Brewing Supervisor

Sazerac Company Overview

Over 450 of the world’s most extraordinary brands are part of the Sazerac family, including BuzzBallz, Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball, Svedka, and more. We’re proud to create spirits, cocktails, and experiences for every taste and occasion for people across the globe. Sazerac Company takes pride in fostering a vibrant culture of innovation, craftsmanship, and excellence across our distilleries and operations worldwide.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Sazerac of Oregon is seeking a hands-on Brewing Supervisor to lead daily brewing operations in Hood River. This role supervises shift teams and drives consistent execution across brewing, fermentation, filtration, sensory, quality, and packaging readiness. You will use production data and lean principles to improve safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and process reliability while meeting production schedules. This is an opportunity to develop brewing talent, solve technical challenges, and help strengthen a respected brewing operation. 

What You’ll Do 

• Lead brewing staff and daily shift execution to deliver safe, consistent, efficient, and high-quality brewed products while meeting production schedules. 
• Partner with brewing leadership on recipe execution, new-product development, sensory and quality controls, fermentation, filtration, packaging readiness, and process improvements. 
• Use shift reports and KPIs covering safety, quality, productivity, cost, inventory, and reliability to identify risks, troubleshoot brewing issues, and drive corrective actions. 
• Maintain HACCP, GMP, OSHA, SOP, CIP, sanitation, maintenance, work-order, inventory-transaction, and production-reporting requirements. 
• Coach, cross-train, schedule, and develop employees across brewing functions while collaborating with other departments and supporting a culture of safety, accountability, compliance, and teamwork.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent required. 
• Minimum 3 years of progressive brewing experience, including at least 2 years in a supervisory, management, or team-lead role. 
• Hands-on knowledge of brewing, fermentation, filtration, CIP, automated systems, and brewery utilities such as boilers, CO2, and refrigeration. 
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot brewing issues and off-flavors using quality, beer-analytics, and sensory-evaluation methods. 
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, process improvement, OSHA safety standards, HACCP, GMP, and workplace-safety practices. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using CMMS, ERP, or comparable production systems. 

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Fermentation Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Operations Management, or a related field. 
• Experience in beverage, food, or consumer packaged goods operations, including systems implementation and process improvement. 
• Experience commissioning or scaling new brewing equipment, utilities, processes, or production systems. 

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and walk for 8 to 12 hours per shift, regularly lift up to 55 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 75 pounds. 
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders, work at heights, and frequently bend, stoop, kneel, reach, and perform repetitive tasks. 
• Ability to work around wet or humid conditions, loud machinery, hot and cold temperatures, chemicals, and CIP or sanitation agents while wearing required PPE. 
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as production needs require. 

Culture and Benefits

Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and more. These benefits may vary depending on location and work type. Learn more about how we support our employees at https://www.sazerac.com/our-company/careers.html

The annual salary range for this role is $65,000 to $70,000. Final compensation depends on relevant skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.

Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected status. 

What’s Next 

After you apply, a recruiter will review your application and reach out to qualified candidates. Selected candidates will follow our interview process, which may include a phone screen, hiring manager interview, and panel interviews with business leaders. There may be additional steps or assessments throughout the process depending on the position. Applicants who are not selected to move through the process, at any stage, will be notified by email. 

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