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HOLIDAILY BREWING COMPANY Packaging Lead

About Holidaily Brewing Company: We are a 100% certified, dedicated gluten-free brewery on a mission to always provide safe, gluten-free beer with world-class taste.

Holidaily Brewing Company is the leader and the obvious choice for gluten-free beer in the United States. Holidaily is an inclusive, authentic community that celebrates a life of health and happiness.

Our brewery and tasting room are in Golden, Colorado, and our beers are distributed throughout Colorado, Arizona, Kansas (including Kansas City Metro), Texas, California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and with regional and national growth in our future. This role is for the production facility in Golden, Colorado.

Position Summary : This full-time role will be responsible for the operation and maintenance on the canning line, cleaning, filling kegs, and performing QA/QC tests on packaged products. They will also help in the cellar regularly and as needed. This person will aid in setting schedules and duties for canning line personnel, with the opportunity to expand the role as the team and company grow. The role will initially be split roughly 60% packaging and warehousing duties, 20% packaging and general maintenance, and 20% assisting in cellaring and other production areas. This role reports to the Brewing Operations Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Production Operations:

• Lead packaging operations – canning, bottling, and kegging.
• Completes required, regular packaging quality checks (seams on digital seam checker, DO on Anton Paar CBox).
• Operates and troubleshoots the Cask Filler, Ska De-palletizer, Mpac (SwitchBack) cartoner, and Markim-Imaje date coder.
• Converts canning equipment between 12oz and 16oz, according to brewery SOPs.
• Start up, shuts down, and cleans packaging equipment according to brewery and manufacturer SOP’s.
• Performs repairs and preventative maintenance on the packaging line.
• Work closely with production and facilities to troubleshoot and optimize equipment.
• Cleans kegs using automated keg cleaner.
• Enters packaging runs into Ekos (Inventory management software).
• Aid in cellar and brewhouse duties as able or needed – transfers, dry hopping, clarifying, cleaning, etc.

Inventory Management and Orders

• Tracks the inventory of necessary packaging materials for canning and kegging.
• Works with Management to minimize product loss and package dissolved oxygen levels.
• Stacks and wraps pallets, builds orders for shipment (along with rest of production team).
• Loads shipments for delivery (along with rest of production team).

Other Responsibilities Include:

• Attend and engage in safety training upon hire.
• Reflects and embodies our Core Values of Innovative, Excellent, Accountable Safety, and Winning Attitude.
• Operates a forklift as needed in a safe manner.
• Follow SOP’s and develop novel SOP’s where they are necessary.
• Handle dangerous chemicals according to safe practice, SDS, and SOP’s.
• Maintain safe and effective operation of all associated packaging equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Potential to work with beer transfers, tank cleaning, and other cellaring tasks.
• Work quarterly all-hand events
• Complete Colorado-approved alcohol server training chosen by the company

Skills:

• Must be 21+ to perform essential job duties.
• Ability to arrange priorities and multitask to independently manage time.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work autonomously while respecting shared space.
• Flexibility and adaptability, openness and willingness to learn.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Experience and confidence using specialty hand tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, mechanical and problem-solving skills.
• Dedication to cleanliness and quality.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Ekos a plus.
• Team Lead/Management a plus.
• Foster an atmosphere of inclusivity, open communication, attention to detail, accountability, and mutual respect.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Brewing, Packaging, or related coursework or degree a plus.
• Forklift experience a plus (will be trained by Holidaily).
• Packaging line operations (1-2 years), especially on a Cask line a major plus.
• Prior experience in a cellar or warehouse experience a plus. Craft beer and beverage experience a major plus.
• Equipment maintenance/minor repair a major plus.

Physical Standards:

• Able to stand for prolonged periods of time.
• Able to stoop, crawl, twist, turn, lift, kneel, climb ladders and stairs.
• Able to regularly lift/carry 50 pounds.
• Able to work in indoor and outdoor environment with sometimes slippery floors.
• Able to twist, bend, kneel, and work in a wet production environment.
• Able to work in varying degrees of temperatures that is typical for a brewery.
• Floor surface may vary.
• Ability to tolerate a high-level work pace that is typical for the food production industry.
• The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Job Type:

Full-time

Compensation:

This is an hourly position starting at $20/hr.

Holidaily Brewing Company provides full benefits, including health insurance, dental and vision insurance, workman’s comp insurance, 401K with up to 3% matching, to-go beer and merchandise discounts, employee health program with incentives, partial boot allowance, paid time off to full-time employees, and other benefits. 

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