Hands-On QA Technician — Brewing Quality

Brewers Guild; Upper Hutt, Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Panhead Brewery in New Zealand seeks a Quality Assurance Technician to join our close-knit team. This permanent full-time role offers hands-on work across laboratory testing, microbiology, and quality systems while you learn brewery operations.

You’ll contribute to food safety, HACCP, and quality reporting, and collaborate with the brewing team. We value curiosity, initiative and a collaborative spirit, with opportunities to develop skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in laboratory testing and quality assurance.
• Interest in microbiology and food safety.
• Strong attention to detail and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Conduct laboratory testing, sampling and analysis to ensure beer quality.
• Support microbiological testing, including yeast viability testing.
• Maintain laboratory equipment, calibration schedules and records.
• Support food safety systems, quality management and HACCP.
• Investigate quality issues and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Execute customer feedback reporting.
• Assist with quality reporting, documentation and SAP-based systems.
• Collaborate with brewing team on operations.

Skills

Laboratory skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Food Science / Microbiology

Tools

SAP

Job description

Panhead Brewery in New Zealand seeks a Quality Assurance Technician to join our close-knit team. This permanent full-time role offers hands-on work across laboratory testing, microbiology, and quality systems while you learn brewery operations.

You’ll contribute to food safety, HACCP, and quality reporting, and collaborate with the brewing team. We value curiosity, initiative and a collaborative spirit, with opportunities to develop skills in a supportive environment.