Brewery Process Engineer

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Ken Grossman started Sierra Nevada in 1980 with a hand-built brewhouse and the odds stacked against him. That passion forever changed the course of American craft brewing and launched a beer revolution that's in full force today. Turns out, good beer can do a lot of good, and Sierra Nevada became a cornerstone for both its innovation and its care for the Earth and its people.

We’re committed to advancing a culture of inclusion and believe diversity in all its forms makes us stronger. We keep pushing boundaries, whether it’s in the brewhouse, with sustainability, or in the great outdoors.

The Brewery Process Engineer is responsible for providing technical and reliability expertise for the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co (SNBC) by managing asset reliability risks that could adversely affect the plant or business operations. This role drives continuous improvement for long‑term productivity gains, cost reduction, and waste elimination. Additionally, this role is responsible for assuring proper equipment specification, design, installation, and repair of mechanical equipment along with instrumentation, automation, and process control systems according to SNB standards and reliability best practices.

We’re committed to our employees and work hard to prove it. The base compensation for this role is $87,024 to $134,452. Individual offers are based on skills, experience, and qualifications. The role may also be eligible for the bonus program. We support your future by offering a generous 10% company match on 401(k) contributions, providing learning and development opportunities, and fostering your safety at work with ongoing training, state‑of‑the‑art equipment, and preventative care.

We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance, an onsite medical clinic, and mental health and well‑being benefits including paid sick leave. We foster a culture of work‑life balance and always encourage employees to use and enjoy their paid time off.

• Identify, develop, design, and integrate improvement projects, optimizations, process changes, and new technologies to achieve increased productivity, improved quality, safer operations, and increased capacity.
• Provide technical support for capital projects and manage projects as assigned.
• Provide field oversight of outside contractors and suppliers of technical services performing work at SNB or in off‑site shops.
• Provide daily process and automation support to the Brewing teams to ensure all aspects of production are operating correctly.
• Support equipment reliability through facilitating and executing technical solutions for process improvements.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues that adversely affect plant operations.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, P&IDs, and design guidelines for the brewery.
• Collaborate with maintenance personnel on the calibration, maintenance, and upgrade/replacement activities for equipment and instrumentation.
• Work with safety as a core value, look for opportunities to build safety consciousness and promote safe work practices, model proactive behavior, and support the Hidden.
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement through the lens of the Sierra Nevada Vision & Values (Prioritizing quality, integrity, people, sustainability, and community).
• Use expertise to make decisions and recommendations that have an important impact on department and organizational goals and activities.
• Collaborate with other brewery departments and industry groups to test/set‑up, execute, and present on brewery related topics; contribute to the brewing community at large.
• Initiate and maintain extensive contacts with key engineers and officials or other organizations and companies.
• Support sustainability objectives related to utility systems, including water use efficiency, energy consumption, chemical handling, and CIP effectiveness.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Materials or a related field or any combination of education and/or experience that has achieved comparable…