Beverage Production & Canning Associate
Fresh Fizz Sodas
Location: Long Island, NY
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Day shift
Pay: $20.00 per hour
About Fresh Fizz Sodas
Fresh Fizz Sodas is a growing beverage company producing premium organic sodas made with real ingredients. We manufacture our beverages in-house at our Long Island production facility, including batching, carbonation, canning, packaging, cleaning, sanitation, and shipping.
We are seeking a dependable, hands-on Beverage Production & Canning Associate to join our production team.
This is an active production-floor position. The employee will work directly on beverage production, canning, packaging, cleaning, sanitation, material handling, and warehouse tasks throughout the day.
Prior brewery, beverage-production, or commercial canning experience is strongly preferred.
Position Summary
The Beverage Production & Canning Associate will work as part of a small production team manufacturing and packaging Fresh Fizz beverages.
The position includes operating and supporting the canning line, preparing ingredients, assisting with beverage batching, packaging finished products, cleaning and sanitizing equipment, moving materials, and helping with shipping and receiving.
This is not a supervisory or office-based position. The successful candidate should be comfortable performing physical production work for the full shift and moving between different responsibilities as production needs change.
Candidates with brewery packaging, cellar, canning, or beverage-production experience are especially encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
Canning and Packaging
- Operate and support the beverage canning and packaging line.
- Load empty cans, lids, trays, cartons, and other packaging materials.
- Monitor cans as they move through filling, seaming, coding, rinsing, and packaging.
- Inspect cans and finished packages for fill, seam, code, appearance, and packaging defects.
- Remove damaged or nonconforming products from the line.
- Pack cans into trays, cartons, or multipacks.
- Build, wrap, label, and move finished-goods pallets.
- Assist with canning-line setup, startup, shutdown, and changeovers.
- Help identify and correct routine line stoppages, jams, and packaging problems.
- Keep the canning and packaging areas supplied, clean, and organized.
- Accurately record production counts, waste, and quality checks as assigned.
Beverage Production and Batching
- Prepare ingredients and production materials for batching.
- Weigh, measure, stage, and add ingredients according to written formulas and instructions.
- Assist with mixing, filtering, transferring, chilling, and carbonating beverages.
- Operate pumps, hoses, mixers, tanks, filters, and related beverage equipment after training.
- Verify ingredient names, quantities, and lot codes before use.
- Assist with product sampling and measurements such as pH, Brix, temperature, and carbonation.
- Follow all instructions intended to prevent batching errors or cross-contamination.
- Report any unusual product appearance, aroma, taste, measurement, or equipment condition.
Cleaning and Sanitation
- Clean and sanitize tanks, hoses, pumps, fittings, filters, fillers, work surfaces, floors, drains, and production equipment.
- Disassemble and reassemble equipment components for cleaning as trained.
- Perform manual cleaning and clean-in-place procedures according to written instructions.
- Mix and use cleaning and sanitizing chemicals safely.
- Wear required personal protective equipment when handling chemicals.
- Help prepare the production area for pre-operational inspection.
- Maintain a clean, orderly, and food-safe work environment throughout the shift.
- Complete sanitation records accurately and on time.
Warehouse, Shipping, and Receiving
- Receive and inspect ingredients, packaging, and production supplies.
- Move pallets and materials using pallet jacks or other approved equipment.
- Stage ingredients and packaging materials for upcoming production.
- Organize raw materials, packaging, and finished goods in assigned storage locations.
- Rotate inventory according to FIFO or FEFO procedures.
- Pick, verify, label, and stage customer orders for shipment.
- Assist with loading and unloading deliveries.
- Participate in routine inventory counts.
- Report shortages, damaged goods, or inventory discrepancies.
Food Safety and Quality
- Follow Good Manufacturing Practices and all company food-safety procedures.
- Wash and sanitize hands as required.
- Wear required uniforms, hair restraints, beard restraints, gloves, and protective equipment.
- Follow allergen, chemical, traceability, and contamination-prevention procedures.
- Complete assigned batch, production, sanitation, and quality records accurately.
- Immediately report food-safety, quality, sanitation, or equipment concerns.
- Participate in employee training, inspections, and audit preparation.
- Follow all applicable company, FDA, New York State, and organic-production requirements.
Required Qualifications
- At least one year of experience in a brewery, beverage-production facility, commercial canning operation, or similar manufacturing environment.
- Experience working directly with production or packaging equipment.
- Ability and willingness to perform hands-on production, cleaning, and sanitation work throughout the shift.
- Strong reliability, attendance, and punctuality.
- Ability to follow written formulas, procedures, and safety instructions.
- Attention to detail and ability to identify product or packaging defects.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a small production team.
- Willingness to learn multiple production and warehouse functions.
- Ability to communicate clearly and report problems promptly.
- Basic mechanical aptitude and comfort working around machinery.
Physical Requirements
This is a physically active production position. The employee must be able to:
- Stand and walk for most of the workday.
- Bend, reach, crouch, climb, push, pull, and perform repetitive tasks.
- Regularly lift and move cases, ingredients, containers, hoses, and packaging materials.
- Safely lift up to 50 pounds, with assistance or equipment when appropriate.
- Work in wet areas and around water, foam, cleaning chemicals, and moving equipment.
- Work in areas where temperatures and humidity may vary.
- Wear required personal protective equipment.
- Perform detailed cleaning and sanitation work.
- Safely use pallet jacks and other material-handling equipment after training.
Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Schedule
- Full-time day shift.
- Production schedules may vary based on customer demand.
- Occasional overtime or extended shifts may be required to complete production, sanitation, maintenance, or shipping activities.
- Reliable attendance and flexibility are important.
Compensation
- $20.00 per hour.
- Overtime paid in accordance with applicable law.
- Training and opportunities for increased responsibility as the company grows.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate has worked in a brewery or beverage plant and understands that beverage production involves much more than standing at one station.
You should be comfortable switching between canning, packaging, batching support, equipment cleaning, sanitation, warehouse work, and general production tasks. You take pride in keeping equipment and work areas clean, notice problems before they become larger issues, and are willing to help wherever needed.
This role may be a particularly good fit for someone with experience as a:
- Brewery packaging technician
- Canning-line operator
- Cellar worker
- Brewer’s assistant
- Beverage production associate
- Packaging-machine operator
- Food or beverage sanitation technician
- Beverage warehouse and production associate
Fresh Fizz Sodas is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs without regard to legally protected characteristics.
Pay: $20.00 per hour
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Work Location: In person
