Packaging Lead - Milford, United States - Athletic Brewing Company LLC

Description

Packaging Lead Job Description
Athletic is on a mission to revolutionize the beer industry by making fantastic and ground-breaking non-alcoholic beverages. We are excited to be on the search for a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team.

At Athletic and through our products, we believe we can have a positive impact on the health, activity, and opportunity in our communities - we actively seek representation from all diverse communities to continue to broaden our horizons.

Seeking a versatile, passionate Packaging Lead interested in making waves in an innovative segment of the craft beer market. Athletic Brewing is pioneering a revolution in the beverage industry with our award-winning non-alcoholic beer. The opportunity this role affords can be as expansive in a rapidly growing company. We place a very high value on doers and offer above-industry pay and a comprehensive benefits package.

As a merit-based organization, Athletic Brewing offers expansive opportunities for career advancement, skills-building, and accumulating new and exciting responsibilities for high achievers.

Responsibilities:

• Operate advanced equipment on a packaging line.
• Work to improve upon processes based on efficiency and mínimal product loss.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment following OSHA and company guidelines.
• Follows instructions and complete production adjustments based on changing needs of the business.
• Assist management in ensuring all team breaks and lunches are taken within company guidelines.
• Communicate management updates and changes as appropriate.
• Perform minor preventative and appropriate maintenance on all machinery concerning quality, safety, waste monitoring, training records, and other related maintenance as necessary.
• Assist Supervisors with training and certifying other employees.
• Perform opening and/or closing utility and machine procedures.
• Conduct CIP on all types of production equipment including but not limited to Canning line and kegging equipment.
• Enforce company and OSHA safety standards.
• Assumes leadership role for packaging team in absence of management for approval/judgment calls.
• Provide instructions and complete production adjustments based on changing needs of the business.
• Keep the team on task, communicates effectively, provides guidance to the rest of the team as needed.
• Create standard operating procedures (SOPs) for new procedures as needed. Ability to determine the root cause of equipment failures and make improvements to machines or procedures to eliminate future failures or equipment issues.
• Accurately complete and update information forms and logs by required deadlines.
• Work in all assigned areas of packaging at an advanced level; perform relief duties when required.
• Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Desired Experience/ Traits

Who You Are:

• Honest, dependable, high integrity, team player, and passionate.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as with others.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience: 3+ years experience on a beverage packaging line.
• 2+ years experience with fillers and conveyance systems.
• High school Diploma/GED/registered equivalent.
• Forklift Certification.

Job Details:

• Location: Milford, CT.
• Salary: Commensurate with experience
• Base salary and opportunities for performance bonuses.
• Benefits: Company Paid health, vision, dental, life, 401k with 5% company match, and Paid Parental Leave
• Community Program/

Professional Development:

In addition to Vacation and Sick Leave, all team members receive 12 paid days per year to dedicate to volunteering or professional development activities.

• We value internal mobility and team equity.
• We are an equalopportunity employer we thrive when we champion diversity and inclusion. We are welcoming, respectful, and supportive at work and in our community.
• We encourage and welcome members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply.

Physical Demands:

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move more than 50 pounds without assistance.

This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Experience:
Preferred

• 3 year(s): Manufacturing

Licenses & Certifications:
Preferred

• OSHA 10 Certificate
• Fork lift Cert