Brewer II

MadTree Brewing Company•Cincinnati, OH

16h

About The Position

The Brewer II works in the Production Department and is responsible for overseeing and performing brewhouse and cellar operations. The role requires following brewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Brewing Practices (GBPs), maintaining safety and quality standards, and escalating operational or quality issues that cannot be immediately resolved. The Brewer II also performs minor equipment maintenance under Maintenance Department supervision and may take on quality projects, cross-training, research, innovation, or troubleshooting initiatives. The position includes at least 16 paid volunteer hours per year for MadTree Impact initiatives. The successful candidate is an enthusiastic MadTree ambassador who lives the behaviors Connect, Grow, and Give a Fck.

Requirements

Must be at least 21 years of age.
At least 2 years of professional brewing and/or cellaring experience, or equivalent education.
Proficient in using brewing equipment, including brewhouse vessels and automation systems, CIP skids and cleaning and sanitizing chemicals, grain-handling and milling equipment, pumps, hoses, valves, clamps, gaskets, other brewery equipment, and powered industrial trucks.
Able to maintain initiative, independence, and productivity in a dynamic and demanding environment.
Attention to detail and ability to work unsupervised while maintaining safety and quality standards.
Confidence to speak up and act when safety or quality is compromised.
Comfortable multitasking while maintaining efficiency and productivity.
Team-first mentality, with the ability to prioritize organizational objectives and partner with others.
Self-motivated, clean, thorough, and passionate about producing high-quality products.
Able to communicate effectively and frequently with managers and support staff across departments and shifts.
Able to reflect on personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, limitations, and impact on others, and proactively seek constructive feedback.
Proficient in Google and/or Microsoft Office suites.
Able to frequently sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb.
Able to frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and move kegs up to 170 pounds.
Able to frequently reach with hands and arms and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Able to frequently ascend ladders to tall heights.
Able to operate forklifts, scissor lifts, electric power jacks, and other powered industrial trucks.

Responsibilities

Independently perform brewhouse operations for 15- and 100-barrel systems, including milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, whirlpooling, knockout, grain out, and brewhouse vessel CIP.
Independently perform cellar operations, including ingredient dosing; centrifuge and filter operation; fermenter CIP, scrubbing, and sanitation; gravity checks; fermentation and glycol-control monitoring; brewhouse knockout sanitation; yeast inventory management, cropping, and pitching; yeast propagation system management; BBT cleaning and sanitizing; serving tank transfers; RTD; and cider production.
Closely follow brewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Brewing Practices (GBPs).
Identify and escalate front-line operational and quality-control issues that cannot be immediately resolved to the Lead Brewer and/or Head Brewer.
Perform minor equipment maintenance under the supervision of the Maintenance Department.
Perform other related duties as assigned, including independent quality-related projects, cross-training initiatives, and interdepartmental research, innovation, or troubleshooting teams.
Volunteer for at least 16 paid hours per year for MadTree Impact initiatives.