Want to work in a unique environment with its own off-centered (non-)corporate culture? Here are the current job openings at Dogfish Head:
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is seeking an off-centered, quality focused, experienced, safety driven Packaging Supervisor to join our growing Packaging Team of 20; spanning three busy shifts. Under general supervision of the Packaging Manager, you will work hard to ensure that healthy beer efficiently flows into bottles, cases and kegs on schedule and on time. You will collaborate with the brewing, quality and maintenance teams to ensure beer is ready for packaging per the schedule, at the highest quality standard and that all packaging machines are consistently ready to run and are properly maintained. You will ensure production is accurately and fully documented for timely reporting and thorough recordkeeping. You will create, communicate, train and maintain accurate and current SOP’s for all packaging positions and packaging programs. You will champion departmental efficiency, quality, safety, recycling and cleanliness initiatives. You’ll also provide leadership by example as well as select, train and retain a staff of superior performers. You’ll get to do a lot of other stuff too and have fun doing it, all while making sure off-centered and tasty beer makes it into eager kegs and bottles. The qualified candidate will have a Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, preferably in Operations Management, Engineering or Business Administration; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in supervision (preferably in beverage/food processing). A minimum 5 years of supervisory experience in a packaging/production environment is a must. You must be a great communicator, who is able to build rapport and camaraderie both inter- and intra-departmentally. You should have a strong focus on quality, safety and efficiency, constantly evaluating work practices in the spirit of improvement. You must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally maneuver 200 lb kegs as needed. Must be able to twist/turn, reach over shoulders and stand/walk on a continual basis. Forklift certification or experience is a plus; ability to become Dogfish Head forklift certified is required. Must be open to a flexible work, general days Monday – Friday, working either first or second shift. Occasional weekend may be required based on production needs. Qualified, interested and dynamic individuals should please submit their cover letter and resume to careers@dogfish.com. We offer competitive compensation, including bonus potential, health, dental and vision insurance, 401k and free beer! Help keep busy HR folks sane, no phone calls pretty please. Proud to be an EOE.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is seeking an off-centered and experienced Packaging Manager to join our growing Packaging Team of 18; spanning 3ish very busy shifts. You will work hard to ensure that healthy beer efficiently flows into bottles, cases and kegs on schedule and on time. You will collaborate with all brewing and production teams to ensure beer is ready for packaging per the schedule, at the highest quality standard and that all packaging machines are consistently ready to run and are properly maintained. You will provide bangin leadership by example to your department in order to develop and grow world class co-workers. You will spearhead departmental lean, 5S, quality, safety, recycling and cleanliness initiatives.You will keep a hand on the day-to-day operations while maintaining a sharp focus on tomorrow and the future initiatives that growth and continuous improvement will bring. Youll get to do a lot of other stuff too and have fun doing it, all while making sure off-centered and tasty beer makes it into eager kegs and bottles. The qualified candidate will have a Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, preferably in Operations Management, Engineering or Business Administration and a minimum 7 years experience in Packaging. Beverage and/or food processing is preferred. A minimum 5 years of supervisory experience in a packaging/production environment is a must. You must be a great communicator, who is able to build rapport and camaraderie both inter- and intra-departmentally. You should have a strong focus on quality, safety and efficiency, constantly evaluating work practices in the spirit of improvement. You must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally maneuver 200 lb kegs as needed. Must be able to twist/turn, reach over shoulders and stand/walk on a continual basis. Forklift certification or experience is a plus; ability to become Dogfish Head forklift certified is required. By and large this role will be first shift Monday-Friday; however, the successful Manager must be open to a flexible work week encompassing the working hours of your team. Qualified candidates should email their resume to careers@dogfish.com. Please include your off-centered cover letter, resume and salary requirements. Dogfish Head offers a fabulous benefits package to include salary commensurate with experience, health/dental insurance, 401k and perhaps most importantly, free beer. Cheers!
