Bad Shepherd are based in Cheltenham in Melbourne's south east and brew an eclectic mix of beers across a range of styles.
If you'd like to join the brewery, they're hiring both a brewer and a cellarperson. To find out about the cellarperson role head here and to learn more about what they're looking for in a brewer, read on.
JOB DESCRIPTION: BREWER
Bad Shepherd Brewing Co. are seeking a safety-focused and passionate brewer to oversee all brewing, packaging and cellaring processes in accordance with operations schedule.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Safety
- Adhere to safety procedures in brewery operations
- Communicate safety policies to all employees and stakeholders including induction procedures where warranted
Stock Management
- Ensure timely and regular stocktake of brewery consumables and accurate system representation of stock levels
- Execute movement and/or storage of finished goods stock
- Receive raw and packaging material stock as ordered where necessary, and check to ensure accuracy and quality of receipted goods
New Product Development
- Input into beer recipes including keeping abreast of market trends and brewing processes
- Complete test batches as required
- Assist with ancillary processes including barrel ageing
Lead packaging processes:
- Lead and oversee canning line operation including:
- Labelling, filling and palletising of finished product
- Manage canning line staff during shift including strict adherence to safety policies
- Manage set up of canning line including sanitisation procedures
- Manage packaging area clean up including canning line CIP
- Manage stock storage of packaged product post canning process
- Clean and fill kegs as required
Cellaring of beer
- Complete gravity, pH and temperature measurements and log activity
- Conducting VDK testing of beer
- Dry-hopping beers
- Carbonating beers
- Yeast off tanks
Manage brewing processes:
- Follow recipe and directions as required
- Clean in place and sanitise fermenter and/or brewhouse and heat exchanger
- Pitch yeast in accordance with recipe
- Log all activity as required
Maintenance and Quality Assurance Management:
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures for brewing and packaging
- Maintain clean brewery area
- Maintenance tasks as identified ongoing
- Support brewery lab tasks including:
- Yeast cell counts / viability assessment
- Yeast brink and yeast repitching schedule
- Sensory reviews of beers with core management team
Requirements / Personal Attributes
- Passion for craft beer and local community
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good memory
- Able to work quickly and efficiently.
- Ability to learn on the fly
- Good personal presentation
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Organised and hard working
- Problem solver
- Courteous and polite
- Basic math skills
- Able to work under pressure
- Minimum 12 months practical brewing experience
Key Leadership Competencies
- Action Oriented
- Dealing with Ambiguity
- Timely Decision Making
- Focus
- Function / Technical Skills
- Learning on the Fly
- Organising
- Perseverance
- Problem Solving
- Time Management
Please send all applications to our head brewer Craig on craig@badshepherd.com.au.
Close of application date is December 4, 2020.
