New Brewer Role

We are excited to announce a job opening in our production team, open to all people with existing permission to live and work in the UK. Our timeline for filling this job role is as follows:
Advertising and accepting applications - closes Sunday 13th of December at 9pm
Reviewing and shortlisting - Monday the 14th of December
Scheduling Interviews - Tuesday the 15th of December
Interviewing - Wednesday the 16th of December and Thursday the 17th of December
Offering the role to the successful candidate - Friday the 18th of December

Along with the requirements we outline below, the successful candidate will be able to start with us on site here in Manchester on Monday the 18th of January or Monday the 25th of January.

This role will centre on brewing production batches of beer (24hL) alongside our existing experienced team, several times per week, with brewing shifts starting at either 6am, 8am, 10am (with the occasional 12pm start), over a 40 hour working week. You will work closely with the rest of our wort production team, our brewery manager, the cellar and packaging teams, and with warehousing, sales, and retail teams in pursuit of excellent beer experiences for our customers. You will also be required to perform a range of tasks to consistent and exacting standards across our cellar and packaging equipment, including CIPs, sterile yeast handling, in-house lab analysis, SOP development and record keeping, weekend tours of the brewery, festival and event appearances, and health and safety focused cleaning and organising of the entire workplace.

In exchange for your commitment to excellence, problem solving, your positive teamwork and progressive attitude, and flexibility to see tasks completed to the highest standards when circumstances change, we will frame our company growth to encompass your personal growth, and provide you with training, educational opportunities, and external experiences to help you learn and develop on the job. We will also treat you and your unique life experiences and circumstances with dignity and respect, welcome you into our social and professional circles, and pay you a starting salary of £30,000 in return for a rolling average of 40 hours work a week.

If you would like to apply for our Brewer vacancy, please fill out this job application form and have your CV ready to upload. We are accepting applications via this form until this Sunday, the 13th of December at 9pm.

Cloudwater Brew Co is a small brewery in Manchester, UK, with a focus on making modern seasonal beers, exciting flavour combinations, and relaxing experiences for our customers, and a positive and progressive environment centred on the personal growth, holistic health and happiness of our team. We will package and ship 6500hL of beer this year (down from 9,600hL last year due to Covid-19), as well as produce a small range of alcohol-free soda for our in-house brand Cloudwater Soda, and pilot batches of beer for our tap rooms and small customer groups. We expect our production output to be between 8,000-10,000hL in 2021. We look forward to receiving your application, CV, and covering letter via the form here.

Please take time to review our equality and equity policy below.

Equality and Equity Policy

Our Equality and Equity Policy seeks to address and correct systemic, societal, and global prejudice, bias, and friction through hiring, training, and on the job support with intentions and positive action to extend extra help and opportunities to those society has disadvantaged.

Though equal opportunity is a noble aim, we take into account that the world we live in continues to place obstacles, and emotional and physical violence in the way of women, people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, and intersectional, non-conformist people everywhere.

We will seek, from our analysis of job applications, to on the job development, to level the playing field, and provide you with the unique training, support, understanding, and skills necessary for you to succeed.

We recognise that the UK brewing industry currently lacks the equality and equity practices we long to see become the norm. Though our job listings often express our desire to hire a candidate with existing industry or role based experiences, the current demographic of the UK brewing industry does not yet reflect that of wider society.

If you are applying without direct industry experience but believe you have comparable skills we will positively evaluate your existing experiences as highly transferable skills.

At Cloudwater Brew Co, we believe that your passion and potential are more important than your past achievements. That your love for people and progress is more important than your love of beer.

On the job performance reviews will take into account your unique life experiences, and the unique pressures you face, and seek to foster personal growth within your development in your role. In fitting with our anti-assimilation principles, our culture will be shaped by your needs.

Our Equality and Equity Policy recognises that our good intentions are only the first step, and must be met with excellent outcomes.