Packaging Supervisor, 1st Shift | Victory Brewing - Parkesburg, PA

Join our passionate community brought together by our love for great beer, cider, craft cocktails, and the process that makes it all happen. Quality is our thing, and so is staying curious—always learning, evolving, and pushing to get better at what we do. We’re fired up by the people who enjoy our pours and the teams that make it all possible. If you’re into collaboration, craft, and being part of a tight-knit crew, we’d love to raise a glass with you.

Who We Are & What We Offer

Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) is a top 10 regional craft alcohol company in the US, made up of 5 long standing, successful craft brands (75 combined years!): Victory Brewing, Bold Rock Cider, Sixpoint Brewery, Southern Tier Brewing & Southern Tier Distilling. We have locations in 5 states (NY, PA, OH, VA, NC) including taprooms, production facilities, & our corporate headquarters.

• Competitive Compensation
• Exceptional Health Benefits
• No Waiting Period to Enroll
• Paid Family Leave
• Flexible Schedules & Generous Paid Time Off
• Ample Product Discounts
• Opportunities for Growth Across 5 Successful Brands
  
  

What We Do

At Victory, we’ve always believed that great beer comes from a deep respect for the craft. That spirit inspired our decision to join Artisanal Brewing Ventures in 2016. By partnering with a community that shares our values and supports the behind-the-scenes work—like marketing, operations, and finance—we freed up our brewers to do what they do best: focus on the art of brewing. The result? More time, more creativity, and more opportunity to craft the innovative, flavorful beers that have defined Victory since the beginning.

Packaging Supervisor, 1st Shift | Victory Brewing - Parkesburg, PA

What You’ll Do

• Exhibit and maintain proficiency in packaging operations, including ensuring basic and routine maintenance, equipment cleaning, and operation in accordance with SOPs.
• Oversight and responsibility for shift qualitative and quantitative production goals for three packaging lines.
• Coordinate incoming product from the fermentation cellar, incoming packaging materials and outgoing finished product with the supply chain.
• Ability to anticipate problems and drive solutions by providing direction to staff.
• Act as first responder for all shift issues, providing solutions.
• Provide pertinent follow up information to inter-brewery shift leads, brewery managers, maintenance team, quality assurance team and scheduling.
• Adhere to SOPs to elevate process control and minimize variability from operator to operator. Provide edits and improvements to SOPs, as needed.
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of environment and equipment in accordance with QA/QC standards, implementing improvements where appropriate.
• Champion safety protocols in all activities, participating in improvements to safety standards where appropriate.
• Fill shifts as necessitated by vacations, staffing levels, necessary overtime on all three shifts.
• Ensure all equipment is operating safely, at maximum efficiency and maintained to the highest standards by supporting the maintenance department schedule. Submit work orders as necessary for equipment.
• Exhibit a strong sense of urgency to problem solving through practicing and perfecting root cause analysis.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert to clean or CIP any of the packaging equipment.
• Provide feedback on performance reviews for Packaging Associates and Packaging Line Leads, in concert with the Packaging Manager
• Participate in the interview process for new associates, as well as manage departmental on-boarding and training.
• Support initiatives to ensure minimal waste during manufacturing.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

• Minimum 2 years of packaging in a production brewer. Experience in packaging in a food manufacturing environment will be considered.
• Availability to work First Shift: Mon - Fri 5:45am-2:15pm
• Mechanical aptitude, with the ability to troubleshoot and problem solve
• Demonstrated ability to follow preventative maintenance plans in a production environment.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Display both a sense of urgency and an upbeat attitude.
• High School Diploma or GED required; college degree considered a plus.
• Strong computer skills with advanced proficiency in Office Suite and Enterprise Resource Planning.
• Strong attention to details is required.
  
  

Physical Requirements

Candidate should be able to lift at least 30lbs from ground level and should also be able to move 165lbs. of kegged beer from one location to another. Candidate should be physically capable of standing for long periods of time and able to kneel, stoop, crouch or crawl.

Alcohol Responsibility – Employees must fully understand that they are a representative of the company but of the alcohol beverage industry. With that said they are to conduct themselves within the limits of the law and with concern to the education of responsible consumption at all times. This includes working hours, trade shows, festivals and while entertaining in the name of the company. Any poor reflection or legal matters that may arise due to poor judgment may be dealt with by means of disciplinary action or termination.

Disclaimer

This Job Description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks and duties.

Artisanal Brewing Ventures is an Equal Opportunity Employer.