Production Assistant

Our client is looking for a friendly, hard-working and dependable individual to serve as a full-time production assistant in their production space. If you are available, a bit nerdy about science, and don't mind the smell of liquor, please read the description below and email us your resume. Thanks!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist the master distiller in day-to-day operation of the distillery
• Assist in managing the granary – receive grain, operate the mill, monitor quality and grind of the grain
• Assist in mashing operation, including record keeping
• Monitor fermentation process – samples, record keeping
• Assist with distillations, including record keeping
• Quality assurance of raw distillate and finished products
• Washing gear, general cleaning and maintenance of the distillery
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of all distillation processes and procedures

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to a damp, wet environment with hot liquids, airborne particles, chemicals and moving machinery.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Positive disposition, good with people (co-workers and visitors)
• Interest in craft distilling
• No felonies on your criminal record (required by our state & federal regulators)
• Be willing to work weekends
• Must maintain satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness
• Comfortable working around potentially hazardous conditions

Experience

Experience in brewing (extensive home brewing counts) preferred. Experience in fermentation, fractional distillation, liquid packaging/bottling and/or chemical analysis a plus.