There's Always a Seat at Our Bar The Lagunitas Brewing Company began on a kitchen stove in Northern California in 1993 and has always looked to the future - whether supporting local communities by turning beer into money for the cause, or fueling stories, songs, and experiences with our IPA. Wherever you go: Beer Speaks, People Mumble. What You'll Get
- Benefits - Awesome family-friendly coverage for: medical, dental, vision, and parental leave
- Time off - Approx 33 days off in your first year (combo of vacay, holidays and personal days)
- Retirement - Up to 4% match on 401K plan
- BEER & Schwag - Four free cases of Lagunitas beverages a month & 50% off food and merch
- Good Vibes - Employee happy hour, dog friendly campus, live music
- Gym Membership - Up to $50 monthly reimbursement for that beer belly (or at least to prevent it)
- Pet Insurance - Keep your dogs and cats covered!
- It's Friday, Ya'll - Have lunch on us! Get paid every other Friday, $100,720-$113,310
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The Gist
- To safeguard food safety and product quality by providing, maintaining and reviewing the quality assurance framework and ensuring compliance
- To enable production and its supporting functions to adjust, achieve and maintain a stable process by providing product data through the management of all quality control operations
- To drive continuous improvement by leading the PQ pillar and supporting innovation projects
What You'll Do
- Identifies the latest SHE and food safety standards and ensures the availability to all stakeholders and implementation on time in full
- Leads PQ Pillar to drive quality objectives
- Monitors, recognizes, interprets and advises brewery management about potential deviations on all incoming raw, auxiliary and packaging materials, process, product safety and quality
- Owns (implementation, maintenance and development) all relevant QM-, food safety and laboratory management systems in compliance with all HEINEKEN and license partner requirements
- Drives cost reduction initiatives related to process, technology, recipes, raw- and packaging materials
- Manages all quality related processes in the QC and production department in compliance with the applicable quality standards
- Ensures provision and safeguarding of standards and procedures in line with HEINEKEN (and license partner) standards and legal requirements
- Executes technological and legislative assessment and approval of all raw, auxiliary, packaging materials and production processes
- Updates brewery management on a regular basis (week/monthly) on results and trends related to food safety and product quality
- Compiles annual budgets for the QA function based on product control
What We're Lookin' For
- Bachelor's Degree of equivalent relevant experience (preferred: brewing or malting technology, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, agronomy or engineering chemistry)
- Minimum 5 years experience in food and beverage production and technology, quality control and assurance systems
- Knowledge of Quality and Food Safety Management Systems
- Laboratory operations in food and beverage production environment
- Continuous improvement methodologies like TPM / Lean / 6 Sigma, etc.
KeyRelationships
- Reports to VP of Brewing Operations
- Supervises: QA Specialist, QA AnalistSr. QA Analyst,
Come as You Are -At Lagunitas, we welcome people (and dogs) from all walks of life. Anyone, regardless of their race, creed, nation of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, veteran status, marital status, or age, has a home here. Love, progress, and acceptance will always have a seat at our bar.
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Lagunitas Brewing Co
parental leave, 401(k)
Nov 26, 2025