Packaging Shift Lead

St Austell Brewery; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30% discount on food & drink within to

50% discount on accommodation

Training & career development

Pension scheme (4–5%)

Cycle to work

Company bonus scheme

Westfield Health cash plan

Westfield Rewards

Free parking

Job summary

St Austell Brewery is seeking a Packaging Shift Lead to head up a shift and drive safe, efficient, high-quality packaging operations. You will own performance across packaging lines, resolve issues, and lead continuous improvement initiatives on shift.

The role is hands-on, with responsibilities spanning start-ups, changeovers, quality checks and training to build a high-performing team in a busy brewery environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production/manufacturing with supervisory responsibilities.
• Hands-on leadership with the ability to motivate a team.
• Commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead packaging operations across the shift, including start-ups, changeovers, running and cleaning.
• Ensure production meets quality standards, specifications and schedules.
• Act as the key escalation point for operational and technical issues.
• Monitor performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Drive a strong safety culture and proactively manage risks.
• Provide training to develop team capability.
• Ensure all quality checks and audits are completed accurately and on time.
• Manage materials, minimise waste and maximise yield.
• Lead clear and engaging shift handovers.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Problem solving

Safety culture

Packaging operations

Education

HACCP Level 2

FLT Counterbalance Licence

General Certificate in Packaging

Job description

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 operations
• Commitment 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. You will 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
• 50% discount on accommodation within the managed estate
• Fantastic training & career development opportunities.
• Pension Scheme - 4% Employee and Employer. Can increase to 5% if required.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Westfield Health cash plan - Claim money back for Dental, Eye Care, Physio etc
• Westfield Rewards - Shopping rewards
• Free Parking

Additional Information

St Austell Brewery is an Equal Opportunities employer. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We also welcome requests for flexible working.

Early applications are encouraged as we'll review applications throughout the recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

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