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is seeking an off-centered, safety oriented, highly skilled and experienced Packaging Operator to join our Packaging Team. Under general supervision of the Packaging Supervisor, you will keep the beer flowing into bottles, cases and kegs, through the efficient coordination of equipment, materials, and beer. You will operate all of the packaging and kegging equipment, as well as stack, prepare and coordinate the delivery of finished product to the warehouse. You will perform cleaning and sanitation efforts to ensure the packaging line is always ready for action. You will help the team achieve quality benchmarks through the completion of various quality line initiatives. You will be in tune with the equipment to perform basic maintenance and troubleshooting as needed or provide quick notification to the Packaging Mechanic for other significant line stoppages or various during-run concerns. The qualified candidate will have a minimum high school diploma or the equivalent. Coursework or certification in a mechanical/technical trade is preferred. A minimum of two years of machine operation experience in a production environment required; mechanical experience a plus. Bottling line experience preferred. Forklift certification or experience is a plus; ability to become Dogfish Head forklift certified is required. Basic computing skills required; familiarity with MS Office products a plus. You must be dependable, reliable and have a great team-ethic. You should have a strong focus on quality, safety and efficiency. You must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and maneuver 200 pound kegs easily throughout course of the entire shift. Must be able to twist/turn, reach over shoulders and stand/walk on a continual basis. Qualified, interested and dynamic individuals should please submit their cover letter and resume to careers@dogfish.com. We offer competitive compensation, including bonus potential, health, dental and vision insurance, 401k and free beer! Help keep busy HR folks sane, no phone calls pretty please. Proud to be an EOE.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is seeking an off-centered Farm Helper to join our wastewater team during the busy hay season. Under general supervision of the off-centered Wastewater Supervisor, you’ll help ensure the fields are maintained and ready for more water. You’ll mow, condition, tedder, rake and bale tons of hay this busy hay season. You’ll also perform field and equipment maintenance, so prior farming experience is a must. In addition to all this you’ll be trimming tree limbs, grading driveways and doing other odd jobs to help maintain the land and help your fellow wastewater coworkers do their part to help keep the brewery running. The qualified candidate will have a minimum high school diploma or the equivalent, serious farming experience may take place of the educational requirement. The qualified candidate must have previous farming experience. Experience with farming equipment over 50 horsepower also a must. Must be able to lift/pull 50 pounds, twist/turn, reach over shoulders and stand/walk on a continual basis. Must also be capable of working outside in all types of weather conditions. This position is seasonal approximately April to November-ish, depending on the length of the hay season of course. Qualified, interested and dynamic individuals should please submit their cover letter and resume to careers@dogfish.com. Help keep busy HR folks sane, no phone calls pretty please. Proud to be an EOE.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is seeking a skilled, self-motivated off-centered Multi-Craft Maintenance Mechanic to join our rapidly growing maintenance department. Under general supervision of the off-centered Maintenance Manager, you will perform a variety of different tasks utilizing your wide array of mechanical and technical knowhow. Some of the knowhow in your handy dandy bag of tricks includes things like mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair on production machines. Utilizing your mechanical and technical skills you will perform preventive maintenance and installation tasks to support the production process, prescribe preventive maintenance, repair existing equipment (and modify if needed- welding and fabrication skills a must), install new systems, troubleshoot machinery, as well as detect and report defective materials and/or questionable conditions to the off-centered Maintenance Manager. A maintenance mechanic with proven knowhow and a get it done attitude will likely do well. The qualified candidate will be detail, task and safety oriented with a strong work ethic and high quality work. A high school diploma or the equivalent; completion of a craft apprenticeship and/or maintenance experience in a production environment required. Minimum 5 years manufacturing mechanical experience in a production and/or industrial environment with working knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills; HVAC exposure and previous experience with high speed packaging and bottling equipment is preferred. Basic millwright and plumbing skills required. Familiarity with computer applications including Microsoft Office software and CMMS required. Prior experience with sanitary/hygienic equipment (pumps, piping, CIP systems), in-process instrumentation (pH, conductivity, density, turbidity, O2, CO2), and experience with high levels of automation, PLCs, DCS, Siemens or Rockwell/AB a plus. Previous wastewater and utilities experience is helpful. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and sustain work overhead including use of power/hand tools for extended periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to twist/turn, reach over shoulders, work overhead and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. Employee must be able to stand/walk on a continual basis and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl during the course of work. Must obtain and maintain active and valid DFHCB forklift certification. Qualified, interested and dynamic individuals should please submit their cover letter and resume to careers@dogfish.com. We offer competitive compensation, including bonus potential, health and dental insurance, 401k and free beer! Help keep busy HR folks sane, no phone calls pretty please. Proud to be an EOE
