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Temescal Brewing is seeking a highly motivated and hardworking individual to join our brewing team in Oakland as a full-time Cellar Person.
You will work alongside head brewer Ryan Hammond in our 15bbl brewery and will be responsible for a variety of packaging, cleaning, and cellar duties. We are looking for a candidate with previous experience who is able to learn quickly on the job and to seize opportunities for more responsibility soon.
A critical part of our mission as a brewery is to create fun, meaningful, well-paying jobs, and to foster a safe, ‘no jerks’ workplace built on mutual support and inclusion. If that sounds up your alley, we would love to work with you.
Key Job Qualifications:
- At least one years experience working in a brewery in a production role
- Direct experience with the 75% or more of primary responsibilities listed below
- Strong communication skills and the ability to follow written instructions
- Attention to detail
- The ability to work safely and independently
- A clean driving record
- Experience with Google Sheets and Slack
- Experience operating a forklift
Primary Responsibilities:
- Packaging finished beer
- Keg cleaning and filling
- Transporting wort to our 2nd cellar in Jack London Square
- Beer transfers, tank CIP, fermentation monitoring, dry hopping, and carbonating beers
- Harvesting and managing yeast
- Operating a forklift, box truck, and other company vehicles
- Regular cleaning of draft lines, tank exteriors, and brewery floors
- Transporting beer and other materials between facilities.
- Assisting on brew days with prep, grain in, and grain out
- A variety of brewery maintenance, inventory, and organization tasks
Additional Responsibilities (Depending on Experience):
- Brewhouse CIP
- Wort Production
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift a full keg (180 lbs.) from the ground to knee level.
- Ability to lift 60lbs to waist level, repeatedly.
- Physical ability to stand up to 10 hours a day, reach, lift, bend, kneel, climb, walk, push and pull items weighing up to 180 pounds repeatedly
- Requires walking, standing, and/or driving for more than 90% of the workday
COVID Safety:
- You will be expected to be vaccinated for Covid-19 in order to safely perform this role
- We have extensive policies in place to prevent the spread of COVID and protect our staff and customers, and we’re eager to discuss and address your safety needs
Expected Hours of Work:
- Monday - Friday
- 8 hour shifts including a 30 min paid lunch break
- Shift timing and responsibilities will vary seasonally, and rotate between members of the brew team. Start times will generally be between 5am and 8am depending on the rotation.
Benefits/Compensation:
- Hourly wage ($19-22/hour, DOE)
- Cell phone stipend to cover use of personal phone
- Paid time off
- Health benefits
- Paid lunch breaks
- Free beer and other in-kind perks
Please send applications to jobs@temescalbrewing.com for immediate consideration. Include the job title in the subject line.