Cellarperson
Date: Immediate
Employment: Full-Time (40 hours a week).
As a cellarperson, you will be responsible for fermentation, centrifuging, and carbonation of beer to packaging in the execution of the daily work schedule in a safe, timely, and efficient manner, and you will represent and promote Cape May Brewery in a positive manner to guests, local residents and the general public.
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Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead by example in upholding the Company’s Core Values and promoting a positive and constructive working environment
- Dry-hopping and other post-fermentation additions to the beer
- Harvesting yeast
- Cleaning and sanitizing tanks
- Maintaining fermentation and maturation flow in the Cellar
- Running the centrifuge to transfer beer from FV’s to BT’s
- Filling barrels for aging beer
- Sensory analysis of various products
- Ensure that the cellars are clean and organized
- Working with the packaging team, ensure bright beer tank CIP, sanitization and tank purges
- Perform routine equipment maintenance and communicate any equipment issues to the Brewing Manager in a timely manner
- Constantly strive for improvement by looking for ways to make things better, safer, faster or by reducing costs
- When needed, assist with accepting deliveries and other warehousing operations
- Assist in other areas of the brewery on an as-needed basis
Qualifications:
- 21 years of age or older
- High School diploma or equivalent (GED)
- Minimum of 2 years of experience as a brewer or cellarperson in a brewery producing 5K bbls or more OR 3 years of packaging experience in a brewery producing 10K bbls or more
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Standing for long periods of time
- Squatting, crouching, bending, kneeling
- Twisting
- Repetitive movements
- Lifting up to 60 lbs. unassisted and up to 160 lbs. assisted
- Manually manipulating parts, pumps and hoses
- Pushing and pulling heavy loads
- Access, input, and retrieve information from a computer
- Regularly required to reach with arms and hands
- Required to handle objects, tools and controls
- Occasionally required to climb and balance
- Use of heavy machinery, including hand pallet jacks and forklift operation
- Working individually and as a team
- Working under time pressure
- Encountering frequent interruptions
- Using effective verbal communication
Environmental Conditions:
- Working in hot and cold temperatures
- Working on uneven surfaces and wet conditions
- Handling hazardous chemicals
- Working around noisy machinery
- Working on ladders