforms
• Ability to wear assigned PPE (safety shoes, gloves, facemask, hearing protection and hard hat)
• Established dexterity so you can handle materials, operate equipment and interface with computer systems with precision
• Some roles (e.g., forklift operator) may be required to sit for a prolonged period of time and have strong peripheral vision and depth perception

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the beverage industry.
• 2+ years in a process engineer role

Some Perks:

Our people are our most important "ingredient." We hire the best talent; and we reward, develop, and retain them too.

Full time Boston Beer coworkers have the following perks available*:

• 401k options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Fertility/adoption support
• Free financial coaching
• Health & wellness program and discounts
• Professional development & training
• Free beer!

*Talk to your recruiter about eligibility

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Fair Chance Ordinance and the CA Fair Chance Act.

Boston Beer Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to help ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who wish to request accommodation in the job application process can contact jobs@bostonbeer.com for assistance.

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