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats is seeking an experienced, passionate, energetic, craft beer savvy Kitchen Manager to bring their awesome kitchen managing skills to our Rehoboth Beach brewpub! As the Kitchen Manager, youll work with the chef to stay on top of elevating BOH operations through support, encouragement and continual job, process, people and kitchen improvement. Youll help run a clean, sanitary, highly functional and financially sound kitchen through effective staffing, accurate costing/budgeting, minimizing waste and inefficiency, and keeping all equipment in highly functional working order. Youll provide leadership by example while training, coaching and developing our talented BOH teams. Youll champion a real customer focus in all kitchen operations as you focus on consistency in preparation and elevating presentation standards on the plate. Youll also at times lend a creative hand to our chef in assisting with developing flavorful dishes. Your role will be a delicious blend of kitchen management skills and operational excellence finished with amazing people leadership. Sound like a tall, but tasty order? Yep, but you know what, youll love doing it too! You should be a strong lead-by-example manager, who supports the success of your people. You should have a Chefs talent but a Coachs demeanor. You must be a strong communicator, both written and spoken, who builds cohesive teams and represents your department well. You must be able to immerse in the day-to-day while also keeping tomorrow in sight. In order to be successful, you must have a great attitude and impeccable judgment. You must be flexible and highly adaptive, too. Must have a Bachelors degree in the culinary arts, hospitality or restaurant management. You must be passionate about beer since it is pretty important to us. You must also have a minimum of five years leadership experience in a full-service restaurant, back-of-the-house environment. You should also have/maintain active food (ServSafe) and alcohol safety (ABCC) certification. Qualified, interested and dynamic individuals should please submit their letter of intention, salary requirements and resume to careers@dogfish.com. You can also fax or mail your cover letter & resume to us at 302.684.0541. We offer competitive compensation, including bonus potential, health and dental insurance and a bunch of other stuff that will make your jaw drop! We can't wait to hear from you!
We are seeking a retail guru to spearhead our merchandise efforts in the newly created role of Merchmaster! In this fabulous position, youll oversee, own, plan and strategize off-centered merchandise to include management of our retail store, POS department and e-commerce worlds! You will oversee creative design, ordering, determining channels of distribution, managing inventory, handling vendor relations, fulfilling orders, purchasing, merchandising, training and budgeting for this wildly successful business within a business. You will build, lead, develop and inspire a merch team to execute your marvelous, collaborative vision. You will stay true to our ethos, culture and aesthetic in developing products and strategies for our off-centered brand, identifying and working with like-minded partners. You should be a healthy mix of leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen who develops sales & profitability goals and measures across all channels. As master of the Dogfish online store, youll interface with technical partners to maximize web technologies, drive the customer experience, increase utilization/satisfaction and create reporting. Youll evaluate and report on your business performance, observing and tracking trends. Youll control and manage inventory, minimizing and diagnosing variance, developing and adhering to pars. You will live and breathe merchandise and it will be refreshing! You must have an engaging, infectious personality and spirit as you will be looked upon to embody all things Dogfish. While this role will lean on others for execution, the successful candidate will be able to operate in both the big picture as well as in the thick and thin of things. You must be a collaborative communicator, with strong written ability, diplomacy and tact, who can also get down to business, being strategic in thought, meticulous with numbers and precise with controls. Really, really strong PC skills with MS Office applications is super essential. A Bachelors degree in Marketing, Business or other relevant discipline is required in addition to a minimum of seven years experience with merchandise oversight and management. The ideal candidate will have a good working soup-to-nuts knowledge of retail/merchandise management from product concept to customer saleand all things in between. Significant e-commerce experience will set our hearts aflutter. If interested, please send a cover letter with resume and salary requirements to careers@dogfish.com or fax your resume to (302) 684-0541. Dogfish offers a ton of amazing health and welfare benefits including, but not limited to, free beer! Check us on the web at www.dogfish.com. Proud to be an EOE.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has an amazing opportunity to join our dynamic sales force as a Regional Sales Manager in the following Off-Centered Market:
