Golden State Cider - Packaging Lead

Packaging Lead

Location:

Healdsburg, CA
Department:
Production - Packaging

Reports to:

Packaging Supervisor

At Golden State Cider (Sonoma Craft), We're a tight-knit crew that takes pride in crafting exceptional beverages and building a workplace where people truly enjoy what they do.

We're looking for a hands-on Packaging Lead to help lead our packaging operations and keep production running safely, efficiently, and to our quality standards. In this role, you'll operate and maintain packaging equipment, coordinate daily production activities, troubleshoot equipment issues, support changeovers, and ensure accurate production and quality records.

The ideal candidate is a reliable, technically minded leader who is comfortable working on the production floor and enjoys helping a team succeed. You'll lead by example, coordinate daily priorities and breaks, promote safe and sanitary work practices, and ensure our packaging processes consistently meet production, quality, and safety standards.

The Packaging Lead is responsible for operating and maintaining packaging line equipment, including filling, carbonation, dosing, and inspection systems, while ensuring product quality and adherence to safety and sanitation standards. Leads daily production activities, coordinates team schedules, performs equipment troubleshooting and changeovers, and maintains accurate production and QA/QC records in accordance with SOPs.

• Operates packaging equipment, including (but not limited to) can filler/seamer, in-line carbonator, Velcorin doser, and in-line inspection equipment. Performs start-up, shut-down, and process operations to meet established production pace goals.
• Understands all packaging equipment with the ability to troubleshoot and fix issues and identifies and communicates issues to the supervisor or maintenance as needed.
• Sanitizes and performs CIP (Clean-In-Place) on all necessary packaging equipment and sanitizes product lines.
• Understands and performs packaging QA/QC protocols and operates associated machinery, including seam analysis and breakdown, carbonation and dissolved oxygen analysis, as well as low-fill detection and empty can inspection.
• Performs tooling changeovers between packaging formats.
• Leads the packaging team by delegating daily production goals and business needs.
• Structures and clearly communicates daily break and lunch schedules to ensure the floor is always covered and able to meet production needs.
• Clearly and accurately maintains records related to packaging reports and maintenance logs.
• Follows Golden State Ciders' Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and adheres to and promotes safe work practices.
• Maintains updated records, including SOPs, daily tracking records, and training logs.
• Brings a positive attitude and demonstrates professional leadership within the packaging team as well as with other departments and on-site vendors.
• Responsible as a secondary backup for timecard approval for the department.
• Assumes designated supervisor-level duties when the department supervisor is absent, in accordance with Golden State Cider's Backup Supervisor policy.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a cidery, brewery, or winery environment preferred
• Previous packaging experience required
• High School Diploma, GED, or two years of work-related experience.
• Forklift Certification and proven ability to safely operate a forklift, scissor lift, and pallet jack
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including extended hours, overtime and Weekends as needed
• Proficient levels in reading, writing, and mathematical skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand and follow directions, as well as listen and communicate with co-workers
• Strong and proven work ethic, and ability to multi-task workload
• Commitment to excellence in an ever-evolving, exciting field of work
• Basic understanding of general computer knowledge as well as Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, and SharePoint.

• This position is based in Healdsburg, CA. Expected in-offices days are Monday through Friday
• This role is classified as non-exempt under California wage and hour…