Brewer

DC Brau Brewing Co.•Washington, DC

14h•$18 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

The Brewer position at DC Brau Brewing, LLC is a part of the DC Brau Production Team. Brewers perform and support overall brewhouse, cellar and packaging operations at DC Brau, including but not limited to brewing, cleaning/sanitization (CIP) of equipment and tanks, dry hopping, yeast harvesting and pitching, centrifuge operation, canning, and kegging. This is a rotating shift position, covering both early (AM) and late (PM) shifts. Brewers report to the Lead Brewer and will be required to work in coordination with the Packaging, Marketing and Sales, and Administrative Teams. Brewers may also be required to participate in DC Brau events and promotional activities.

Requirements

Experience in brewing techniques and applications with a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant experience and/or advanced technical training; or the equivalent combination of education and experience, are required. A degree in a related field can be substituted for work experience. Brewing related certification or degree preferred.
Experienced in reading and interpreting documents such as brewery Standard Operating Procedures, DC Brau brewhouse logs, emails, and safety guidelines.
Experienced in writing routine brewery related records, logs, and other correspondence.
Experienced in speaking effectively before industry peers, customers, and/or employees of the company.
Experienced in carrying out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to use basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Ability to work with people and groups with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

Brewhouse Operations
Milling malted barley.
Implementing mashing, vorlauf/recirculation, and lautering procedures.
Emptying and cleaning of mash tun following brewhouse standard procedure.
Overseeing and implementing boiling of wort and hop additions based on provided DC Brau recipes.
Sending wort to fermenters.
Implementing various CIP cleaning stages and techniques for brewhouse vessels.
Ongoing communication with Lead Brewer to ensure seamless brewery scheduling.
Reports any equipment or raw ingredient concerns or discrepancies to Head Brewer
Keeps work area in compliance with DC Brau’s standards of safety and cleanliness.
Reports any safety hazards or concerns to Lead Brewer or Head Brewer.
Keeping accurate brewhouse records to ensure consistency in recipe execution using standard DC Brau logs (paper and EKOS record keeping).
Cellar Operations
Checking and monitoring of active and non-active fermentations.
CIP cleaning techniques (including but not limited to Caustic, acid and sanitary CIP cycles).
Have a working knowledge of chemicals used in all cellar operations/ cleaning cycles.
Transferring of beer and wort.
Harvesting yeast.
Dry hopping fermenters.
Accurate record keeping in all necessary log books and Brewery software system.
Updating all dry erase boards when updating cellar records.
Effectively coordinates with colleagues and among teams to ensure timely availability of product.
Operates forklift, pallet jack, and scissor lift in compliance with DC Brau’s standards of safety.
Operates centrifuge in a safe and effective manner and in accordance with DC Brau's standard operating procedures. All employees must first demonstrate competency and thorough understanding of all cellar standard operating procedures before commencing with centrifuge training.
Other activities/responsibilities as needed.
Packaging Operations
Performs packaging operations - canning and kegging.
Restocks de-palletizer during equipment operation.
Completes required regular packaging quality checks.
Uses shrink-wrapper to safely build pallets for delivery/pick-up.
Operates and troubleshoots the automated six-packer, Wild Goose Filler, and Ska Depallitizer.
Cleans and fills kegs.
Assists with tracking the inventory of necessary packaging materials for canning and kegging.
Works to minimize product loss and can dissolved oxygen levels.
Starts Up, Shuts Down, and cleans equipment regularly according to brewery SOPs.
Converts canning equipment according to brewery SOPs.
Operates a forklift truck as needed.
Brewery Promotion
Represents DC Brau in a professional manner and promotes the brewery via external meetings, conferences, presentations, exhibits, and events.