Job description

True Respite Brewing Company in Rockville, MD, (D.C. metro area) is seeking a Packaging Lead / Assistant Brewer to join our team.

Who we are:

True Respite Brewing Company is a production microbrewery and tap room in the heart of the Washington D.C. Metro Area. In fact, we sit right between the Rockville and Shady Grove stops on the D.C. Metro Red Line. We opened 3.5 years ago as a tiny draft-only operation brewing on a 3.5 BBL brewhouse and have expanded to become a 2,000 BBL/year packaging and distributing brewery brewing on a 3V, 15 BBL production brewhouse and operating our own canning line.

We brew, package, and distribute four core SKUs with an additional taproom only SKU that we brew and package. However, we’ve made our name brewing, packaging, and distributing a wide assortment of specialty one-off batches. Our constant innovation and our appetite to brew both trendy and classic styles (including a killer lager series) is a tough model to replicate with consistently high quality. It is one of our greatest competitive advantages.

We distribute throughout Maryland and D.C. with regular shipments for a national consumer audience via Tavour. We are distributed in most of Maryland and all of D.C.

Our ownership team includes all three Co-Founders of biermi.com, a craft beer sales and home delivery website adopted by over 200 breweries and craft beverage producers across 36 states around the country. It was developed and given for free to our peers in craft beverage manufacturing at the onset of the pandemic with the singular goal of saving as many fellow craft makers as we could in a time of crisis. We always try our best to be great neighbors and we are seeking an individual with a similar community-minded philosophy.

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking a motivated, goal-oriented individual who is passionate about quality and who is excited to take on a critical role within the business. This individual should thrive in a role where learning is a regular expectation. This individual can't compromise on safety, process, and attitude. We are specifically seeking someone with extensive canning experience who loves working with others.

We have worked hard to build a highly team-oriented environment and the communal culture of this brewery is strong. Especially for this role, working well with others is a necessity. We are proud to be a close-knit group of teammates and look forward to welcoming a new member of the crew.

Day-to-day, this role will be heavily focused on packaging, cleaning, quality assurance, and maintenance. This may include completing tasks in anything from packaging, to routine canning line maintenance and cleaning, to cellaring, to brewhouse training, to lab work, to swinging a mop.

Brewery Operations Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe workplace for our team by following and continuously improving our safety program
• Packaging, Maintenance, Cellaring, QAQC, and eventually Wort Production
• Ensure packaging equipment is properly operated, cleaned, maintained, and stored
• Utilize and recommend improvements to the QAQC program
• Understand how this role affects our multiple business sectors, including: Accounting, Inventory, Sales, Distribution, Production, Tap Room & Special Events

True Respite Brewing Company is looking for a candidate with the following skills and qualities:

• Required: Minimum of 2 years professional canning experience
• Preferred: Forklift certification
• Great with a wrench
• Quality / detail focused and oriented
• Strong communication skills
• Organized and timely
• Dedicated and personable
• Interested in lifelong learning
• Loves getting down and dirty in production
• Strong troubleshooting and logical problem-solving skills
• Authorized to work in the US
• Ability to lift and maneuver sixtels and half barrel kegs (up to 165 LBS)
• Able to stand for long periods of time (up to 8-10 hours per day)

Our equipment:

• 3V 15BBL American Beer Equipment Production Brewhouse (Steam)
• 2V 3.5BBL Blichmann ProSeries Pilot Brewhouse (Electric)
• 258 BBL of Fermentation Capacity
• 79 BBL of Brite Space
• Alpha Beer Cannon Strike Package 4-Head Canning Line
• Ska Half Pint Depalletizer
• Semi-Auto Keg Washer

Benefits:

• Full Time (Hourly, Non-Exempt) based on experience
• Generous family leave policies
• Paid Membership in Guilds / Professional Groups
• Product / Merch Discounts

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Rockville, MD 20855: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Canning Line: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)
• Forklift Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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