Weekend Shift Production Supervisor

Vermont Cider Co.; Middlebury (VT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Vermont Cider Co. is seeking a Weekend Shift Production Supervisor in Middlebury, Vermont, to lead the weekend production team. This role ensures smooth operations for beverage manufacturing, with direct accountability for production performance, quality, and safety in a fast-paced environment.

Candidates should have 3-5+ years of relevant experience and proven leadership abilities. Compensation ranges from $65,000 to $75,000 annually, with bonuses and comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in production, manufacturing, packaging, or regulated operations.
• Proven team leadership in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong floor presence and ability to drive decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead employees and temporary workers with coaching and accountability.
• Ensure smooth execution of canning, kegging, and variety pack production.
• Improve production flow and quality through metrics and observations.

Skills

Production and manufacturing experience

Team leadership

Real-time decision-making

Knowledge of safety and quality standards

Job description

Description

Location: Middlebury, Vermont | Onsite Manufacturing Role

Vermont Hard Cider Co., d.b.a. Green Mountain Beverage, is a leading co-packaging partner and beverage manufacturer. We’re looking for a Weekend Shift Production Supervisor to lead our weekend crew—keeping things running smoothly, supporting the team, and making sure production stays safe and efficient. You will lead off-shift production in a fully supported shift structure, with maintenance, quality, sanitation, and operations resources available to keep beverage packaging running safely and efficiently in a hands‑on, fast‑paced environment across a focused three‑day schedule.

Your impact

Strong weekend execution, less downtime, smoother changeovers, stronger accountability, and steady production performance.

Schedule

Friday to Sunday, 6:00am to 6:30pm

What You Will Do

• Lead employees and temporary workers with coaching, accountability, and clear expectations.
• Drive canning, kegging, and variety pack execution.
• Use floor observations and metrics to improve flow, quality, downtime, and sanitation readiness.
• Coordinate staffing, handoffs, reporting, escalations, and cross-functional support.

Leadership Impact to Highlight

Stand out by sharing results such as reduced downtime, better flow, stronger accountability, employee development, smoother changeovers, or safety and quality gains.

Requirements

Key qualifications: Bring 3‑5+ years of production, manufacturing, packaging, food/beverage, CPG, or regulated operations experience, along with proven team leadership, strong floor presence, confident real‑time decision-making, and the ability to drive safety, quality, staffing, handoffs, production metrics, and troubleshooting across a focused weekend schedule.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation: $65,000-$75,000 annually, plus bonus and benefits eligibility. Final pay depends on experience, qualifications, internal equity, and business needs.

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO, holidays, paid parental leave, 401k match, employee assistance resources, and other eligible company-sponsored benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Vermont Hard Cider Company is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to protected status under applicable federal, state, or local law. Employment may be subject to verification of background investigation and other job-related requirements.