Packaging Operator

BrewDog; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading craft brewery in the United Kingdom seeks a Packaging Operator to ensure high standards in packaging their world-class beers. You will monitor quality during packaging, operate machinery, and collaborate with a team in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates should have strong attention to detail, a passion for craft beer, and the ability to work various shifts. This role includes benefits like a bonus scheme, enhanced sick pay, and beer training opportunities.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Pension enhancement

4-week sabbatical every 5 years

Staff discount

Beer training support

Healthcare and life assurance

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a packaging or production environment is preferable but not essential.
• Basic understanding of machine maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of cleaning and sanitising processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety standards by following safety protocols.
• Monitor product quality during packaging by conducting regular inspections.
• Operate packaging machinery ensuring optimal performance.
• Collaborate with team members to meet production goals.
• Help implement continuous improvements in packaging efficiency.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Passion for craft beer

Effective communication

Time management

Job description

About Us

We love great craft beer. We want everyone to be as passionate about it as we are - and our central team are vital in this mission. Every single person in our team can shape our future for the better, whether that’s for our people, planet or our incredible beer. Because we expect great things from you, we give great things back.

Benefits

• Bonus scheme: reward when we succeed as a business.
• Pension enhancement: up to 10% of your salary (above the statutory 3%).
• 4‑week sabbatical every 5 years.
• Staff discount: 25% off in bars, 30% off online, 50% off BrewDog merchandise (but don’t put your hoodie in the fridge).
• Additional holiday days: one extra day’s leave per full year up to your 5th year, giving an extra full week off at 5 years and onward.
• Beer training: support for internationally recognised Cicerone qualifications and pay per level passed.
• Enhanced sick pay, healthcare, life assurance, high street retail discounts, employee assistance programmes, enhanced family‑friendly policies (maternity, paternity, pawternity leave), DE+I and crew forum groups, allowance to quality‑check beers each month.
• Committed to a planet‑friendly future: industry‑leading techniques that create unique beer while reducing environmental impact.

About The Role

As a Packaging Operator, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our world‑class beers are packaged to the highest standards. Working on our canning, bottling, and kegging lines, you’ll be responsible for operating machinery, performing quality checks, and keeping production running smoothly.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience in a packaging or production environment is preferable but not essential.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, physically demanding environment.
• Willingness to work our 24/7 shift pattern consisting of 4 days on, 4 off 7am‑7pm and 4 nights on, 4 off 7pm‑7am.
• Passion for craft beer and brewing is a plus!

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety standards by strictly following workplace safety protocols.
• Monitor product quality during packaging by conducting regular inspections, ensuring that beer bottles, cans, kegs, and labels meet quality standards for consumer safety and satisfaction.
• Operate packaging machinery safely and effectively, ensuring the packaging line runs smoothly while preventing production downtime and maintaining output targets.
• Conduct routine cleaning of equipment by performing regular hygiene tasks, which helps prevent contamination and ensures equipment operates at optimal performance levels.
• Collaborate with team members to meet production goals by assisting colleagues and following instructions, helping to achieve set packaging targets within scheduled timeframes.
• Perform the setup and changeover of packaging lines by assisting with adjustments and settings for different bottle/can sizes or packaging formats, ensuring the smooth transition between different product runs.
• Report safety hazards and production issues to supervisors by promptly identifying and communicating risks or equipment malfunctions, minimising downtime and maintaining a safe work environment.
• Help to implement continuous improvement initiatives by suggesting and supporting process improvements, which increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the packaging line while reducing waste and costs.
• Complete required training and certification programs by actively participating in safety, quality, and equipment training sessions, ensuring the role is performed with the highest level of competence and compliance.

About You

• Ability to operate and monitor packaging equipment like fillers, cappers, and labellers.
• Basic understanding of machine maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of cleaning and sanitising processes.
• Ability to perform quality checks on packaging (fill levels, seals, labels).
• Understanding of workplace safety protocols and equipment handling.
• Safe use of cleaning and sanitising chemicals.
• Effective time management to meet production schedules.
• Ability to work well in a team and communicate issues clearly.
• Good hand‑eye coordination and attention to detail.
• Basic computer skills to track production data.