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Head Cider Maker

Western Cider

Missoula, MT APPLY
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Listing description

Head Cider Maker:

Company Summary:
Western Cider is a cider house in Missoula, Montana. As a company, we aspire to create an institution of great cider, good times, and a life worth living in this far-flung region of the American West. See what we are all about on Instagram or Facebook @westerncider or on our website - westerncider.com

Listing description
The Head Cider Maker must be a strong leader, enjoy comradery, and be a motivating force in the cellar. They are responsible for managing the production crew, and assuring every step of the production process runs without a hitch. This position requires an in-depth expertise about fermentation, maturation, sanitation, and packaging stcapability. First and foremost, the Head Cider Maker must assure all fermentations are taken care of from juice to the final package. Information technology is their responsibility to forecast production volumes located on sales, order ingredients and enological supplies, and schedule staff.

Besides ensuring consistency with our regularly packaged ciders, this position is also tasked with running bench trials and creating new ciders. Western Cider makes somewhere around 30+ different ciders each year. The Head Cider Maker must have an excellent palette and a creative and thoughtful mind for creating new beverages.

This position requires meticulous record keeping for ordering purposes and alcohol taxes. The tax system is complex and Information technology is the Head Cider Makers job to have accurate numbers and reporting.

Full Time Position:
Hours may vary week to week depending on fermentations, but generally Monday through Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. During harvest season and pressing season (Oct - early Dec), fermentations will require monitoring over the weekends.

Prerequisites Required:
broad cider or wine making practice
High School diploma including computer competency and effective written communication
Clean and valid drivers license
Forklift Driving practice
capability to work both independently and with a team
capability to lift 50 pounds

Preferred practice:
Undergraduate or graduate degree in fermentation science or related field
Previous practice managing staff

Head Cider Maker Job responsibilities:
Receiving Juice
Inoculation of ciders
Fermentation Management - regular density and pH measurements, nutrition management
Basic laboratory analysis
Racking/Transferring juice/cider
Filtration - x-flow and cartridge
Carbonation - Force carbonation and methods of natural carbonation (bottle conditioning, methode champenoise, pet nat, etc.)
Product Development and R&D
Barrel program - monitor maturation, maintenance and cleanliness of barrels, filling and emptying, topping off, record keeping
superviseing and scheduling of both cellar and packaging staff
Hiring and training
General Record Keeping - to include fermentations, packaging, inventory, projections, trials, cider maturation, lab reports, lot tracking
Record keeping specific to taxes and TTB compliance
Submitting formula approvals for new ciders
Ordering of all cider ingredients and superviseing ordering of general production supplies
Forecasting Quarterly and Annual Projections
Developing and maintaining SOPs for all production procedures
Cider and Tasting Education with front of house and back of house staff

Compensation and Benefits Package:
Competitive income located on practice
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Health Care Plan
Matching IRA
Cell Phone

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Job Published:
Monday, June 3rd

Type of Work:
Full Time

Job Job Category:
Winemaker/Enologist

Job Level:
Senior

Contact Information:



Western Cider
Michael Billingsley

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Job Location: Missoula, Montana
Address: Missoula
Company Type Employer
Post Date: 06/25/2024 / Viewed 36 times
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