Packaging Shift Lead

At St Austell Brewery, we’re proud of our heritage, our people and the quality of every drop we produce. From grain to glass, we care about doing things the right way, supporting our teams, investing in development, and creating a collaborative environment where everyone can thrive.

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced Packaging Shift Lead to join our team. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll lead your shift team to deliver safe, efficient and high‑quality packaging operations.

As the most senior person on shift, you’ll take ownership of performance across multiple packaging lines, ensuring production targets are met while maintaining exceptional standards of safety and quality.

You’ll be a key problem solver on shift, supporting your team, resolving issues, and driving continuous improvement across the department.

• Leading packaging operations across your shift, including start‑ups, changeovers, running and cleaning
• Ensuring production meets quality standards, specifications and schedules
• Acting as the key escalation point for operational and technical issues
• Monitoring performance and identifying opportunities for improvement
• Driving a strong safety culture and proactively managing risks
• Supporting and delivering training to develop team capability
• Ensuring all quality checks and audits are completed accurately and on time
• Managing materials, minimising waste and maximising yield
• Leading clear and engaging shift handovers

• Experience in a production or manufacturing environment, ideally in a team leader or supervisory role
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure
• A hands‑on approach with the confidence to lead and motivate a team
• Good technical understanding of production or packaging operations
• Commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement
• Relevant qualifications (or willingness to work towards):
• HACCP Level 2
• FLT Counterbalance Licence
• General Certificate in Packaging

You will work 40 hours a week, from Monday to Friday, on a shift pattern that alternates mainly between earlies and lates. You will be expected to work a night shift every 1 in 3 weeks but flexibility is important to meet production requirements.

• Earlies – 6:00 am to 2:30 pm
• Lates – 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm
• Nights – 10:00 pm to 6:30 am

• 30% discount on food & drink within the managed estate & visitors centre
• 50% discount on accommodation within the managed estate
• Fantastic training & career development opportunities
• Pension Scheme – 4% employee and employer. Can increase to 5% if required
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company bonus scheme
• Westfield Health cash plan – Claim money back for Dental, Eye Care, Physio etc
• Westfield Rewards – Shopping rewards
• Free parking

St Austell Brewery is an Equal Opportunities employer. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We also welcome requests for flexible working. Early applications are encouraged as we’ll review applications throughout the recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

We politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. Speculative CVs from recruitment agencies won’t be accepted, nor the fees associated with them. If you would like any further information please email: rec