Brewing Shift Lead


Company:	St Austell Brewery Ltd
Salary:	£32,000 - £36,000
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Saint Austell, PL25 4BY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Aug 2026
Closing date:	4 Sept 2026

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Summary

Brewing

Shift Lead

There's

never been a better time to join us. As demand continues to grow – particularly

through our partnership with Harbour Brewery and successes with Proper Job 0.5%

– we're expanding our brewing and packaging teams to support this exciting

period of growth.

As Brewing Shift Lead, you will ensure that all brewing

activities are carried out safely, efficiently, and to our exacting quality

standards. You'll play a central role in maintaining smooth operations within

our fast-paced production environment, championing Health & Safety, HACCP,

quality, communication, and continuous improvement.

This varied and rewarding role offers the opportunity to

develop and apply your technical brewing skills across the full production

cycle, including fermentation, centrifugation, and filtration. You will work

closely with Packaging, Quality, and Engineering teams, supplying finished beer

for cask, keg, and bottle.

It is important that any potential candidates are able to

commit to the shift-based nature of this role, as you will be required you to

work a three-shift pattern: 6am to 2.30pm, 2pm to 10.30pm, and 10pm to 6.30am.

You will also be required to work a short weekend rota (paid at time and a

half).

About You:

Solid knowledge of brewing, fermentation, and

beer processing, gained through brewery production experience.

Strong and confident communication skills.

Practical problem-solving ability and sound

decision-making.

Desire to learn, develop, and support progression

and continuous improvement.

Positive, enthusiastic and hands-on approach to

leading and completing tasks.

Flexible and collaborative leadership style.

Comfortable working all of the 3 shift patterns,

including nights, from Sunday 10pm to Friday 10:30pm on a weekly rotation.

Institute of Brewing qualifications (or

equivalent).

The Benefits:

30% discount on food & drink and 50% discount

on accommodation.

Fantastic training & career development

opportunities.

Discounted membership with local businesses.

Company pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme.

Company bonus scheme.

Health cash plan.

Free onsite parking

Additional Info:

We are not

able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please only apply if you have an

existing right to work in the UK.

St Austell Brewery is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we

positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible

candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation,

gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or

pregnancy and maternity. We also welcome requests for flexible working.

Early applications are encouraged as we’ll review applications throughout the

recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Please note

that we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales.

Speculative CVs from recruitment agencies won’t be accepted, nor the fees

associated with them.

Unauthorised use, reproduction or scraping of this advertisement,

including any company information or branding, by third-party or non-partner

websites is strictly prohibited.

If you would like any

further information, please email: recruitment@staustellbrewery.co.uk

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