Packaging Assistant Manchester, England
Job description
Packaging Assistant
Salary: £26,000+ (DOE)
Hours: Full Time (37.5 h)
Contract: Permanent
We are accepting applications until Monday 8th of March 2023 at 8am, with interviews taking place from Monday 13th of March 2023.
Please apply via the Packaging assistant application form (we are not taking into consideration applications on indeed)
Due to our colleague leaving the company to pursue different experiences, we are looking for a packaging assistant to join our team.
We are looking for someone who could potentially start immediately to facilitate a better induction, but it is not essential as we are interested in finding the best candidate for this role.
We are open to interviewing someone who is either entry level with interest in learning and developing within packaging, or someone who has had experience in packaging or in a production department within the brewing industry.
This role will be responsible for implementation of the packaging schedule and requested packaging splits:
- Canning (with our 12-head Cask canning inline filler with automatic depalletisation)
- Kegging (steel and plastic kegs – 20, 30 and 50L)
- Cask cleaning and racking (9 Gallon casks)
- Assisting with Barrel Project bottling and labelling
Additional responsibilities include:
- Supporting packaging lead in communicating with production, sales & warehouse
teams on a daily basis
- Collating packaging material requests for the warehouse team
- Ensuring SOPs are followed and up to date for all processes across canning, kegging & cask racking
- Supporting in problem solving planning, quality or mechanical issues, with support
from the Brewery Manager and Brewery Team Manager when necessary
- Ensuring all equipment relating to the Packaging Team is kept in good working order and that maintenance schedules and records are upheld.
- Helping to continuously improve processes
- Handling of unfinished stock levels & organising finalising stock ready for sale
- Ensuring all packaging documentation & product sign off is accurately completed on time, both on paper and digitally
Quality:
- Ensure adequate quality control measures are documented, in place and adhered to by anyone working on packaging (cans/kegs/casks)
- Ensure adequate quality checks are taking place and actions taken if stock is not of a high quality
- Follow SOP procedures and quality standards at all times to ensure product is ready
for customers and sales
- Working with the packaging lead to ensure Packaging Quality Parameters are met:
- CIP & ATP swabs
- TPO reduction
- DO exposure & ingress reduction in can and keg
- Seam integrity in cans
This is a full time role (37.5 hours per week), working Monday to Friday (on a shift basis) from our Brewery in Manchester.
Cloudwater Brew Co is a small brewery in Manchester, UK, with a focus on making exciting flavour combinations in modern beer and soda to create relaxing experiences for our customers.
We are independently owned and directed by our co-founder Paul Jones and, since the beginning, we have been guided by shared values that define our work.
Through our team’s passion, expertise, skills and ideas we create products that aim to carry our customers into experiencing the same values that inspire us every day. Progress, happiness, support and togetherness are the values that help us understand why we are who we are and do what we do.
We focus on continuously progressing and changing the status quo of the beer industry, not only in flavours and innovations of our products, but by promoting inclusion and diversifying our people with a plethora of experiences, skills and stories.
Together we can show solidarity and positively influence the wider world, reduce our
environmental impact and become more sustainable by constantly holding ourselves
accountable for the impact of our actions.
All job vacancies at Cloudwater are open to everyone of all races, all genders, all love-centred beliefs, and any backgrounds. Please read our Equality and Equity Policy for more information on our website
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: From £26,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
