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Job Description:
A. CELLAR OPERATOR
Duties
The cellar operator is responsible for the beer between the end of fermentation
and the bottling or kegging of beer.
For that, he will be doing 5 main activities according to the production schedule
and the quality requirements:
- Yeast harvest: For each fermentation, the Cellar operator must transfer the
yeast from one tank to another fermentation for starting the fermentation of wort
- Beer chilling: it is the operation of line connection between 2 tanks or more,
line sterilization, quick cooling of beer through a heat exchanger to decrease
the temperature during the transfer to another tank
- Beer filtration: after beer chilling, the operator transfers the beer to
another tank through a filtration sheet to clarify the beer. The clear beer is
ready for the bottling or kegging operators
- CIP means Cleaning In Place. After every transfer of beer, the tanks and line
must be clean with automatic or manual CIP operations
- He is also responsible for the yeast propagation with collaboration and
supervision of Laboratory
The staff must be able to handle responsibility,
leadership and the pressure of production and quality
The staff should be a force for proposal for any improvement.
Responsibilities
- Doing the chilling, filtration, CIP operations and
the yeast transfer operation regarding the process standard
- Ensuring the optimisation of the volume
- Minimizing duration and losses during operation
- Ensuring the respect of the workings instructions, safety instructions and
procedure
- Doing routine maintenance of production equipment
- Ensuring the respect of product specifications
- Cleaning the plant and the equipment (tank, process pipes)
- Ensuring respect of food hygiene of the product
- Keep all equipment in good working order
- Fill the production data sheet daily and after each operation.
B. BREWER
The brewery operator is in charge of the brewhouse
and/or the cellar area depending on the production planning.
Duties
The brewer is responsible for the brewing and the beer
fermentation at VBL industries (VBL Brewery, 7SB…) until it’s ready for
stabilisation operation. The staff must be able to handle responsibility,
leadership and the pressure of production and quality. The staff should be a
force for proposal for any improvement.
Responsibilities
- Doing the brewing regarding the process standard
and follow the beer in fermentation stage
- Ensuring the optimisation of the volume according to productivity of brew and
duration
- Minimizing losses during operation
- Ensuring the respect of the workings instructions, safety instructions and
procedure
- Doing routine maintenance of production equipment
- Ensuring the respect of product specifications
- Cleaning the plant and the equipments (mash tun, boiler, whirlpool, hot water
tank, cold water tank)
- Ensuring respect of food hygiene of the product
- Keep all equipment in good working order
- Fill the production data sheet daily and after each operation.
Other Requirements:
- Punctuality
- Good team spirit – Discretion
- Rigor and serious – Organizational
- Strong motivation
- High availability and flexible.
Criteria:
- Basic knowledge of hygiene
- Minimum high school diploma in science or equivalent
- Able to make simple calculations
- An advantage to have a Diploma or training in higher education level.
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