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St Austell Brewery; St. Austell; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

30% discount on food & drink within (B

Managed estate visitation

Descripción de la vacante

St Austell Brewery is seeking a Packaging Shift Lead to supervise packaging operations on a shift, leading start-ups, changeovers and line cleaning while ensuring safety, quality and on‑time performance.

The role demands a hands‑on leader with strong problem‑solving skills who can motivate a team, manage risks and drive improvements across the department.

Formación

• Experience in production or manufacturing environments in a supervisory role.
• Ability to lead and develop a shift team while maintaining safety and quality.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Responsabilidades

• Lead packaging operations across your shift, including start-ups and changeovers.
• Ensure production meets quality standards, specs, and schedules.
• Act as escalation point for operational and technical issues.
• Monitor performance and drive improvements and safer practices.
• Deliver training to develop team capability and maintain audit readiness.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Problem solving

Hands-on

Decision making under pressure

Educación

HACCP Level 2

FLT Counterbalance Licence

General Certificate in Packaging

Descripción del empleo

Packaging Shift Lead

There's never been a better time to join us. As demand continues to grow – particularly through our partnership with Harbour Brewery and successes with Proper Job 0.5% – we're expanding our brewing and packaging teams to support this exciting period of growth.

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced Packaging Shift Lead to join our team. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll lead your shift team to deliver safe, efficient and high‑quality packaging operations.

As the most senior person on shift, you’ll take ownership of performance across multiple packaging lines, ensuring production targets are met while maintaining exceptional standards of safety and quality.
You’ll be a key problem‑solver on shift, supporting your team, resolving issues, and driving continuous improvement across the department.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading packaging operations across your shift, including start-ups, changeovers, running and cleaning
• Ensuring production meets quality standards, specifications and schedules
• Acting as the key escalation point for operational and technical issues
• Monitoring performance and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Driving a strong safety culture and proactively managing risks
• Supporting and delivering training to develop team capability
• Ensuring all quality checks and audits are completed accurately and on time
• Managing materials, minimising waste and maximising yield
• Leading clear and engaging shift handovers

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in a production or manufacturing environment, ideally in a team leader or supervisory role
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure
• A hands‑on approach with the confidence to lead and motivate a team
• Good technical understanding of production or packaging operationsCommitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement
• Relevant qualifications (or willingness to work towards):
  
  • - HACCP Level 2
  • - FLT Counterbalance Licence
  • - General Certificate in Packaging

Working Patterns

You will work 40 hours a week, from Monday to Friday, on a shift pattern that alternates mainly between earlies and lates. Youwill be expected to work a night shift every 1 in 3 weeks but flexibility is important to meet production requirements.

Shift times are as follows:

• Earlies - 6:00am to 2:30pm
• Lates - 2.00pm to 10:30pm
• Nights – 10:00pm to 06:30am

The benefits

• 30% discount on food & drink within the managed estate & visitors centre