Quality Technician I
About The Position
The Quality Technician I ensures product quality throughout brewery production by collecting samples from tanks, kegs, barrels, production lines, and water sources and conducting analytical, microbial, packaging, and sensory testing in laboratory environments. The role involves daily interaction with production processes and personnel across the brewery and requires accuracy and efficiency. The technician maintains laboratory cleanliness and equipment, performs routine maintenance and basic troubleshooting, maintains quality-control records and databases, and communicates concerning results to brewing and cellaring teams. The position also supports safety training, required data entry, and other assigned duties.
Requirements
- At least two years of prior experience in a quality monitoring position in a production environment is preferred.
- Must be able to work the 4:00 PM to 12:30 AM shift.
- Ability to work well in a team and manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to take initiative, act promptly, and work proactively with minimal supervision.
- Effective verbal and written communication, including presenting information for shift handoff.
- Ability to perform arithmetic and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages; ability to conduct mathematical and statistical analysis and report findings.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to teach and train others.
- Ability to use a PC and proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to meet the listed physical demands, including regularly standing and walking, handling objects and tools, and lifting or moving items of varying weights.
Nice To Haves
- A degree in microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, or food sciences is preferred.
- Knowledge of brewing and fermentation processes is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Collect fermentation and brewhouse samples and perform routine analytical testing, including bitterness, color, VDKs, alcohol, end gravity, pH, and haze testing.
- Maintain laboratory cleanliness and instrumentation; conduct routine equipment maintenance and troubleshoot basic analytical issues.
- Maintain the QC analytical database through data entry, record keeping, trending, analysis, and follow-up with brewing and cellaring teams on concerning results.
- Collect sterile samples from production areas and provide sterile sample containers to packaging staff.
- Plate in-process, finished-product, and water samples for microbial analysis; maintain micro supplies and inventory; prepare media and reagents; and clean and autoclave equipment.
- Run, record, and analyze sensory panels, including release tastings, threshold tests, age profiles, descriptive panels, preference and difference tests, and raw-material tastings.
- Maintain organized warm and cold beer libraries and complete bright-beer and fermenter release testing.
- Conduct bright-beer tank release and packaged-product testing, including checks of relevant quality attributes and packaging integrity; collect micro, sensory, and analytical samples.
- Complete assigned initial and ongoing safety training and required data entry.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums for employees.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Company-sponsored paid parental leave.
- Paid sick leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-paid profit sharing and 4% safe-harbor matching.
- Accrued PTO at a rate of 13 days per year.
- 10 paid holidays per year.
- 50% employee discount on food, beer, and merchandise.
- Periodic beer giveaways for employees age 21 and older.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
