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    Head Brewer

    ABOUT THE POSITION:
    This is an exciting opportunity for someone that has a passion for quality craft beer and can handle the chaos of a rapidly growing business. The right candidate will be creative, safety-minded, efficient, quality-focused, possess a great work ethic, have a positive attitude, be customer-centric, and above all else be a team player. As part of the senior-management team, the Head Brewer will be expected to contribute to our continued growth, constantly displaying a high level of maturity, responsibility, and pride in our craft. With the freedom of recipe development, the Head Brewer should have a refined palate with the imagination and experience to formulate recipes that are approachable, aggressive, fun, and industry leading.

    ABOUT SWITCHYARD BREWING:
    Born on the workbench of a two two-car garage, Switchyard Brewing operates a 15 BBL brewhouse and taproom in the heart of downtown Bloomington. Founded alongside friends, family, and tradition in a passionate pursuit of developing our craft, Switchyard believes that as small business we can, and should be a catalyst for positive change in our community. From the beginning of this journey, we dared ourselves to think differently. We believe that alongside our commitment to quality, our dedication to a high-involvement employee culture is what sets us apart. Besides being a production brewery, our open-concept taproom features an outdoor patio space, special event space, and live music.

    If you’re going to spend the morning at a coffee shop, why not spend the afternoon at a brewery? In a unique collaborative workspace twist, our inviting family-friendly brewery is a place where students, entrepreneurs, developers, creatives and friends come together to create amazing things.

    As a full-time, exempt member of the Switchyard family, you will enjoy unique benefits such as unlimited vacation with yearly travel stipend, adoption assistance, paid paternity / maternity leave, profit sharing, and paid continuing education and conferences. Salary DOE.

    ABOUT BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA:
    Located just 50 miles south of Indianapolis in the rolling hills of South-Central Indiana, Bloomington is a city where urban amenities like a thriving arts & international culinary scene collide with the forested landscape to give our city of 83,000 a sense of community. Home of Indiana University, Bloomington’s vibrancy and rich culture attract over 43,000 students annually. Amongst dozens of locally owned restaurants and a packed arts calendar, you’ll find miles of trails, 34 parks, over 2500 acres of green space and three lakes, including Indiana’s largest. Major cities such as Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Cincinnati, Ohio and Nashville, Tennessee are within 4 hours of travel.

    Voted:
    #9 – Quirkiest Town In America – Travel & Leisure, 2014
    #5 – Best City For Educated Millennials – Business Insider, 2015
    #6 – Best College Town To Live In Forever – College Ranker, 2015
    #5 – Top 50 Places To Live – Men’s Journal, 2005
    #3 – Best Small Towns – America’s Top 50 Adventure Towns – National Geographic, 2007
    #1 – Best Places To Live In Indiana – ChamberOfCommerce.com, 2019

    POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
    With an unwavering passion for craft beer and a “’til the job is done” work ethic, the head brewer will demonstrate servant leadership while coordinating the brewing team and materials to produce top quality, consistent beer. The head brewer will teach, train, and grow the brewing team to be well-rounded, top brewers in the industry and to become brewery ambassadors for on- and off-site Switchyard Brewing Company events.

    This position involves all aspects of a working production facility, including wort production, fermentation, filtration/transfers, yeast management, cleaning, packaging, laboratory work, quality assurance, and production of meticulous reports including federal & state excise reports. Other duties include participating in continuing education training, attending special events, attending conferences and seminars, teaching staff and educating / engaging with the public, managing and adhering to OSHA and Switchyard safety requirements and participating in monthly safety meetings, preventive maintenance on equipment & faculties, and management of inventory, as well as communicating effectively with all other co-workers regarding the status of the process flow and consistency.

    General Requirements & Qualifications:

    • Well rounded management experience; candidate will exhibit excellent leadership skills with the proven ability to lead and motivate a team
    • A passion for quality craft beer
    • Candidate will have a minimum of three years serving in a management role at a brewery producing more than 2,500 BBLs annually, homebrewers with no commercial scale brewing experience should not apply.
    • Candidate should have a strong work ethic with the ability to multi-task, adapt to changing situations, prioritize, and manage time while being detail oriented.
    • Candidate should have a working knowledge of industry compliance standards, including but not limited to OSHA and safety standards, Government regulatory programs & laws.
    • Candidate should possess a mechanical aptitude and strong troubleshooting skills
    • Due to the nature of our business, candidates must be over 21 years of age to apply.

    Technical Requirements:
    • A formal brewing education (e.g. IBD or Siebel Institute) or professional brewing experience is considered above all else. BA / BS in Chemistry &/or Biology, Fermentation Science, Business, Management, or Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical) with relevant brewery experience is a plus.
    • Cicerone certification a plus
    • A minimum of three years’ work experience on a 7 BBL or greater system
    • Microsoft Office Skills, particularly Excel spreadsheets.

    HOW TO APPLY:
    Prepare a current CV or Resume and a cover letter and fill out our applicant interest form located at
    http://bit.ly/brewatswitchyard

    APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY 27 JULY 2019 at Midnight


    Position is exempt with full benefits package. Salary DOE.
    Switchyard Brewing Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or marital status or other protected status covered by federal, state or local law.

  • #2
    Bump - applicants still being considered through July 26, 2019

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    • #3
      Bump - final week to apply!

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