Job Title: Distillation Supervisor
Purpose of the Job
The Lead Distillation Supervisor is responsible for functions throughout the full distillation lifecycle of production of product for Tennessee Distilling Group. The Distillation Supervisor is responsible for ensuring that all stages of the productions meet the specifications of the customer’s specified order and produced according to company standards. In addition to routine Distillation responsibilities, the Distillation Supervisor assists the Director of Distillation ensuring that the shifts are adequately staffed and that all materials needed for production are available. The Distillation Supervisor also oversees grain, barrel and other raw material receiving and management. They are responsible for ensuring safety and sanitation protocols are followed across the operation.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
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Lead Duties:
- Ensure that the shift is adequately staffed, and all raw materials needed for the cook are stocked and ready.
- Ensure that sanitation protocols for each gap between cooks is executed.
- Ensure that all safety protocols are being adhered to and respond to any safety violations, accidents or near misses by following the company protocols associated with each.
- Alert the Director of Distillation of any adjustments needed or safety concerns in a timely manner.
- Assist in managing a team of distillers across three production shifts and two distilleries
Distillation Duties:
- Contribute to the planning and forecasting of production needs and manage the production calendar once established
- Observe gauges and dials to prescribed temperatures according to mash procedure.
- Observe steam and air valves
- Control and monitor the fermentation of the mash used for distillation by testing the pH and gravity at prescribed intervals
- Pump fermented mash to the beer well for distillation and operate pump to move mash.
- Clean tanks, cooker, floors, bins, fermenters, etc.
- Maintain and clean cooking areas of the warehouse
- Controls stills that produce high-proof distillate
- Maintain control of the still by pumping fermented mash through the still to strip out alcohol.
- Pump spent mash into holding tank
- Monitor and record temperature, pressure, flow rate and proof
- Set controls on still to maintain temperature, proof and flow rate
- Record yield at the end of the run
- Proof distillate down with water to be ready for barreling
- Hand pour and measure enzymes with graduated cylinder
- Weigh and measure yeast and yeast ex
- Perform cleaning task as prescribed between and during each interval of the process as directed by the Lead Distiller
- Unload grain trucks.
- Perform moisture and weight testing on grain
- Collect grain samples
- Monitor boiler and air compressor functions
- Cross train in other departments to serve as back-up when needed
- Assist in management of the distillation technicians
Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Health Insuracne: Cigna Gold Level
- 100% company paid premium for employee
- 75% company paid premium for family
- 401(k) Plan
- 100% company match for the first 5%; immediate vesting
- Dental & Vision Coverage
- Life Insurance
- Basic Life – 100% company paid – $100,000 term policy
- Supplemental Life – Employee paid up to $300,000
- Short and Long Term Disability
- 100% Company Paid
- Critical Illness & Accident Insurance – Employee paid
- 16 Day of Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 6 Paid Holidays
- Clothing
- TDG Logoed apparel company paid
- $400 LL Bean Budget
- Healthy Snack and Beverage program, free of charge
- Bonuses: Company-wide issued annually at company discretion
- Barrel Program
- Full barrel of new make whiskey upon hire and after each additional 2 years of employment
- Barrel can be sold back to the company between 2-4 yeas ageing at a company published price
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 100% tuition reimburesement with supervisory approvalGeneral Requirements
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and productive work environment, pre-employment drug testing is conducted post-conditional job offer acceptance. A positive result may lead to the denial of employment. Post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing are also implemented to ensure a safe work environment.
Requirements
Job Requirements and Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- Bachelor of Science in Biology or Chemistry preferred.
- Experience in a production or manufacturing environment.
- Prior experience working on a column distillation still a must, pot still only experience will not be considered
- A minimum of 3 years supervisory experience overseeing a staff
Physical and Mental Requirements
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Frequently required to sit, stand, kneel, stoop, or squat
- Use hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
- Reach with hands and arms
- Talk, hear, and communicate with other employees or customers.
- Specific vision ability to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Occasionally move more than 50 pounds with assistance of lifting equipment or another team member.
- Ability to analyze situations logically to identify causes and draw solid conclusions
- Ability to anticipate the consequences of a situation
- Ability to modify one’s own behavior to meet expectations of others
- Ability to sustain one’s own emotions from interfering with responding effectively to internal and external customer’s needs.
- Exposure to indoor and outdoor environments that include extreme cold, wet, or hot weather.
- Exposure to steam.
- Exposure to alcohol odor/vapor.
- Exposure to moving vehicles such as trucks, forklifts, tow motor, etc.
- Exposure to loud and congested work environment.
- Maintain regular work attendance during scheduled hours
- Acknowledge and adhere to all company policies
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technological developments.). This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.