Date: Immediate
Position: Packaging Operator
Employment: Full-Time (40 hours a week).

As a packaging operator, you will be responsible for packaging beer in the execution of the daily work schedule in a safe, timely, and efficient manner and you will represent and promote Cape May Brewery in a positive manner to guests, local residents, and the general public.

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Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead by example in upholding the Company’s Core Values and promoting a positive and constructive working environment
• Running all equipment on kegging and canning lines
• Start-up and shut-down of utilities and equipment
• CIP, CUP and sanitizing of fillers, lines, and bright tanks
• Competent operation of fillers, washers, palletizers, and conveyors
• Maintaining line efficiency through seamless supply of empty packaging and removal of full packaging
• Close monitoring of cooperage quality and removing cooperage in need of repair
• Ensuring accurate and legible coding and labeling of all containers
• Routine daily maintenance of all equipment
• Addressing all product quality issues immediately and stopping line if issues cannot be corrected promptly.
• Helping to maintain accurate and detailed daily run logs
• Participating in regularly scheduled departmental meetings to review issues and propose solutions
• Folding cardboard cartons
• Sensory analysis of various products
• Ensure that the work area is clean and organized
• Constantly strive for improvement by looking for ways to make things better, safer, faster or by reducing costs
• When needed, assist with accepting deliveries and other warehousing operations
• Assist in other areas of the brewery on an as-needed basis

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:

• 21 years of age or older
• High School diploma or equivalent (GED)

Special Requirements:

• Enthusiasm for craft beer
• Physical and Mental Requirements:
• Standing for long periods of time
• Squatting, crouching, bending, kneeling
• Twisting
• Climbing ladders and stairs
• Repetitive movements
• Lifting up to 60 lbs. unassisted and up to 160 lbs. assisted
• Manually manipulating parts, pumps and hoses
• Pushing and pulling heavy loads
• Access, input, and retrieve information from a computer
• Regularly required to reach with arms and hands
• Required to use handle objects, tools and controls
• Use of heavy machinery, including hand pallet jacks and forklift operation
• Working individually and as a team
• Working under time pressure
• Encountering frequent interruptions
• Using effective verbal communication

Environmental Conditions:

• Working in hot and cold temperatures
• Working on uneven surfaces and wet conditions
• Handling hazardous chemicals
• Working around noisy machinery