Brewing Supervisor Opportunity with Lagunitas Brewing Company

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A Brewing Supervisor at Lagunitas leads, coaches, and motivates a 24-hour operation with limited managerial support on off-shifts to ensure high quality products are produced safely and effectively through maximizing efficiency and the continuous improvement of our brewery. This role serves as a leader for Brewing, and is a representation of the Lagunitas vibe and culture.


What you'll do:

• Champions safety by abiding and enforcing all company safety procedures.
• Addresses and resolves safety concerns or issues from team members, escalates issues as needed.
• Completes accident investigations with team members.
• Participates in and leads safety training/seminars.
• Ensures process controls for wort production, cleaning and sanitation, fermentation performance, yeast removal, dry hopping, chilling performance, centrifugation, filtration and carbonation are met during the shift.
• Adheres to schedules, makes adjustments when needed, but provides reasoning for changes.
• Troubleshoots issues with team members, finds root causes, implements effective solutions, and escalates problems when needed.
• Makes sure all daily paperwork is completed properly.
• Ensures cleanliness and order in all brewing departments.
• Seeks opportunities for continuous improvement and presents to brewing team.
• Works with Head Brewer on special assignments or projects as needed.
• Ensures adherence to established product specifications.
• Ensures adherence to company SOPs, edits current SOPs, and assists in developing new SOPs.
• Ensures proper CIP and sanitary practices to prevent contamination issues.
• Promptly reports deviations from product specifications or SOP’s.
• Identifies and eliminates issues leading to out of specification product.
• Participates in daily taste panel.
• Develops team members to lead, manage, and make sound decisions in all performance aspects of day-to-day operations.
• Assists with hiring for the Brewing Department, ensuring the selection of employees who reflect positively of the company ethos at work and off work.
• Responsible for scheduling and payroll execution.
• Conducts annual performance evaluations for team members.
• Partners with Head Brewer on all disciplinary actions for team members.
• Holds meetings to present information to the team; identifies action items and supports meeting agendas.
• Meets with lab to review adherence to specifications and troubleshoot issues.
• Works with packaging to coordinate schedule changes, create filtration plans, and resolve problems.
• Reports electrical and mechanical failures to maintenance, provides documentation, coordinates shutdowns, and assists with executing PMS.
• Works with vendors while on site to further improve aspects of the brewery and undergo training on equipment.
• Collaborates with other shifts to complete initiatives, solve problems, and complete shift pass-on.
• Reviews brewsheets for proper accounting and ensures all units of measurements are consistent.
• Makes sure ingredient lot codes are referenced to a batch number.
• Ensures all inputs and resulting output for each batch are entered into ERP system.
• Supports monthly inventory counts and subsequent adjustments.
• Maintains Full Operational Capabilities of all duties required of the team.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

What we're lookin' for:

• A minimum of 4 years in the brewing industry.
• B.S. in Brewing Technology, Biology, Chemistry, Food Science, or certification from recognized brewing school preferred.
• Very strong technical understanding of the brewing process and brewing quality control points.
• Solid working knowledge of pneumatic systems, industrial electricity, mechanical power, steam generation and distribution, industrial refrigeration and sanitary process piping systems strongly preferred
• Experience with trouble shooting and programming of automated equipment control platforms (i.e., Allen- Bradley, Siemens PCS7, Rockwell Automation) strongly preferred.
• Awareness of OSHA regulations, GMP, State Agricultural practices/policies, TTB regulations, plant safety regulations, FDA guidelines for food plant operations and environmental regulations regarding manufacturing brewery operations.
• Experience with ERP or MRP software.
• Willing to work weekends and evenings; acceptance of varying and flexible schedules.
• Results driven focus.
• Proven leadership experience to include; team building, coaching and motivation, change management, and process management.
• Excellent communication skills such as the ability to clearly articulate issues, opportunities and risk when making decisions.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Exhibits the flexibility needed to respond to frequent changes in production requirements and/or systems and equipment failures.