COOP Brewing Operations SABB

We are currently hiring a Brewing COOP for our Brewing Operations Team at the Sam Adams Boston Brewery (SABB) in Jamaica Plain, MA*. This position is from July-December. 

*This role is full time on site, which requires that our coworkers reside within commuting distance to be onsite 5 days per week.  

Here at The Boston Beer Company, we are always eager to find competitive, motivated, hardworking people who love beer and want to join our team. We work hard and we play hard. We are offering current college students exposure to a dynamic, growth organization that helps to solidify their career aspirations. This CO-OP program is designed to cultivate talent in a truly immersive experience.  This position is from July-December 2025.

BBC will provide CO-OPs with meaningful learning, social, and networking experiences, exposure to real life business challenges, platform for creative thinking, and opportunity to work alongside and learn from BBC coworkers cross functionally. 

By the end of CO-OP, students will have learned and gained core project management skills, marketing, and core business acumen, built relationships with our teams, have exposure to customer and consumer feedback, develop product launch support and marketing campaigns, and develop other marketing functional skills (depending on department placement).   

This position is responsible for assisting the Boston Brewery 10 barrel system and all trials and brewing associated with it. As instructed by the Head Brewer, responsibilities include, but are not limited to, daily execution of all brewing functions, monitoring brewing quality, and ensuring safe and sanitary working conditions at all times.

This is a full time position and the brewing team hours are 6:30am-2:30pm Monday thru Friday.

What You'll Brew:

• Assist in daily pilot brewery operations         
• Cleaning & sanitation of fermentation tanks
• Update, maintain and develop CIP/cleaning procedures for all process equipment
• Collect and maintain all records for processing, CIP, cleaning and servicing of equipment
• Fill kegs and maintain CIP and sanitation for the keg filled
• Assists on canning line
• Collect and compile data for projects
• Term project (design and complete) per review of Head Brewer
• Promotes high product quality achievement within a professional work environment
• Understanding of and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and overall brewery sanitation and safety
• Ability to be on your feet and in motion for a majority of the day
• Ability to lift at least 40 lbs.
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What Ingredients You’ll Bring:

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a student currently enrolled in following Undergraduate Majors: Chemistry, Biology, Food Science, Chemical Engineering are highly recommended.
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Must be able to commit to a 6 month Co-Op Cycle 
• Must be able to commute daily to Boston Brewery in Jamaica Plain, MA
• Must not require sponsorship to work in the United States, now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work in a flexible and changing schedule
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to be attentive to all aspects of the manufacturing environment while working
• Is self-motivated, constant focus on raising the bar & high Sense of urgency
• Identifies problems, evaluates several options and recommendations, and supports a solution
• Stays focused on the real problem and does not become easily side tracked
• Ability to see the larger picture and keeps this in mind when making decisions
• Preferred Qualifications
• Home brewing or other progress towards brewing experience a plus

 

This job role is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of a coworker and are subject to change. 

 In accordance with pay transparency laws the pay range for this role if hired is $18 - $20 per hour. However, it’s important to note that where the person hired starts in this range is dependent on their related experience, skillset and location.

Some perks:

When candidates join Boston Beer’s Early Talent Program, Brew Your Future, our early talent coworkers are empowered with impactful projects and learning sessions that contribute to real business outcomes, in addition to an inclusive, welcoming experience. There are many employee resource groups they can join and development training programs they can participate in. Our Early Talent