Packaging Technician

Job Description

Position: Packaging Technician

Reports to: Head Brewer

Purpose:
The Packaging Technician is responsible for performing a variety of fundamental and supportive tasks befitting a production brewery, including canning, bottling, kegging, wort production, cellar work, and general housekeeping operations, with assistance in maintenance duties and other departments as needed.

This position will report directly to the Head Brewer, ensuring implementation of all standard operating procedures to maintain consistency, quality, and efficiency throughout the production process. A thorough understanding of all aspects of beer production, including CIP procedures, safety, packaging, yeast wrangling, wort production, and QA/QC is required.

Essential Job Functions:

• Adheres to and advances all safety protocols set in place by the Owner and Head Brewer
• Leads packaging operations, including can, keg, and bottle filling; labeling; palletizing; wrapping; and warehousing
• Cleans and performs preventative maintenance on facilities and equipment as assigned
• Performs beer production operations, including cellar and laboratory processes, vessel CIP, wort production, and other beer production tasks
• Assists in and performs essential warehousing functions, including accepting and fulfilling shipments, and inventorying materials
• Supports fellow brewery staff in their respective responsibilities as assigned by the Head Brewer
• Maintains detailed records and quality control reporting
• Maintains inventories of raw and finished goods
• Participates in festivals and promotional events as needed
• Keeps a flexible schedule to accommodate demands of a growing production brewery
• Understands that additional duties may be assigned as dictated by circumstance

Required Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• At least two years of professional experience in a brewing or food/beverage processing facility
• Computer proficiency including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and more) and Internet browsers
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Able to mentor and train less experienced brewers in the cellar and brewhouse
• Integrity, punctuality, reason, patience
•  Ability to help with other aspects and various areas of the business as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education in brewing or packaging science, or a degree in Science, Maintenance, Engineering, or a similar field preferred.
• Prior experience operating equipment including forklifts and skid steers. The Company will provide additional training and certification.
• Enthusiasm for craft beer and a commitment to understanding and supporting beer quality

Mental and Physical Requirements:

• The ability to work unsupervised while maintaining established safety and quality standards
• A desire to learn and demonstrate best practices and assist in developing a quality-oriented standard of protocol in a new brewery setting
• An understanding of Lock Out / Tag Out, Confined Space Entry, and other important core safety protocols
• The capacity to manage multiple processes simultaneously and adapt to the irregularities of a shifting production schedule
• Attention to detail and workmanship
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative attitude
• Exemplary productivity and self-directness
• Stands, walks, crouches, and lifts regularly throughout duration of shift, including continual dragging carrying, and manipulation of hoses, pumps, carts, buckets, carts, tools, and reservoirs
• Must be able to perform continuous bending, twisting, stooping, reaching, and lifting of moderate to heavy weight material up to 165 lbs.
• Must be able to work standing for extended periods.
• Must be able to interpret specifications, convert tables, and make calculations

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching. The position requires moving of products weighing up to 165 pounds. Must be able to stand for 8-hour shifts.

EEO Statement

Our company and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.