Job Description

What makes this a great opportunity?

With two centuries of family heritage, Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits. As a truly global business, we bring together the best of our culturally diverse heritage. We value both agility and long-term thinking, we share a collective commitment to excellence and a dedication to craftsmanship, and across borders and roles, we collaborate to delight our consumers responsibly, and contribute to a more sustainable society for all of our stakeholders.

Our Vision is Growing for Good and our mission is to be the world's most admired, fastest-growing premium spirit company. We're a business that runs on responsibility, integrity, ambition and drive, and we celebrate exceptional performance. We welcome our people to dream big and tenaciously pursue ambitious goals - we call it our Yatte Minahare Spirit.

But perhaps most importantly - we value difference, and we appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other, and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, advance new ideas and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash Your Spirit every day in a culture that is charged, creative, challenging and fun.

Located in Calgary, Alberta, Alberta Distillers Ltd (ADL) is an award-winning distillery and member of the Suntory family. We believe in bringing people together, we've been doing it since 1946. Through the brands we build, and the experiences we create. Our distillery and products are winning awards and we are proud to call Calgary, Alberta home. We're a team that's moving forward, building on our rich past and growing new opportunities for the future. When you unleash your spirit with us, you'll inspire a world of connections.

Responsibilities:

First point of contact for quality, maintenance, housekeeping, safety, 5S and service issues arising on shift. Manage and enforce safety policies and procedures to minimize incidence of injury and reduce number of recordable injuries. Training and onboarding new employees in their roles. Constant personnel safety awareness and take corrective action to prevent safety issues. Responsible for meeting or exceeding production targets while maintaining safety and quality standards. Assign and direct tasks on a shift basis. Also be on-call after hours to troubleshoot any production issues. Ensure housekeeping standards are met within assigned areas. Responsible for updating and managing production employee shift schedules. Planning and scheduling Production Maintain inventory/ordering of production materials and ingredients. Minimize downtime by providing necessary technical support and process troubleshooting. Assist in maintenance planning for shutdown periods and provide operation support during shutdown. Manage SAP production movements and monthly and year end documentation Review and revise standard work instructions, confined space entry and LOTO documents Provide information for process improvements. Lead Daily Huddle - Tier 3 meetings- Review KPIs and plant performance. Analyze Trends on the SCADA system for troubleshooting and process optimization.

Qualifications:

Post-secondary education (Mechanical / Electrical Engineering Degree or Diploma) Minimum 5 years-experience with progressive responsibility in processing or manufacturing facility (preferably in food, beverage) Solid understanding of manufacturing processes. Ability to Identify and create requests for repairs (strong ability to troubleshoot, both electrical and mechanical). Innovative, detail oriented, and bring excellent interpersonal, influencing, and communication and leadership skills. Team player who thrives on a challenge and can interact positively with employees at all levels within the organization. Demonstrated ability to delegate and a desire to coach and develop people. Experience supervising employees and performance management. Good oral and written communication. Competent computer skill, numeracy, and accuracy. Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities. Experience and ability to lead and manage in change. Ability to operate with minimal supervision in ambiguity. Union environment experience (preferably in a supervisory role) Demonstrated ability to use problem solving/root cause analysis tools. Compliance with standard operating procedures, legal and other requirements including health and safety, fire protection, environmental, quality, security and continuous improvement programs is a requirement of the job.

Working Conditions and Shift Schedule:

Shift work rotation with on-call expectations. Willing and available to work on-call basis including stats, weekends, evenings. Work split between production floor - 60% - and Office - 40%. Physical Requirements: Ability to regularly bend and twist, open and close lids, climb ladders and work at heights, and lift 25 kgs. Physical Work Conditions: Often exposed to loud sounds, distracting noise levels, and dusty environment.
At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $45,159.87-$95,978.98 per year

Additional pay:

Bonus pay
Benefits:

Casual dress Company events Dental care Disability insurance Employee assistance program Extended health care Life insurance On-site parking Paid time off RRSP match Tuition reimbursement Vision care Wellness program
Flexible language requirement:

English not required
Schedule:

8 hour shift Monday to Friday On call Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-03-07