Batching Team Shift Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Description

Available Shift:

Monday-Thursday, 2pm-12am 

Total pay includes $28/hr base + 2nd shift premium of $3/hr. The base pay for this role may vary based on experience.

Job Summary:

The Batching Team Shift Supervisor provides day-to-day oversight and support to the Batching team. The Batching Team Shift Supervisor reports directly to the Batching Manager. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills and extensive knowledge of batching/cellar process and operations, process flow, and some automated cellar equipment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide daily oversight and direction for the batching team
• Ensure all paperwork and documentation is complete accurate and timely, this includes the following:
• DAW usage and dissolved oxygen logs
• CIP/SIP logs
• Bulk Tank logs
• Batching sheets
• Wave
• Digital Clipboard
• Follow up on incomplete documentation and paperwork as needed
• Collaborate with inventory team to ensure that ingredients are prepared, staged, and kitted according to SOPs, Food Safety and GMPs.
• Provide guidance on corrective actions needed for out-of-specification (OOS) products, in collaboration with other supervisors, the Batching Manager, Cellar Manager, Brewing Manager and Quality team.
• ABV, pH, and Gravity/Density corrections
• Batch size adjustments for material shortages or over usage
• Coordinate schedule changes and address special circumstances as they arise, in both:
• Production Schedules
• Staffing Schedules
• Delegate responsibilities to achieve comprehensive goals beyond daily batching and processes, including:
• Organization
• Scheduled maintenance/CIP (ex: equipment, line and tank CIPs)
• Prep for upcoming processes to ensure the batching team is highly efficient and can hit the ground running each day
• Ensure team is working efficiently, with urgency and timeliness
• Ensure all SOPs are created quickly for new processes, up-to-date, accurate and followed
• Directly train or designate a trainer for all operators
• Ensure that they understand their roles and responsibilities and can perform their duties safely and effectively and in adherence to SOPs.
• Coach and develop team members to enhance their skills and abilities
• Lead by example, fostering a positive, solution-oriented, and engaged work culture
• Attend various weekly meetings in the absence of the Batching Manager and communicate relevant information to the team.
• Maintain effective communication with other shift supervisors, production personnel, and management to ensure smooth production processes
• Conduct oneself professionally and diplomatically in all interactions
• Assist project managers in samples of in-process, batched liquid
• Oversee parts and supplies inventory with the Batching Manager and Cellar Manager
• Ensure all storage spaces are clean, organized and maintained
• Day-to-day oversight of personnel needs and performance in collaboration with other supervisors
• Responsible for general condition, organization and cleanliness of all batching/cellar team areas in conjunction with the cellar shift supervisors
• Adheres and enforces all GMP, PPE and sanitation requirements of the brewery
• Fulfill special projects assigned by the Batching Manager, Cellar Manager and Brewing Manager
• Aligns and actively pursues the fulfillment of The Brewer Career Matrix items and tasks for both oneself and teammates
• Adhere to all PPE and GMP requirements
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Success in this role requires flexibility, attention to detail, and professional composure and integrity.

About Our Team:

We are looking for energetic candidates to grow with us at Octopi. As we complete our current expansion, we will increase the output of our state-of-the-art production and brewing facilities.

Qualified individuals are detail-oriented, collaborative, growth-focused, and self-motivated.

Our team is a community; we are open, informal and laid back, but also hard working and respectful of others. You should be as well.

Offers of employment at Octopi are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates, as deemed necessary.

Job Type: Full-time

Requirements

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to lift 55lbs and move 165lbs, as needed.
• Ability to stand for an extended period of time.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Basic troubleshooting skills in a brewing/manufacturing setting.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Time management skills.
• Flexibility to work various shifts.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced environment.

Education and Experience:

• 2-3 years experience in a brewing environment, preferred.
• Degree in Brewing Science/Technology, a plus.