Purpose: The Avery Brewing Manager oversees a team of 4-5 people who own safety and beer quality from grain to finished wort for the productions of world class beer while maintaining an extremely high standard of quality. 

 

Responsibilities:

• Stop the job for safety. Escalate departmental safety concerns and safeguard employee’s integrity.

• Oversee Brewhouse operations and ensure that production numbers, efficiency and downtime causes are reported daily.

• Assist in scheduling and forecasting labor requirements while optimizing labor efficiency.

• Hold Brewing staff accountable to safety standards, quality standards, cleaning expectations, GMP requirements, and following SOPs.

• Is the ultimate responsible for the safeguarding of Brewhouse property, product and processes, including appropriate and complete training and documentation.

• Is responsible for the continued development of the team (including self) and of the formal performance reviews for Brewhouse staff.

• Assist in ordering parts and tools for Brewhouse equipment, assist in maintaining PCM parts inventory.

• Work directly with Process Development Team to ensure quality and integrity of products.

• Ensure that all Brewhouse areas are kept clean, orderly, and meets Avery Brewing Co. standards.

• Communicate daily and effectively with team, superiors, and co-workers via shift reports and face-to-face interactions.

• Represent Brewhouse department in weekly Production Scheduling and Manager meetings, escalating any issues that cannot be resolved within the team.

• Reacts tactically to changing demands or conditions of production as they are happening.

• Drive lean manufacturing practice improvements, Focused Improvement, World-Class Manufacturing principles, and waste elimination.

• Lead and drive process alignment with our partner brewery’s.

• Regular attendance in sensory education and panel.

• Select hops, grain, and adjunct ingredients to reduce brand deviations from year to year.

• Manages the inventory, contracts and forecasting of all brewing raw materials.

• Coordinates the daily shipping of needed raw materials from the suppliers and warehouse to the brewery.

• Coordinates the filling of bulk grain silos, and removal of spent grain.

• Schedules department to fulfill needs of wort production first and then coordinates with other departments to fill gaps in production.

• Critically evaluates fermenting, aging and finished product regularly to continually improve each brand.

• Professionally represents Avery at industry related events; some travel is required.

 

Requirements:

• Previous people management experience (5+ years)

• Prior experience with CIP, COP, Wort quality and other relevant Brewhouse quality control instruments and automated Brewhouse lines

• Ability to motivate others to accomplish company and production goals.

• Ability to lift 50lbs repeatedly for the duration of a shift.

• Ability to recognize visual audible cues signaling machinery performance issues in a fast-paced environment and communicate them immediately.

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with Brewhouse crew as well as other department managers and engineers.

• A firm understanding of the brewing process preferred.

• Expert knowledge of food and/or beverage Brewhouse processes and equipment

 

Expectations:

• Extreme attention to detail and overall cleanliness 

• Willing attitude and team mentality 

• Experience with OrchestratedBEER or SAP business platform is a plus.

• Excellent rapport with vendor relations 

 

Compensation:

Salary/exempt position. Salary range: $68,000 to $80,000.

Includes competitive pay, health, dental, vision, life and supplemental insurance options, 3% match on 401(k) contributions, generous paid vacation policy and paid company holidays.