St Austell Brewery
Production Administrator (Fixed Term)
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About the Role
We're looking for a highly organised and proactive Production Administrator to join our Production team on a full-time, fixed-term basis, until September 2027. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in supporting the smooth running of our brewery by providing administrative support across Engineering, Brewing, Packaging, and Quality.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, working with the wider production team, you'll coordinate purchasing, supplier and contractor administration, maintenance planning, compliance records, and Quality Management System (QMS) documentation. You'll also work with colleagues across the wider Production department, ensuring key systems, records, and processes remain accurate, organised, and audit-ready.
If you enjoy organising information, coordinating multiple priorities, and supporting operational teams, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
- Providing day-to-day administrative support across the Production department, with a particular focus on Engineering activities
- Ordering engineering parts, utility consumables, and general consumables from approved suppliers to maintain stock availability
- Coordinating suppliers and contractors, ensuring maintenance activities are planned and organised in advance
- Maintaining engineering records, compliance documentation, utility reports, and maintenance information
- Completing monthly critical spares stock takes and accurately recording parts usage
- Uploading and maintaining water testing, boiler water, wastewater, contractor maintenance, and compliance reports within the Quality Management System
- Supporting the Quality Assurance team with administrative tasks, including Quality Management System reviews, incoming label positive release, quality index reviews, and non-conformance administration
- Coordinating Engineering team training, maintaining training records, and supporting the control of SOPs and Risk Assessments
- Producing accurate reports and information to support engineering planning and operational decision-making
- Building effective working relationships with colleagues across Engineering, Brewing, Packaging, and Quality, as well as external suppliers and contractors
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What We're Looking For
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy when maintaining records, reports, and compliance documentation
- Confident communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships across departments and with external suppliers
- Good planning and coordination skills to ensure activities are completed efficiently and on schedule
- Competent in Microsoft Office and comfortable using digital reporting and administration systems
- A proactive approach to problem-solving, taking ownership of tasks, and following actions through to completion
Essential Experience
- Experience maintaining accurate records, trackers, or reports
- Experience supporting administrative processes and coordinating information across teams
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications and digital administration systems
- Experience communicating effectively with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
Desirable Experience
- Experience supporting engineering, compliance, or Quality Assurance documentation
- Experience supporting audits, training records, non-conformances, or Quality Management Systems
- Experience working within a production, manufacturing, engineering, or brewery environment
Why Apply?
This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of our Production operation. While you'll work closely with our Engineering team, you'll also support Brewing, Packaging, and Quality, helping to ensure the administrative processes that underpin our production operation are accurate, compliant, and efficient. It's an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge across multiple production disciplines while making a real contribution to the success of the brewery.
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The Benefits
- 30% discount on food & drink within our managed estate & Visitor Centre
- 50% discount on accommodation within our managed estate
- Fantastic training & career development opportunities
- Pension Scheme – 4% employee and employer contribution, increasing to 5% if required
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Company bonus scheme
- Westfield Health Cash Plan – claim money back for dental, eye care, physiotherapy, and more
- Westfield Rewards – shopping discounts and offers
- Free parking
Additional Information
St Austell Brewery is an Equal Opportunities employer. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We also welcome requests for flexible working.
Early applications are encouraged as we'll review applications throughout the recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Please note that we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. Speculative CVs from recruitment agencies won't be accepted, nor the fees associated with them.
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If you would like any further information, please email: recruitment@staustellbrewery.co.uk.
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