Job Description

MadTree Brewing Opportunity

Founded in 2013, MadTree is an award-winning brewery that's rooted in Cincinnati and planted in purpose. Driven to craft great beer - but more importantly - build a business dedicated to doing good, MadTree protects and celebrates nature while reducing impact on the environment. MadTree is a B-Corp certified company and proud member of 1% for the Planet with a commitment to donate 1% of sales to local, sustainable nonprofits. MadTree strives to create warm and welcoming experiences, exceed expectations, and most importantly, plant a better community. They put purpose in every pour and raise a glass to doing things differently. Cheers.

Join our award-winning brewing team where your 2+ years of high-volume brewing expertise will help craft exceptional beers on our state-of-the-art 100 and 15 BBL systems. You'll take ownership of complex brewhouse and cellar operations while collaborating with passionate teammates who are committed to both brewing excellence and making a positive community impact. This is your opportunity to grow your technical skills in a dynamic environment where innovation meets purpose, and every beverage contributes to something bigger than great beer.

Position: Brewer II

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Reports To: Lead Brewer

Compensation Range: $19.23 - $24.48

Position Summary: The Brewer II works within the Production Department with responsibility for overseeing and performing all brewhouse and cellar operations. They will be an avid MadTree ambassador who lives the behaviors Connect, Grow, and Give a F*ck.

Why MadTree? MadTree offers all team members the following perks and benefits

• Discounted food, beverage, and merch
• Quarterly MadTree Gift Card allowance
• 401(k) retirement plan (with company match)
• FREE in-person or video therapy sessions (8 sessions per mental health need)
• UNLIMITED FREE text-based therapy services
• Company Paid Volunteer Time

In addition to the above, Brewing team members also receive

• Paid Time Off and six standard paid holidays
• Subsidized Medical and Dental insurance
• Voluntary vision, life, and disability insurance

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently perform all brewhouse (15 and 100 bbl) operations: milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, whirlpooling, knockout, grain out, and brewhouse vessel CIP.
• Independently perform all cellar-related operations: ingredient dosing, centrifuge/filter operation, fermenter CIP/scrub/sanitation, checking gravities, monitoring fermentation, monitoring glycol controls, brewhouse knockout sanitation, yeast inventory management including cropping and pitching, yeast propagation system management, BBT cleaning and sanitizing, serving tank transfers, RTD, and cider production.
• Closely follow all brewing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Good Brewing Practices (GBP).
• Identify and escalate all 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 supervision from the Maintenance Department.
• Perform other related job duties as assigned, including independent quality-related projects, cross-training initiatives, and/or interdepartmental teams for research, innovation, or troubleshooting.
• Enthusiastically spends a minimum of 16 hours per year volunteering (paid) for MadTree Impact initiatives.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be at least 21 years of age or older. 2+ years of professional brewing and/or cellaring experience or equivalent education.

Important Skills and Abilities:

• Proficient in the use of brewing equipment, such as: brewhouse vessels and automation systems, CIP skid plus cleaning and sanitizing chemicals, grain handling and milling equipment, pumps, hoses, valves, clamps, gaskets, and other brewery equipment, including powered industrial trucks.
• Maintains a high level of initiative, independence, and productivity in a dynamic and demanding environment.
• Attention to detail, ability to work unsupervised while maintaining safety and quality standards, and confidence to speak up and act when safety and/or quality are compromised.
• Comfort with multitasking and maintaining efficiency and productivity.
• Team-first mentality to achieve organizational objectives above personal objectives and partners with others to get work done
• Self-motivated, clean, thorough, and passionate about producing world-class products.
• Effective and frequent communication with manager and support staff, regardless of department or shift.
• Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Reflects on activities and impact on others and proactively seeks constructive feedback.
• Proficient in Google and/or Microsoft Office suites.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb.
• Ability to frequently talk, hear, and smell.
• Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and move kegs up to 170 pounds.
• Ability to frequently reach with hands and arms. Use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequent use of ladders ascending to tall heights.
• Operation of forklift, scissor lifts, electric power jack, and other powered industrial trucks.

Work Environment: The work environment is usually that of a brewery. The employee occasionally works with hazardous materials and chemicals. The employee works on wet floors and with wet equipment. The employee frequently must work in a sanitary environment.

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