Posted: 8/13/18

Position: Quality Assurance Lead

Hours: Full-time

Great North Aleworks is a 20 barrel production brewery located in Manchester, NH. Founded by Rob and Lisa North, the brewery’s goal is simple – to craft flavorful, food friendly beers, while maintaining a fanatical devotion to quality.

Essential duties and responsibilities for the role of Quality Assurance Lead shall include:

Analysis

• Sample and analyze carbon dioxide and oxygen levels in packaged product
• Monitor fermentations and yeast performance
• Conduct forced fermentations and VDK analysis
• Utilize specialized equipment to perform microbial and chemical analysis
• Performing root cause analysis when beer is out of spec.
• Perform quality checks on raw materials, fermenting product, and packaged product
• Test and monitor hygiene of fermentation vessels and packaging equipment

Communication

• Organize and conduct sensory panels
• Interpret and communicate quality objectives to the rest of the organization
• Maintain documentation to establish product specifications and quality attributes
• Establish and implement procedures to improve quality and reduce operating costs
• Respond to customer complaints in a professional, courteous, and measured manner
• Alerting management to trends or out of spec situations with the appropriate urgency
• Recording collected data in an organized and searchable archive
• Maintain brewery SOPs and perform regular reviews with management and staff

Lab Functions

• Maintain library of packaged product
• Clean, calibrate, and maintain testing equipment
• Perform yeast propagation
• Perform yeast and bacteria media preparation and sample plating
• Conduct yeast cell counts and viability analysis
• Procure lab supplies and equipment
• Maintain a neat, clean, and safe lab
• Work in a careful, safe manner in accordance with company safety procedures

Additional duties shall be assigned as necessary.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Candidates should be able to prioritize daily tasks on own and have strong organizational skills.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a science, or related lab experience required.
• Previous experience at a brewery preferred.
• Strong familiarity with beer sensory analysis desired.

We currently do not have any other job openings. If you would like to submit your resume for future consideration, please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@greatnorthaleworks.com