Packaging Department Supervisor

Black Sheep Brewery is an award-winning brewery in the beautiful town of Masham in the Yorkshire Dales and we are looking to recruit a Packaging Department Supervisor to join our team.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To lead the bottling operation on a day to day basis and operate the laboratory and Process Equipment. Assist in developing and embedding lean manufacturing techniques across the packaging department.

DUTIES OF THE ROLE

• To role model and ensure teams compliance with all health and safety requirements.
• Lead the bottling team, continually driving improvement.
• Development of your team ensuring all training is up to date and identifying training needs to stretch team members using the 70/20/10 model.
• To ensure compliance with all aspects of Food Safety in the department, assisting in embedding and retaining relevant GFSI accreditation.
• Ensure any product leaving site always reaches the high quality standard required at Black Sheep.
• Understand and be competent in carrying out all process operations.
• Assisting where necessary with any process and line operation.
• Day to day management of the bottling team including regular appraisals.

SKILLS

• People centred, naturally builds relationships.
• People Management Experience
• Relevant line operation experience
• Ability to multi task and manage co-current processes.
• Detail orientated.
• Understanding of packaging line metrics.
• High personal, safety and quality standards.
• Leadership.
• Understanding of applicable health and safety regulation in a production environment.
• Planning and organisation.
• Ability to problem solve and identify areas for improvement through use of lean tools.
• Technical understanding and competence with the packaging equipment.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Health & Safety experience / knowledge. Ideally IOSH qualified.
• Packaging line management or stand in. Experienced in people management.
• At least 3 years’ experience of packaging in a FMGC environment, food production would be of benefit.

Desirable

• IOSH qualified

• Ideally worked on a site with an accredited GFSI standard.

• Excellent communication skills, experience of working with multiple levels in an organisation.

• Use and understanding technical documentation to fault find and fix problems.

To apply, please submit your CV along with a covering letter outlining your relevant experience to our HR department on [email protected]