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Job description
About Right Coast Brands
Right Coast Brands makes beer, hard seltzer, spirits-based cocktails, wine-based RTDs, and functional non-alcoholic beverages out of a single facility in Framingham, Massachusetts.
We build those products for beverage brands. Some are early and moving fast, some are names you would know. We also own and operate Winch and Pulley Beer Co., our house brand and taproom, which opened this spring.
The plant is built for more volume than it currently runs. That is the opportunity in this role.
The Role
You run the plant.
Production scheduling across every product and every client. Quality. TTB compliance. Materials. The production team. And the physical plant of the taproom, including the draft system, the equipment, and the facility.
You report directly to the CEO. You are the senior operating person in the building, and there is no layer between you and the decision.
The Plant
Full brewhouse and cellar, with tankage well ahead of what the packaging floor currently moves
Two canning lines, one running every format we offer, one high-speed on standard formats
Sleek and standard cans across the range, plus kegging, bottling, and spirits packaging
Retail-ready packout and full seam verification logged on every run
The packaging floor is the constraint, not the liquid. There is real headroom between what this plant is rated to do and what it currently does. Closing that gap is the job. Full equipment and capacity detail shared at interview.
What You Will Own
Production scheduling and execution
Build and own the weekly and 13-week production schedule across brewing, canning, kegging, and spirits packaging
Sequence client runs against tank availability, line hours, materials readiness, and commitments
Run brewhouse and cellar operations end to end
Operate and change over the canning line, and own line efficiency and packaging loss
Hit yield targets and report actual against theoretical on every batch
Quality
Own QA/QC across every product we make: sensory, dissolved oxygen, ABV, carbonation, micro, and finished goods release
Own seam quality, including teardowns, specs, and documentation
Own sanitation and CIP programs
Own the quality conversation with clients
Compliance
Own TTB recordkeeping and reporting across all federal permits
Own state and local compliance documentation
Maintain food safety programs and support customer and third-party audits
Own facility safety, training, and incident reporting
Materials
Forecast raw material needs against the schedule and place purchase orders
Manage supplier relationships, MOQs, and lead times across malt, hops, yeast, flavors, juices, cans, ends, kegs, and packaging
Maintain accurate inventory and reconcile monthly
Flag cost drift before it becomes a margin problem
Team and equipment
Hire, train, schedule, and lead the production team
Own preventive maintenance across brewhouse, cellar, packaging, glycol, and utilities
Manage service vendors and coordinate technical visits
Taproom, physical plant
Own draft system quality: weekly caustic cleans, monthly deep cleans, quarterly professional service
Own facilities, equipment, and physical readiness of the space
Client-facing
Serve as the production point of contact for our brand partners
Support new product trials, pilot batches, and scale-up
Translate a spec sheet into a production reality, and tell a founder straight when something will not work
The Experience We Are Looking For
You have run a plant. Probably a regional operation somewhere in the 5,000 to 15,000 barrel range, where you owned the schedule, the team, the compliance calendar, and the equipment, and where there was nobody above you to elevate to when the seamer drifted at 2pm on a Friday.
5+ years commercial brewing production, with at least 2 leading a team
Hands-on canning line experience: changeovers, seam specs, fill accuracy, and troubleshooting without calling a tech
Demonstrated TTB ownership. You have personally filed, not supported someone who did
Real mechanical aptitude. You diagnose and fix
Purchasing and supplier management. You have negotiated lead times and MOQs, not just submitted requisitions
Ownership of throughput. You have been accountable for what actually came off the line, not just what was scheduled
Comfort with pace. Multiple products, multiple clients, changing priorities, decisions made same-day
Physical requirements
Ability to lift 55 lbs repeatedly and work on your feet
Forklift operation, certified or willing to certify
Availability for early mornings and occasional weekends during peak production
On Category Experience
If you have only made beer, that is not a problem. Non-alcoholic and RTD manufacturing is teachable and I will teach it personally. I have been in beverage since 2006 and built a national better-for-you soda brand before this.
What takes years to build is brewing judgment and packaging line instinct. That is what we are screening for. The rest I can hand you.
What sets you apart
Contract manufacturing or co-packing background
Spirits-based RTD, hard seltzer, or functional non-alcoholic production
DSP operations
HACCP, SQF, or PCQI certification
You have commissioned, dialed in, or rescued an underperforming packaging line
Track record improving throughput and OEE on existing equipment
Compensation
Base $85,000 to $92,000 depending on experience, plus a bonus of up to $18,000 annually, paid quarterly against four measures:
On-time delivery, 40%
Yield and waste, 25%
Quality, 25%
Safety, 10%
Targets are set at the start of each quarter and shared in writing. You will know what you are measured on and where you stand. It pays quarterly because an annual bonus is a promise and a quarterly bonus is a paycheck.
Target total compensation: $103,000 to $110,000. Also included: PTO and a $500 per month wellness stipend. We do not currently offer a group health plan.
First Year
30 days. You know every piece of equipment, every SOP, and every client spec. You have run production alongside the team. You have identified the three things you would fix first, with cost and impact.
90 days. You own the schedule outright. Yield and loss tracked on every run. TTB filings go out without my review. Preventive maintenance is live.
180 days. Measurable increase in packaged output against baseline. Both lines running to their rated capability. Material loss and changeover time down. Client run reports going out unprompted.
12 months. Production is something we sell against, not something we plan around. You are the reason brands renew.
Why This One
Most brewery jobs are one brand, one recipe set, one line, and a ceiling you can see from the day you start.
Here you are making beer, spirits cocktails, seltzer, and functional non-alcoholic products for a growing roster of brands, plus our own label and taproom. The technical range is wider than anywhere else you could take this experience, the pace is faster, and you own all of it.
There is more capability in this building than we are currently getting out of it. The person who takes this job gets to close that gap and own the result. You will learn more here in a year than in five somewhere else, and you will have the authority to build it the way it should be built.
Right Coast Brands is an equal opportunity employer. We hire on capability and character.
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Worksite address
framingham, MA, 01704, US
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