Brewer - Bench Brewing - Ontario, Canada
Bench Brewing Company produces wild and farmhouse ales in Beamsville, Ontario. Located in the Niagara fruit belt, we look to create expressive beers with a sense of time and place. At Bench, we believe that great things come from great places – and great people. We are looking for a brewer to join our team of innovative, avid beer-lovers to help us reach our goal of being stewards of the Twenty Valley.
What You’ll Do
• Operate brewing equipment efficiently, accurately, and safely to produce quality beer according to recipe and SOP.
• Work flexible shifts in a 24-hour schedule.
• Work towards lowering wastewater-to-beer ratio by continually developing best practices
• Utilize a 5S approach to organizing and maintaining a clean and efficient workspace
• Forklift and scissor-lift operation (training provided)
• Maintain malt, hop, and yeast ingredients in best conditions
• Represent the brand at taproom and outside events
Operational Tasks
As a Brewer, you will be required to execute operational tasks using the appropriate equipment for brewhouse, cellar, and packaging operations.
• Brewhouse operations, including:
o Grain mill, mash-in, lauter, grain out, boil kettle, whirlpool, knock-out to fermenter/hopback/coolship, and CIP’ing brew vessels.
• Cellar operations, including:
o fermenter and BBT CIP, steam generator for cleaning, tank analytics for gravities/pH/flavor development, yeast counting, glycol controls, capping/chilling/dry-hopping/rousing tanks, harvesting yeast, racking into and out of barrels/foeders, adding fruit/spices to vessels and blending beer.
• Packaging operations, including:
o Transferring & carbonating finished beer, checking pH/gravity/DO/CO2, operating canning line, bottling line, keg cleaning, and filling.
Qualifications
• 2+ years professional brewing experience
• Post-secondary education or brewing-specific professional development/education
Who You Are
• Demonstrated problem solver/analytical thinker
• Resourceful with a can-do, get-it-done attitude
• Knowledge of brewing science and a passion for beer
• Ability to use sound judgment under pressure
• Pride in work and dedication to quality
• Enjoys working as part of a team
Compensation commensurate with experience and skills. Email resume and cover letter to Mark@benchbrewing.com
Bench Brewing Company produces wild and farmhouse ales in Beamsville, Ontario. Located in the Niagara fruit belt, we look to create expressive beers with a sense of time and place. At Bench, we believe that great things come from great places – and great people. We are looking for a brewer to join our team of innovative, avid beer-lovers to help us reach our goal of being stewards of the Twenty Valley.
What You’ll Do
• Operate brewing equipment efficiently, accurately, and safely to produce quality beer according to recipe and SOP.
• Work flexible shifts in a 24-hour schedule.
• Work towards lowering wastewater-to-beer ratio by continually developing best practices
• Utilize a 5S approach to organizing and maintaining a clean and efficient workspace
• Forklift and scissor-lift operation (training provided)
• Maintain malt, hop, and yeast ingredients in best conditions
• Represent the brand at taproom and outside events
Operational Tasks
As a Brewer, you will be required to execute operational tasks using the appropriate equipment for brewhouse, cellar, and packaging operations.
• Brewhouse operations, including:
o Grain mill, mash-in, lauter, grain out, boil kettle, whirlpool, knock-out to fermenter/hopback/coolship, and CIP’ing brew vessels.
• Cellar operations, including:
o fermenter and BBT CIP, steam generator for cleaning, tank analytics for gravities/pH/flavor development, yeast counting, glycol controls, capping/chilling/dry-hopping/rousing tanks, harvesting yeast, racking into and out of barrels/foeders, adding fruit/spices to vessels and blending beer.
• Packaging operations, including:
o Transferring & carbonating finished beer, checking pH/gravity/DO/CO2, operating canning line, bottling line, keg cleaning, and filling.
Qualifications
• 2+ years professional brewing experience
• Post-secondary education or brewing-specific professional development/education
Who You Are
• Demonstrated problem solver/analytical thinker
• Resourceful with a can-do, get-it-done attitude
• Knowledge of brewing science and a passion for beer
• Ability to use sound judgment under pressure
• Pride in work and dedication to quality
• Enjoys working as part of a team
Compensation commensurate with experience and skills. Email resume and cover letter to Mark@benchbrewing.com