Job purpose: Planning, co-ordinating and overseeing the entire brewing process, taking responsibility for employees and raw materials, as well as maintaining the safe,effective and efficient running of the plant and machinery.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Managing Brewery and production- overall responsible for overseeing the brewing process from raw materal to packaging.
- Manage and motivate all team members on the brewery floor to meet objectives and work together as a team.Make sure they all understand their roles. Ensure all relevant training is completed in timely manner and discuss development. Have the ability to communicate at all levels and provide clear direction to team members and oversee the quality of their work. May involve work in both brewery locations.
- Purchase raw materials, such as hops, yeast and cereal grains, ensuring that they meet the required quality standard and that the components necessary for brewing are always available, handling supply chain issues where appropriate
- Oversee water quality and filtration approach, tailoring water profiles to each specific style as desired
- Find new suppliers and review existing ones always looking to maximise quality and value
- Ensure the correct storage and stock management of raw materials
- Oversee performance of yeast counts, viability checks, yeast cropping and storage
Planning & Budget Management
- Plan budgets, manage outgoing costs, keep track of stock and records of raw materials
- Work with the Lead Brewer and Packaging Manager to schedule all production/packaging activities and allocation of resource across both locations so all stages of the brewing process are performed on time and production targets are met,ensuring Rotas are produced for optimal efficiency.
Production Management and Optimisation
- Responsible for moving beer through the brewery and making changes based on any issues that occur (production goals, issues with raw material, mechanicl issues) to ensure that production targets are still met.
- Use specific scientific knowledge and experience to ensure the production process is in order and brewing conditions are ideal. This will involve some in-depth scientific analysis of the brew at specific points in the production process.
- Oversee monitoring of fermentation through temperatures, pH and quality checks, making any necessary production adjustments
- Maintain very detailed records of the brewing process, raw materials, production stage timings and quality checks to ensure that specific targets are met, and the brew conditions are uniform
- Work with the QA team, who carry out further tests to improve products
- Keep up to date with developments in technology in the industry
Packaging Management and Optimisation
- Oversee preparation of Beer for Packaging, to include but not limited to cellar management, centrifugation, carbonation, CO2 monitoring, DO/TPO monitoring.
- Work with Packaging Manager to schedule and control the packaging of beer into small pack, casks and kegs with a clear focus on quality and constant process optimisation
Product Development
- Develop new recipes with Lead Brewer for seasonal and speciality beers ensuring when required that they appeal to a particular market.This will on occasion be with the Production but will involve the opportunity to develop and release beers at original brewery facility and new larger production facility.
- Introduce new or different methods of brewing and product styles
Equipment Acquisition/Maintenance
- Ensure all equipment is properly maintained and instruct the team on how to perform the necessary maintenance and where not the brewery team schedule the relevant servicing/maintainence. Inform brewery equipment purchasing decisions and advise the brewery on how to improve the production line with new equipment.
Compliance
- Ensure all regulatory and audit objectives met (COSHH, SALSA, Food Hygiene Level 2 etc).
- Ensure all work adheres to quality and safety standards at all times
- Ensure the Brewery is a safe place to work by performing safety audits
Required Qualifications/Experience
Essential:
- Planning and organizational skills
- Advanced scientific knowledge demonstrated by a degree in brewing or one of the sciences (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Food Technology etc)
- Where primary degree not founded in brewing and distilling a formal certificate in brewing such as that provided by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) is required
- 5 to 10 years experience
- A minimum of 2 years experience working in a senior brewery production role
- Knowledge of the craft beer sector and beer industry
- Knowledge of modern manufacturing practices, principles and techniques
- Experience analysing and improving beer production processes
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good leadership skills
- A good knowledge of QC programmes and HACCP
Desired:
- Mechanical or engineering experience
Personal Attributes
Desired:
- You will be expected to be a pro-active, self-motivated, passionate, driven, natural born innovator with a methodical and detail orientated approach
Hours of Work & Holiday Entitlement
- 40 hours per week (Mon-Sun, sometimes inclusive of evenings)
- Holidays – 20 days per annum
Compensation & Benefits
- Bonus potential based on Targets being met
- Salary range £30,000 to £40,000
- Phone Allowance
- One case (12 x 440ml) of core beer per month
- Staff Discount
- Uniform (Brewers Wellies, T-Shirts, Hoodies, Bib and Brace/Work Trousers
- Company Pension (3% of eligible salary) Contribution