Packaging Supervisor- 3rd Shift

City Brewing Company; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

City Brewing Company in La Crosse, WI seeks an experienced Packaging Supervisor to lead frontline production lines, ensure safety, quality, and efficiency, and supervise packaging staff.

You will oversee line staffing, coordinate with maintenance and quality teams, train personnel, monitor performance, and drive continuous improvement across the packaging department. This full-time role requires flexibility to cover all shifts and weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• BA/BS in Business, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related field preferred.
• Strong people skills and frontline supervisory experience in packaging.
• Experience in high-speed packaging environments preferred.
• Willingness to work any shifts and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontline production lines, ensuring safety and efficiency.
• Oversee front line quality checks and proper packaging operations.
• Set clear goals, train staff, and monitor performance.
• Coordinate line changeovers and material usage per BOM.
• Assist in safety, GMP, HACCP compliance and daily debriefs.
• Approve hours and oversee staffing schedules.
• Collaborate with management and other departments to ensure smooth operations.
• Identify improvements to increase safety, quality and throughput.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Packaging

Shift flexibility

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Packaging-Exempt Full Time Professionals La Crosse, WI, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1749

City Brewing Company – Who We Are

City Brewing & Beverage is a leading U.S. co-manufacturer for top beverage brands. With more than 25 years of experience and state-of-the-art high scale and high volume facilities, we have the ability to produce a diverse portfolio of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. We foster a collaborative, growth-focused workplace where employees are empowered to learn, lead, and make an impact while helping shape the future of the beverage industry.

Job Summary

Provides frontline leadership and management of assigned production lines including but not limited to equipment and operator safety, front line quality control checks, proper supplies, instruction on equipment operations, production reporting, material tests, maintaining/improving line efficiencies, and overall packaging employee supervision. Ensure standards are met in a safe, efficient and effective manner.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure safety procedures are followed by adherence to Company policies.
• Ensure front line quality check compliance to meet Company quality standards.
• Assisting with mapping out processes, work with change management
• Sets clear expectations and goals for team members, provides training and support for team, measuring and monitoring performance against goal and objectives and providing feedback, mentoring and support.
• Recommend measures to maintain safe operations, improve production methods, equipment performance and use of equipment to increase efficiency, quality and safety of the department or work crew.
• Study production schedule to ascertain type and quantity of product, containers to be used, codes, package number, planning sequence of production and other packaging requirements.
• Compose weekly staffing schedule based on production requirements to ensure efficient operations and minimal overtime.
• Participates in the appropriate selection and usage of resources (materials, systems, utilities and equipment) required for the effective operations of packaging department.
• Confers with management, other departments, supervisors, and operators to coordinate activities to assure a safe environment, quality product, and product operations.
• Analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in solving work problems.
• Initiate personnel actions, such as performance evaluations, and disciplinary measures.
• Facilitate daily debriefs with the packaging staff.
• Check and approve hours worked of hourly employees on the lines.
• Assist in internal auditing, such as GMP, HACCP and Safety.
• Ensure compliance with Internal, Federal, State and local guidelines and regulations including GMP, HACCP, OSHA, FDA and TTB
• Check the machinery of the lines for operational readiness and proper setup.
• Oversee the operations of the lines during production.
• Direct changeovers to assure proper materials are used, proper amounts are produced, and proper codes are used per the BOM.
• Frequently review the operator quality assurance checks throughout the shift.
• At shutdown, be present to assure the proper length of run and that all machinery, conveyors, air, CO2, water and chain lube is shut off.
• Take case counts and record.
• Make out work orders for repairs or improvements needed on the lines.
• Supervise training of employees in operations, safety, quality standards, GMP’s and HACCP procedures.
• All other duties as assigned by the Assistant Packaging Manager and Packaging Manager.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• BA/BS in Business, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related field preferred
• Strong background in people skills and hands on front line supervisory experience preferably in the area of packaging
• Experience in a high-speed packaging environment preferred
• Selected candidate must be willing to work any and all shifts, and weekends when necessary to cover the needs of the business

City Brewery is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.