Brewer

About the role

A rare opportunity to join our brew team.

This is not an entry-level role. You will already have hands-on production brewing experience and be comfortable on the floor from the start.

Our brewers are developed, not just employed. We will train you in our brewing techniques and our standards across every part of the process: brewhouse, fermentation, maturation, filtration, QA, cellar. And you will have the opportunity to keep working across all of it - the team runs a rotational shift structure so nobody gets parked in one area and goes stale. It keeps skills sharp, it keeps the team flexible, and it means every brewer here understands the whole beer, not just their slice of it.

One more thing, and it is not negotiable. We have good humans on this team and we intend to keep it that way. That means you turn up for the people beside you, you own your mistakes, you take the job seriously without taking yourself too seriously, and you leave the ego at the door. We can teach great brewing. We cannot teach this.

Key responsibility areas

Brewing and cellar operations

• Safe and efficient equipment start-up and operation
• Fermentation monitoring and management
• Yeast propagation and handling
• Beer transfers and CIP processes
• Filtration
• Tank cleaning, process cleaning and preparation
• General cellar cleaning, equipment care and maintenance

Quality and records

• Titration, gravities and pH measurements
• Scientific instruments and brewing calculations
• Accurate record keeping

Safety

• Safe handling of cleaning chemicals
• Working to our safety, hygiene and quality standards, every shift

What you will bring

• Character first. A good human who backs up the good humans already here
• Hands-on experience in a production brewery
• A real feel for beer quality and the discipline to protect it
• Precision with measurement and record keeping
• Ability to work a rotating M-F shift roster, with only occasional weekend work
• Fit, happy on your feet, and clear that cleaning is a core part of brewing
• A formal brewing qualification such as a Cert III in Food Processing (Brewing) is well regarded, though solid experience is equally valued

Why Burleigh

• Deliberate training and development in our techniques and standards
• Genuine breadth. You work across the whole process, not one narrow area
• A tight team in a brewery small enough that your work is visible in the glass
• Burleigh Heads

About you

• Strong communicator who enjoys working as part of a quality-minded team
• Computer literate
• Great attention to detail
• Some prior experience or brewing education is preferred
• Must be eligible to work in Australia