The RSM will work closely with regional distributors, key retail, and restaurant accounts to promote and foster brand loyalty and development. You will be required to travel over 50% of the time to markets within your region. During the course of travel, you will be responsible for work-withs and distributor training. Another key responsibility will be hosting beer dinners, festivals and promotions throughout your territory. You will provide in-depth and detailed reporting and market analysis to enable good decision-making within your marketplace. The qualified candidate will have a bachelors degree in Marketing, Biz or other relevant discipline. You must have a minimum 3 years sales support, sales rep or distributor experience, preferably (strong emphasis here, yall) in the craft beer business. More significant career experience may replace part of the undergrad requirement. You gotta be able to work late nights, early mornings, weekend and holidays as necessary to support sales activities. You must be able to maintain your sobriety and professionalism while working in environments where the taps may be flowing, and a clean driving record is essential. You must also have exceptional communication skills, both written and spoken, and strong PC skills with MS Office applications. If interested, please send a cover letter with resume and salary requirements to careers@dogfish.comor fax your resume to (302) 684-0541. Proud to be EOE.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is seeking an off-centered leader to orchestrate the symphony that is Dogfish brewing. The successful candidate must be a triple threat: bringing outstanding people leadership, technical excellence, and off-centeredness in the form of amazing fit with our culture. In loose terms, you will be leading/coaching/guiding/developing the awesome folks who make the stuff we all love. Some of your key duties will include the daily follow-up & monitoring of production brews, support to our Quality and Packaging team, ensuring quality of raw materials, preparation of upcoming brews and support for the 4-week production planning process. In the bigger picture, you will also think strategically and long-term to plan and ensure that there is adequate production available for sales that doesnt compromise safety, quality or efficiency; this will include off-centered staffing, operating procedure development, systems utilization/maximization and so forth. Youll champion process improvement through streamlining, training and seeking out new and innovative techniques. You will enable the creative geniuses who beer-innovate, by readying people and processes to fully realize their imagination in a bottle. Youll model teamwork, collaboration, and open, honest, and healthy communication...it will not be enough for you to merely talk a good game, you gotta bring it. You must also be adept at the business end of the beer, in order to execute vetted, comprehensive budgets and hold you and your teams accountable. Yeah, youll be doing a lot (even more than this), but you know what, youre going to love what you do, and the talented cast of characters that youll be doing it with. You should be a strong lead-by-example manager, who believes that your peoples successes are your greatest achievement. You must also be a strong communicator, both written and spoken, who builds cohesive, collaborative teams. This isnt fluff, yall; if youre not passionate about your people then you simply wont cut it in our environment. You should be a strategic and long-term thinker, who maintains a handle on today while planning and positioning for tomorrow. You must be flexible and adaptable in your approach and comfortable working in an environment where the goals are lofty, but the framework can be loose. You will have responsibility for a department that runs 24/7 therefore a willingness to be available to your people during all of those hours is essential, this position may work first, second or third shift as the team and situations demand. Our ideal candidate will be degreed in Brewing Science/Technology. A minimum of ten years of progressive experience in a brewing environment is required; five years of which must be at the supervisory/management level. Craft brewery experience will likely set our hearts aflutter! You must have a good understanding of the basic engineering principles common in brewing and be highly proficient in MS Office products; Great Plains experience is a plus. Qualified, interested and dynamic individuals should please submit their letter of intention, salary requirements and resume to careers@dogfish.com. Resumes without cover letters will be hard pressed for consideration, truly. We offer competitive compensation, including bonus potential, health and dental insurance, and free beer!
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is always seeking passionate, technically gifted, quality focused, safety driven, and team oriented brewers to join our brewing team!Our brewers are responsible for the day to day brewing operations from receipt of raw materials, combining of recipe ingredients through to cellaring in preparation for smooth packaging delivery. While there is intense creativity in every bottle we produce, our brewers adhere to recipes and SOPs to achieve the best possible consistency of taste and experience of our drinkers. Youll work in tandem with our Quality team, and document processes to ensure that every bottle and keg is tight. Youll take ownership of the processes on your scheduled shift (currently 8 hours), which will rotate to include nights and weekends. Youll do a lot of other stuff and have fun doing it. We seek an accountable, reliable person who is adverse to cutting corners and takes immense pride in the work they produce. You must be able to closely adhere to procedures and guidelines, including following recipes per exact specification and implementing detailed cleaning regimens. The successful candidate for this role will have formal training at an accredited brewing school or Associates degree in an applicable science with 2 years of brewing experience. Must be able to lift 55 pounds, twist/turn, reach over shoulders, bend/stoop and stand/walk on a continual basis. Appreciation of our beers and enthusiasm for the craft industry as a whole is also pretty important to us! If interested, please send a cover letter with resume and salary requirements to careers@dogfish.com or fax to (302) 684-0541. This is an ON-GOING posting.
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