Lead Mechanical Technician – Brewery Systems

New Belgium Brewing Company; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 48,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

EAP

PTO

401k Match

Paid Caregiver Leave

Profit Sharing

Job summary

Bell’s and New Belgium is seeking a working supervisor to lead a team of skilled technicians responsible for maintenance of brewery systems. The role focuses on keeping mechanical equipment running, troubleshooting, and ensuring safety policies are followed across production areas and service spaces.

The position requires high-level mechanical knowledge, brewing process insight, and hands-on experience with lathe, drill press, and sanitary system concepts.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent with 8+ years of related experience.
• Proven ability to lead and direct the work of others.
• Expert mechanical working knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Expert knowledge of brewing, production process.
• Expert knowledge of chemical handling and abilities.
• Expert knowledge with scheduling maintenance outages.
• Solid electrical, refrigeration, plumbing, welding abilities.
• Solid experience with Lathes, Drill press, and other specialized mechanical tools.
• Expert understanding of engineering concepts in sanitary applications.
• Expert ability to read, interpret and deliver, instructions, policies and regulations
• Expert understanding of reading and interpreting P&ID’
• Expert understanding of reading and interpreting construction drawings.
• Confined space trained and certified.
• LOTO trained and certified.
• Osha 10 hour trained and certified.
• Osha 30 hour trained and certified.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of a team; manage and review performance, address personnel issues, set team priorities and goals, provide coaching, feedback, training and development.
• Assist with development of annual budgets.
• Resolve daily issues; work cross departmentally to schedule major rebuilds and last minute down time.
• Perform the required maintenance on specific pieces of equipment; identify critical spare parts.
• Develop maintenance requirements and training checklists on specific pieces of equipment.
• Monitor and ensure safety and operational policies and procedures are followed; provide tools and communication necessary to mitigate; lock out all brewery equipment when required.
• Responsible to participate in on-call mechanical program.
• Other Duties as assigned.

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical maintenance

Brewing knowledge

Chemical handling

Maintenance outages scheduling

Electrical skills

Refrigeration

Plumbing

Welding

Reading P&ID and drawings

LOTO/OSHA training

Confined space trained

Education

High School diploma or equivalent and 8+ years of related experience

Tools

Lathes

Drill press

Specialized mechanical tools

Job description

Bell’s and New Belgium is seeking a working supervisor to lead a team of skilled technicians responsible for maintenance of brewery systems. The role focuses on keeping mechanical equipment running, troubleshooting, and ensuring safety policies are followed across production areas and service spaces.

The position requires high-level mechanical knowledge, brewing process insight, and hands-on experience with lathe, drill press, and sanitary system concepts.