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Craft Kettle Brewing Equipment Specialist

We started Craft Kettle Brewing because we believe that small brewers can do big things. With years of experience in tank fabrication and fittings, we decided to turn our passion for beer into our business. Today, we help craft breweries and microbreweries reach their full potential by providing them with world-class materials and advice. We have a great team of engineers and designers that care about building great craft breweries. We hope you want to join us.

Job Description

This position is great for a handy, creative problem solver who enjoys working with tools to build, assemble, and repair unique equipment. You will be responsible for installing, repairing, and testing various brewery equipment as well as some general warehouse functions. You'll also get an opportunity to travel to project sites and help build breweries from scratch.

Job Responsibilities

1. Assemble, install, wire, repair, and test brewery equipment for craft breweries
2. Diagnose technical problems and determine proper solutions
3. Potentially tack and fit process piping for brewery installations
4. Prepare and complete orders for delivery or pickup according to schedule (load, pack, wrap, label, ship)
5. Inspect assemblies/goods and document quality assurance information
6. Perform inventory counts and controls
7. Operate and maintain facility vehicles, mechanized devices, tools, and other equipment

Work Content

1. Physical Demands: This position requires occasionally sitting, standing, walking, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, use of his or her hands and fingers, reaching with hands and arms, and talking/listening; the employee will occasionally lift up to 100 pounds.
2. Vision: Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
3. Work Environment: The work environment is occasionally wet or humid (non-weather); includes working near moving mechanical parts, in high/precarious places; there may be potential fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic cleaning chemicals; occasional outdoor weather conditions; there is a potential risk of electrical shock.

Requirements

Must-Have

1. Technical degree or certification or higher
2. Ability to troubleshoot, test, repair, and service technical equipment
3. Ability to understand and interpret blueprints, specifications, or diagrams to inform installation, development, and operation activities
4. Basic understanding of electrical and/or mechanical engineering and/or construction work
5. Basic understanding of tank fabrication, gears, gearboxes, motors, electrical control boxes, and/or cooling/heating systems, particularly in the food and beverage industry

*** If you do not have all of the "must-haves" above but feel you are uniquely qualified for this position, please still apply.

Nice-to-Have

1. Forklift, pipe fitting, rigging, OSHA safety, first aid / CPR, welding, hazmat, confined space entry, electrician, steam, plumbing, PLC programming, quality assurance, or other certifications
2. Experience as a field engineer
3. Knowledge of brewing and/or brewery equipment

Benefits

1. Compensation commensurate with knowledge, skills, and experience
2. Access to the company's benefits packages, which currently include medical, vision, and dental insurance (50% EE / 25% FAM); 4% 1:1 401k match; holidays, paid time off; sick leave