Senior Brewer

Push Operations; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Burdock, an independent brewery in Toronto with production and pilot facilities, is seeking an experienced brewer to join our production team. You will participate in brewing, cellaring, canning line operation, kegging, trucking, inventory, and QC across our Kensington Market and Bloor St.

facilities. The ideal candidate combines technical brewing skills with strong organization and problem-solving abilities, and is comfortable with multi-tasking in a small team environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional brewing experience.
• Experience operating a Wild Goose Canning line.
• Experience driving a 16’ box truck.
• Interest in lagers, pale ales, mixed-fermentation beer, and seltzers.
• An excellent palette for beer and/or wine.
• Strong mechanical aptitude; you understand pumps and pipes.
• Experience and willingness to work with inventory management software.
• Deep appreciation for organization and are self-motivated to improve system.
• Neat freak / clean freak tendencies.
• Ability to multi-task and complete several processes concurrently.
• Big problem solver energy and love to solve challenges on the fly.

Responsibilities

• Brewing, cellaring, and canning line operations.
• Kegging and packaging tasks.
• Truck dispatch and deliveries as needed.
• Inventory management and QC.
• Contribute to process improvements in the production flow.

Skills

Brewing experience

Canning line operations

Truck driving

Lagers & ales

Beer/wine palate

Mechanical aptitude

Inventory software

Organization

Cleanliness

Multi-tasking

Problem solving

Education

Brewing education

Tools

Wild Goose Canning

Job description

We are an independent brewery based in Toronto, making beer since 2015. We have two brewing facilities (production & pilot) and make everything from clean lagers to hoppy pale ales to barrel-aged beer-wine hybrids. This position is primarily for our Kensington Market location but will also involve working at our Bloor St. facility from time to time.

The Role

Burdock is looking for an experienced brewer to join our production team. We are a small production team, and everyone does a mix of everything in the brewery (brewing, cellaring, canning line operation, kegging, trucking, inventory, QC). We take pride in brewers being involved in all aspects of production. We run production Monday-Friday and hours are variable depending on the brewing schedule - there are no night shifts.

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is someone friendly, technically strong, organized, mechanically inclined, and comfortable with all aspects of brewery operation.

Ideally, you have:

• 3+ years of professional brewing experience
• Experience operating a Wild Goose Canning line
• Experience driving trucks, we operate a 16’ box truck
• Interest in lagers, pale ales, mixed-fermentation beer, and seltzers
• An excellent palette for beer and or wine
• Strong mechanical aptitude; you understand pumps and pipes.
• Experience and willingness to work with inventory management software
• Deep appreciation for organization and are self-motivated to improve system
• Neat freak / clean freak tendencies
• Ability to multi-task and complete several processes concurrently
• Big problem solver energy and love to solve challenges on the fly

Formal brewing education is a bonus. Attitude and experience prioritized.

Schedule:

Full-time, weekdays with occasional early morning/evenings as required.

About Our brewery

We operate a 3-vessel 40HL brewhouse in Kensington Market and 10HL pilot brewery in Bloordale. We’re the fastest growing brewery in the LCBO, our Ducks IPA is the #20 best selling beer SKU in Ontario, and we are on track to becoming a 10,000 HL brewery. Our goal is to brew the best widely available beer in Ontario and make a meaningful contribution to beer culture.