Head Brewer & Production Manager-Kombucha

About Us

Entering into our 13th year of business, Cultured South Fermentation company, makers of Georgia’s first and finest kombucha brand, Golda Kombucha have embarked on an exciting journey into the world of Fermentation with our new location that includes a full scale brewery, taproom, event space and farmlet just minutes away from downtown Atlanta. 

We are the makers of Golda Kombucha, Grandmother Hard Kombucha, Cultured South healing elixirs and fermented experimental beverages such as THC drinks, Cold Brew Coffee and other RTD beverages. We are 100% women owned and self-funded business located in East Point, GA.

 We pride ourselves on authenticity and innovation.

Known as the Atlanta Utility Works, the cutting-edge brewery is a 1800’s former farm equipment factory turned food and beverage manufacturing facility with a large taproom and adjacent farm growing herbs and fruit to flavor the fantastic ferments like kombucha produced on-site in our new East Point headquarters.

Job description

The head brewer will be responsible for keeping up with the demand of our loyal customers we’ve cultivated over the past 13 years. We’ll expect you to be a self starter and proficient in all aspects of production management including overseeing 3-4 staff members especially on production days. Knowledge of plants, teas, fruits, fermentation and ingredients is helpful but not essential. Experimenting and creating new flavors is the highlight and fun part of the job!

 The ideal candidate has a technical background or a technical mind as sometimes those skills are required in problem solving machines and equipment used in the brewery such as our canning line, brite tanks and glycol chiller. It would be helpful if you are an organized and regimented individual but we do have support in the way of beer brewing colleagues and Food Safety Analyst to help in those areas as well. The initial training of the job will be following our SOP manuals and learning our processes, as the role grows we would expect you to mandate and update new processes that improve the overall efficiency and productivity of the brewery. 

 This is a full time position at a full-scale yet craft brewery. You’ll be in charge of producing 800 - 1,000 gallons of kombucha weekly along with multi-tasking like cleaning kegs, CIP of tanks, brewing the tea or “wort” and monitoring/logging the fermentation tanks. 

 Setting brewing schedules and production timelines will be mandatory as we have several SKUs. Maintaining inventory, fulfilling distribution purchase orders and customer demands while upkeeping our standards in quality will be top priority for this role. You’ll be creating pallets of packaged product, ensuring they get shipped out through distributors, kegging product, moving pallets of product in and out of walk-in coolers so this job is definitely hands-on and requires you to lift 50 lbs or more and drive a forklift.

Work closely with our CEO on ongoing projects: Coordinate with her directly to create and oversee promotions, events, strategies, growth opportunities and products.

Manage our workers- Manage them to desired goals as production & product desires change throughout the year/seasons. Ex) Seasonal kombucha flavors, seasonal rises in sales of certain products, ensure staff is staying on track with new product R&D, etc.

 The ideal candidate is comfortable with working production facilities including breweries, warehouses and factories. The right person for this job is not afraid to strap on their boots and get dirty. Requirements of this job entails a "can-do, will-do" attitude and team player mindset. We're a small team and everyone appreciates all the hard work it takes to make a small business flourish! So let the kombucha flow and come see what we're all about!

 Manage our staff: Oversee and check in regularly with all staff members to ensure they are on track and have clear expectations set and met.

Scheduling: Work closely with production managers to create weekly / monthly work schedules.

Quality Control: Ensure all products are consistent and high quality, monitoring product quality regularly and communicating your findings with the owner.

Organization + Streamlining Initiatives: Consistently work on streamlining business processes to create clarity and consistency between all sectors of company. (ex.- Ordering, storage, usage & flow charts, creating simplified systems, etc)

First point of contact: Be the first point of contact for customers, the general public, local businesses, etc. Professionally and charismatically represent the company/brand to outside entities and potential retailers. Direct communication to necessary parties/department managers. 

You carry an enthusiastic and genuinely positive attitude and are an expert communicator with a strong ability to tactfully delegate responsibilities and collaborate on ideas.

You possess excellent time management skills and are comfortable working independently, or with limited supervision.

You’re incredibly organized, focused and flexible. 

You are able to quickly shift directions and multi-task. 

You’re able to focus on the big picture while staying attentive to every little detail.

You’re highly productive and driven, but are also a strong team player.

You’re a great facilitator of ideas and are able to pull strong ideas from the staff to integrate them into meaningful strategies for improvement in the company. You’re able to develop comprehensive, cost-effective solutions to operational challenges/problems.

Schedule: 2 days off per week - Typically Saturdays and Sundays . You should be flexible to work a variety of hours to reach the shifting demands of the company.