Brewery Maintenance & Packaging Operator

Description

Summary: Seeking a hands-on, detail-focused Brewery Maintenance and Packaging Operator to ensure efficient, safe brewery operations and high-quality product packaging. Highlights: 1. Operate diverse brewery packaging equipment 2. Perform routine maintenance and troubleshooting on equipment 3. Opportunity for training and qualification attainment Brewery Maintenance & Packaging Operator. We are seeking a hands-on, reliable, and detail-focused Brewery Maintenance and Packaging Operator to join our Brewery team. This is a practical role that combines packaging line operation with routine maintenance support to ensure our brewery runs efficiently, safely, and meeting our clients high quality standards. The successful candidate will play an important part in getting finished product packaged accurately and on time while helping the Plant Engineer to maintain equipment, identify faults, and support continuous improvement across the site. Key Responsibilities. • Operate brewery packaging equipment, including canning, bottling, kegging, labelling, packing, and related line machinery. • Set up, monitor, adjust, and shut down packaging runs to meet production schedules and quality requirements. • Carry out routine maintenance, inspections, and basic troubleshooting on packaging and/or brewery equipment. • Assist with planned preventative maintenance to reduce downtime and improve plant reliability. • Diagnose mechanical issues and escalate more complex faults where required. • Maintain accurate production, maintenance, and quality records. • Ensure packaging materials, consumables, and work areas are prepared and organised for efficient operation. • Complete cleaning, sanitising, and line clearance tasks in accordance with brewery hygiene and food safety procedures. • Support product quality checks, including visual inspection, fill accuracy, packaging integrity, and general line compliance. • Follow all health and safety procedures, including safe machine operation, lockout practices, hazard identification, and incident reporting. • Work closely with brewing, warehouse, and production team members to maintain smooth workflow across the site. Skills and Experience Required. • Experience operating packaging machinery in a brewery, beverage, food manufacturing, or similar production environment. • Mechanical aptitude with the ability to carry out product changeovers and machine setting. • Understanding of packaging systems such as canning, bottling, kegging, conveyors, labellers, or carton packing equipment. • Knowledge of hygiene, sanitation, and food safety requirements within a manufacturing environment. • Strong commitment to workplace health and safety and safe use of machinery. • Ability to work efficiently under pressure and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced setting. • Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well within a team. • Reliable, punctual, physically fit, and willing to undertake hands-on work. • Forklift licence preferred but not essential. • Trade qualification, engineering background, or maintenance experience would be advantageous. • Applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. What We’re Looking For. • A practical, proactive person who enjoys solving problems and keeping equipment running smoothly. • A person who can fit into small productive team who takes pride in producing a high-quality finished product. • Someone who can adapt to changing production priorities and respond calmly to operational issues. • A safety-conscious operator who values process discipline, cleanliness, and consistency. • A person who is motivated to learn, improve systems, and contribute positively to brewery operations. Work Environment. This role is based in a busy contract brewery and beverage packaging production environment and may involve shift work, early starts, weekend work, and standing for extended periods. The role includes manual handling, working around moving machinery, exposure to wet areas, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and housekeeping. A flexible, responsible, and safety-first approach is essential. Why Join Us? This is an excellent opportunity to join a close-knit brewery team where quality, safety, and continuous improvement matter. We offer training to achieve either a trade and/or brewery packaging qualification. We operate a calm, focused and practical facility based on the principles of common sense and fairness. If you enjoy hands-on work, have a strong mechanical mindset, enjoy working in a team, and want to contribute to the production of consistently high-quality packaged product, we would like to hear from you. For a further glimpse at what we do, visit www.bstudio.co.nz Please apply in the first instance with a C.V. to- packaging@bstudio.co.nz Many thanks.