Weekend Shift Production Supervisor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Paid parental leave

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Vermont Cider Company in Middlebury is looking for a Weekend Shift Production Supervisor to oversee weekend operations and ensure efficient production processes. This role demands leadership to enhance accountability, reduce downtime, and maintain high-quality standards.

With a schedule from Friday to Sunday, this position offers a competitive salary ranging from $65,000 to $75,000 annually, plus bonuses and benefits.

If you have a background in production and passion for driving team performance, apply today!

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of production, manufacturing, packaging, or food/beverage operations experience.
• Proven leadership experience with strong floor presence.
• Ability to drive safety, quality, and production metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead employees with coaching, accountability, and clear expectations.
• Drive canning, kegging, and packaging execution.
• Coordinate staffing, handoffs, and cross-functional support.

Skills

Production experience

Team leadership

Real-time decision-making

Troubleshooting

Job description

Description

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. Ready to run the weekend shift and make an impact? Jump in and apply today!

Location: Middlebury, Vermont | Onsite Manufacturing Role

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, 401(k) match, employee assistance resources, and other eligible company-sponsored benefits.

About Vermont Cider Company

We reinvigorated American hard cider in 1991 and continue to lead the category through our commitment to crafting innovative and refreshing hard ciders. Vermont Cider Co. crafts a variety of ciders from iconic Woodchuck Hard Cider to fruit-forward Wyder’s Cider. Visit our Cider House tap room in Middlebury, VT or learn more at www.vtciderco.com where you can find cider near you or order online.

About Green Mountain Beverage

Green Mountain Beverage is a world-class co-packer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, offering quality, flexibility, and expertise to help brands scale with confidence.

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.