CELLAR SPECIALIST – ATHENS, GA

POSITION PURPOSE

The Cellar Specialist supports CCBC in helping people navigate the beautiful & complex world of beer by executing at a high level of quality and contributing to a culture of safety as part of the Southern Mill Cellar Team.

ACTIVITIES & OUTCOMES

1. Developing foundational knowledge of key cellar tasks:
   • Gravities, tank actions, crash times.
     • Recording brand data and tank status.
     • Pulling sample from FV.
     • Prepping sample for Anton Parr 4500.
     • Verifying stability.
     • Prepping and clearing VDK samples.
     • Changing temp on glycol control panel for tank actions/crashing beers
   • Carbing and releasing beers for packaging.
     • Performing carbonation readings with IDGM.
     • Recording carbonation readings on tank hanger
   • DH, fruit and adjunct additions.
     • Selecting correct hop type, varietal, and weight for DH additions.
     • Purging hop cannon.
     • Breakdown of hop cannon post DH.
     • Purging recirc pump.
     • Setting up recirc and documenting recirc start and end times.
     • Understanding of sanitary fruit addition.
     • Recording all raw ingredients into data app
   • Yeast handling
     • Harvesting into kegs/brink.
     • Taking sample for quality analysis.
     • Weighing kegs and label appropriately.
     • Performing yeast entry in app.
     • Updating white board with yeast info
     • CIP, CIP skid, chemicals and titrations
       • Set up and break down of all vessels.
       • Understanding of all CIP cycles and SOP’s.
       • Understanding of chemicals and titrations.
       • Filling out tank hanger and white board to record CIP status

2. Commitment & Contribution to Culture:
   • Culture of Safety: a commitment to a culture of safety.
     • Safety Policies: must be competent through the completion of safety training and adherence to all policies in the CCBC Safety Guide, must advocate a culture of safety by following safety policies and encouraging his peers to remain complaint with CCBC safety policies.
     • Good Manufacturing Practices: knowledgeable of and practices GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices). Preventive Maintenance (PM)
     • Preventive Maintenance: performs PMs as needed.
   • Culture of Self-Development & Leadership:
     • Leadership Training: Participates in and completes leadership development training assigned by the team’s manager.
     • Leadership Development: They must build and maintain proficiencies in using the CCBC’s leadership program tools, concepts, & vocabulary.

3. Skills & Competency Development:
   • Learn, understand, and maintain quality cellar initiatives.
   • Learn and maintain competency in safety policies, procedures, & regulations.
   • Explore, connect, & learn about the Craft Beer Industry.
   • Attend and learn about quality in craft beer through sensory class.
   • Develop technical aptitude on CCBC equipment.
4. Task Excellence & Efficiency:
   • Must be able to work a later shift, if needed (2:00- 10:00 pm).
   • Perform at a level of excellence with a focus on timeliness and process efficiency.
   • Must establish and maintain a basic understanding of timely communication tools such as e-mail & the company communication application, Slack.
   • The Cellar Specialist must maintain a flexible mindset during production changes, whether the changes are foreseen or made with short notice.
   • Report to their shift on time and follow company clock-punch policies & procedures.

POSITION VALUES

• Technical Aptitude- the ability to learn quickly on specialized equipment & technical processes.
• Solutions-Oriented Positivity- maintains & promotes a positive outlook while seeking out the best solutions.
• Teamwork – reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.
• Resilient & Adaptable: The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization’s effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change; helping others to successfully manage organizational change.
• Attention to Detail – Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• Commitment to Quality & Excellence– Expects personal performance, team performance, and product quality to be nothing short of the best.

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