About Us
We love great craft beer. We want everyone to be as passionate about it as we are – and our bars are at the heart of that mission. You’ll help us deliver an amazing beer and customer experience every shift so, because we expect great things from you, we give great things back.
PROFIT SHARE | Our BrewDog Bars now share 10% of their profits with our fantastic crew. We’re setting the bar high for the hospitality industry and giving you even more reasons to do an amazing job.
4-WEEK SABBATICAL | After every 5 years here you will receive an additional 4 weeks off to spend doing whatever you want.
STAFF DISCOUNT | 25% off in bars, 30% off online and 50% off BrewDog Merch to fill up your fridge and your wardrobe* (*don’t put your hoody in the fridge though)
BEER TRAINING | We love beer and we want you to love beer too, so we’ll support you through the internationally-recognized Cicerone qualifications, so you can love it almost as much as we do. We’ll also pay you more for each level you pass.
AND A LOT MORE | Okay, deep breath… enhanced sick pay, healthcare, life assurance, high street retail discounts, employee assistance programs, enhanced family friendly policies around maternity and paternity leave, holiday days per year, pawternity leave, DE+I and crew forum groups and a “shifty” crew beer at the end of every shift.
We’re focused on making sure that we, and future generations, have a planet to brew great beer on. Our industry leading techniques help us create and deliver unique beer whilst doing our bit (and others’) for the environment.
About The Role
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the automation engineer is a key role in the maintenance and wider production departments responsible for working across production and systems teams (IT) to implement and improve business processes, find faults and repair as well as keep automation standardized and up to date.
This person will be a key part of the continuous improvement and project processes and heavily involved in implementing new equipment to our brewery. They will have a background in automation and programming, combined with a breadth of experience in brewing, packaging and general maintenance activities. Electrical skills and knowledge are key to succeeding in this automation role. They will plan the time to complete daily tasks, be open-minded to trying new methods or technologies to support BrewDog, careful with resource and challenges others where you see waste and seek help when needed while actively getting to know other team members, their roles and perspectives to better contribute to the success of the whole team.
Job responsibilities include:
- Adhering to all rules, regulations, policies, programs and related BrewDog including HACCP, GMP, 5S to ensure the safety, quality, and efficiency of projects, products and equipment.
- Establish and update LOTO, confined space, and other safety procedures including compliance with all OSHA and PPE policies.
- Be proactive in maintaining plant hygiene with reference to cleaning plans, schedules and ad-hoc cleaning requirements.
- Designing, building and installing projects with different aims from process improvement to integration with ERP.
- Maintain and program PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems for plant process control, monitoring and reporting.
- Responsible for electrical issues and maintenance in the facility, including automation and power transmission.
- Create and follow maintenance regimes for all processing instrumentation.
- Establish, log, and record parameter-based checks of instrumentation effectiveness.
- Understand and troubleshoot network faults within automated systems.
- Exhibit and promote exceptionally high personal health & safety standards.
- Be involved in support roles for project implementation, from a PLC and electrical point of view, carrying out I/O checks on systems and general troubleshooting.
- Coordinate and drive utilities management and upkeep including steam boilers, wastewater, and other support systems.
- Identify required spare parts for automation repairs and maintain a stock supply while actively participating on the Asset Care Team.
- Complete any task(s) as requested or assigned by anyone in the leadership group.
About You
Candidates should demonstrate flexibility, diligence, enthusiasm, and a passion for developing our growing warehouse operation, as well as:
- To read, write and speak fluent English.
- Proficient in Siemens Step7.
- Excellent communication and organization.
- Ability to diagnose and repair a wide variety of software, mechanical, and electrical faults.
- Capable of working autonomously and making decisions to set out priorities.
- Able to use and understand common computer programs and CMMS systems.
- Proactiveness and high energy.
- Flexibility in assignment of tasks.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Chemical handling and awareness.
Even better if candidates have:
- Braumat programming a plus.
- Time served in maintenance role with experience in FMCG industries a plus.
- Proactive approach to individual learning and development.
- Encouraging and supporting team members to energize delivery.
- Approach the challenges we face with enthusiasm to find the best solutions.
- Facilitate a culture of creative thinking, learning from others and expanding mindsets.