Packaging Shift Supervisor

Sazerac Company Overview

Over 450 of the world’s most extraordinary brands are part of the Sazerac family, including BuzzBallz, Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball, Svedka, and more. We’re proud to create spirits, cocktails, and experiences for every taste and occasion for people across the globe. Sazerac Company takes pride in fostering a vibrant culture of innovation, craftsmanship, and excellence across our distilleries and operations worldwide.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Sazerac of Oregon is seeking a hands-on Packaging Shift Supervisor to lead daily packaging operations in Hood River. This role oversees the safe, efficient, and consistent execution of canning, bottling, and kegging while leading and developing Packaging Specialists on shift. You will work directly on the production floor, remove barriers to performance, and partner across Maintenance, Brewing, Quality, Planning, and HR to meet production schedules and improve results. This is an opportunity to build a strong team culture and make a visible impact on safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate daily canning, bottling, and kegging operations to safely and consistently execute the production plan, meet target speeds, and complete CIP and sanitation activities on time.
• Coach and develop Packaging Specialists through hands-on training, feedback, onboarding, cross-training, certification, scheduling, attendance management, and positive accountability.
• Champion OSHA, GMP, HACCP, food-safety, quality, injury-prevention, and workplace-safety requirements while ensuring SOPs, QA records, production logs, and shift reports are accurate and consistently followed.
• Use safety, quality, productivity, downtime, yield, and plan-attainment data to troubleshoot issues, reduce waste, improve processes, and support new products or equipment changes.
• Complete production metrics, inventory movements, ERP transactions, and shift handoffs while partnering with Planning, Maintenance, Brewing, Quality, and HR to ensure smooth workflow and material availability.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience supervising or leading production teams.
• Minimum 2 years of manufacturing experience in a fast-paced production environment.
• Hands-on experience with packaging equipment such as fillers, seamers, case packers, palletizers, or comparable production machinery.
• Working knowledge of safety, quality, injury-prevention, and lean manufacturing practices.
• Proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook, with the ability to accurately complete production records and reports.

Preferred

• Experience in beverage, food, brewing, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Experience with canning, bottling, kegging, CIP, sanitation, GMP, HACCP, and food-safety systems.
• ERP experience and familiarity with production KPIs such as downtime, yield, productivity, quality, and plan attainment.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and move for 10 to 12 hours per shift and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to frequently reach, bend, twist, and climb stairs and ladders in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with varying temperatures.
• Ability to wear required PPE, including safety glasses, hearing protection, bump caps, and reinforced-toe footwear.

Schedule

Packaging Shift Supervisors may support Monday through Thursday schedules consisting of four 10-hour shifts or Friday through Sunday schedules consisting of three 12-hour shifts. Supervisors typically arrive before shift start and may occasionally attend meetings outside normal shift hours.

Culture and Benefits

Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and more. These benefits may vary depending on location and work type. Learn more about how we support our employees at https://www.sazerac.com/our-company/careers.html

The annual salary range for this role is $65,000 to $70,000. Final compensation depends on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.

Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected status.

What’s Next

After you apply, a recruiter will review your application and reach out to qualified candidates. Selected candidates will follow our interview process, which may include a phone screen, hiring manager interview, and panel interviews with business leaders. There may be additional steps or assessments throughout the process depending on the position. Applicants who are not selected to move through the process, at any stage, will be notified by email.

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