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The Fort Collins Brewery is looking for our next great Production Brewer.
Role:
Responsible for ensuring the production of “Phenomenal Beer”. Specifically by producing wort, preparing fermentation, proper CIP-SIP procedures, controlling quality of product and keeping the facility and equipment clean and operating.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Brews exceptional beer as dictated by standard operating procedures (SOPs); Pours, dumps, or loads prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into brewing equipment, manually or using a hoist.
2. Operates brew house by following set recipes, including milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, hop additions, whirlpool, and wort cooling.
3. Completes necessary paperwork for all brewing activities including recording production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature readings, cooking time, and batches processed, and test results; maintains neat and accurate production logs.
4. Performs designated QC and QA checks at various stages of brewing process. Performs basic testing with regard to recipe specifications. Collects and examines product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
5. Ability to follow set CIP and SIP protocols.
6. Follows all safety and health regulations and notifies Production Manager when issues arise.
7. Controls ingredient and material inventory.
8. Performs daily maintenance and cleaning of brew house machinery and surroundings.
9. Reports any maintenance issues of machinery to Production Manager.
10. Periodic weekend work, including monitoring fermentation and determining when to crash cool products at end fermentation, yeast collection, beer transfers, etc.…
11. Tastes packaged product at intervals to ensure product consistency, stability and shelf life.
12. Perform other job related duties as assigned.
Expectations:
1. Knowledge of and a passion for craft beer and the industry.
2. Participates in festivals, promotions and company activities.
3. Ability to organize projects and routine maintenance on brewery equipment.
4. Able to work well under pressure and stress.
5. Commit to excellence in all areas of job performance, relationship building and customer service.
6. Contribute to building a positive team environment.
7. Exhibit support for the organization’s goals, mison, vision, values, initiatives and cost control.
8. Prioritize and plan work activities, demonstrating the use of efficient time management.
9. Willing and able to learn/apply new skills and software applications; adaptable to change.
10. Follow all safety and security guidelines to properly safeguard member and organization assets.
Knowledge and Skills:
Experience: 3-5 Years of Production experience, experience with automation is preferred.
Education: College Degree; B.S in Fermentation; B.S in Food Science Technology, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering; or Brewers Diploma/ Certification.
Interpersonal Skills: Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are essential elements of the job. Work involves much
personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, generally regarding
routine matters for purposes of giving or obtaining information which may require some
discussion.
Other Skills: Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as those
necessary to update spreadsheets or calculate basic equations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required
to work 40+ hours per week, talk, hear, stand, walk, use finger to hand, handle, or feel objects,
tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Vision abilities required
by the job include close and distance vision, color, peripheral, depth vision, and the ability to
adjust focus.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret English. Verbal communication is
expressed clearly and concisely in individual situations. Uses proper language at all times.
Written communication conveys ideas in a concise manner. Effectively writes memos and
letters. Internal forms and correspondence are professional in appearance. Handwritten notes
are legible and easily understood. Transcribes recorded information.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to operate basic office equipment including fax,
copier, and personal computer using database, word processing and spreadsheet programs.
Maintains a filing system that is up to date and accurate.
This list of requirements, duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive; it is merely the most
accurate list for the current position. FCB reserves the right to revise the job
description and to require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job
change, i.e. changes in personnel, workload, technical development, or emergencies.
This Job Description is not a complete stat
Please respond with resume to Jobs@fortcollinsbrewery.com
Role:
Responsible for ensuring the production of “Phenomenal Beer”. Specifically by producing wort, preparing fermentation, proper CIP-SIP procedures, controlling quality of product and keeping the facility and equipment clean and operating.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Brews exceptional beer as dictated by standard operating procedures (SOPs); Pours, dumps, or loads prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into brewing equipment, manually or using a hoist.
2. Operates brew house by following set recipes, including milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, hop additions, whirlpool, and wort cooling.
3. Completes necessary paperwork for all brewing activities including recording production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature readings, cooking time, and batches processed, and test results; maintains neat and accurate production logs.
4. Performs designated QC and QA checks at various stages of brewing process. Performs basic testing with regard to recipe specifications. Collects and examines product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
5. Ability to follow set CIP and SIP protocols.
6. Follows all safety and health regulations and notifies Production Manager when issues arise.
7. Controls ingredient and material inventory.
8. Performs daily maintenance and cleaning of brew house machinery and surroundings.
9. Reports any maintenance issues of machinery to Production Manager.
10. Periodic weekend work, including monitoring fermentation and determining when to crash cool products at end fermentation, yeast collection, beer transfers, etc.…
11. Tastes packaged product at intervals to ensure product consistency, stability and shelf life.
12. Perform other job related duties as assigned.
Expectations:
1. Knowledge of and a passion for craft beer and the industry.
2. Participates in festivals, promotions and company activities.
3. Ability to organize projects and routine maintenance on brewery equipment.
4. Able to work well under pressure and stress.
5. Commit to excellence in all areas of job performance, relationship building and customer service.
6. Contribute to building a positive team environment.
7. Exhibit support for the organization’s goals, mison, vision, values, initiatives and cost control.
8. Prioritize and plan work activities, demonstrating the use of efficient time management.
9. Willing and able to learn/apply new skills and software applications; adaptable to change.
10. Follow all safety and security guidelines to properly safeguard member and organization assets.
Knowledge and Skills:
Experience: 3-5 Years of Production experience, experience with automation is preferred.
Education: College Degree; B.S in Fermentation; B.S in Food Science Technology, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering; or Brewers Diploma/ Certification.
Interpersonal Skills: Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are essential elements of the job. Work involves much
personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, generally regarding
routine matters for purposes of giving or obtaining information which may require some
discussion.
Other Skills: Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as those
necessary to update spreadsheets or calculate basic equations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required
to work 40+ hours per week, talk, hear, stand, walk, use finger to hand, handle, or feel objects,
tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Vision abilities required
by the job include close and distance vision, color, peripheral, depth vision, and the ability to
adjust focus.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret English. Verbal communication is
expressed clearly and concisely in individual situations. Uses proper language at all times.
Written communication conveys ideas in a concise manner. Effectively writes memos and
letters. Internal forms and correspondence are professional in appearance. Handwritten notes
are legible and easily understood. Transcribes recorded information.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Ability to operate basic office equipment including fax,
copier, and personal computer using database, word processing and spreadsheet programs.
Maintains a filing system that is up to date and accurate.
This list of requirements, duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive; it is merely the most
accurate list for the current position. FCB reserves the right to revise the job
description and to require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job
change, i.e. changes in personnel, workload, technical development, or emergencies.
This Job Description is not a complete stat
Please respond with resume to Jobs@fortcollinsbrewery.com