Jobs at Flying Dog Brewery

Our brewery is made up of a small, dedicated band of beer mavericks. Occasionally, we do have job openings. When we do, we’ll list them on this page.

A career in the craft brewing industry can be highly rewarding for the right individual. If you love for craft beer, we suggest you start by thinking about the different opportunities within a brewery (preferably while you’re not imbibing). Most breweries have the following departments:

Brewhouse Operations
Production (Bottling and Kegging)
Warehouse Logistics
Sales and Marketing
Accounting
Human Resources

Current Openings at our Frederick, MD brewery:

Canning Manager | Tour Guide

Canning Manager

Job Summary

The Canning Manager is responsible for the production of canned beer including management of team members working in this area.

Essential Functions in Supporting Our Mission

The role of Canning Manager is important as this person is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient production of canned beer while maintaining Flying Dog Brewery’s quality standards.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Extremely reliable
Self motivated
Highly organized
An excellent communicator, and great manager
Physically capable of repetitive lifting and stacking
Able to react quickly in a fast pace production environment
Someone who thrives in a team-oriented environment
Ability to operate forklift

Responsibilities

The Canning Manager is responsible for the operation of packaging machines and processes in accordance with Flying Dog’s Standard Operating Procedures and the oversight of the team members involved in these operations. Employee safety and efficient production as well as maintaining Flying Dog Brewery’s quality standards are essential to being successful in this role.

The daily responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Daily operation of canning line
Management of raw material inventory and supply
Daily maintenance and repair of packaging equipment
Supervision and management of canning team
Quality control checks
CIP of equipment
Delivery of finished product to warehouse
Management, organization, and completion of all relevant documentation

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of 3 years brewery / packaging experience
Familiar with general principals of beer packaging
Understanding of proper product rotation
Basic to advanced math and computer skills
Excellent safety record

Working Conditions

This position requires the ability to work on your feet for over eight hours at a time, repeatedly lift 55lbs, work in extreme temperatures for extended periods of time, in loud production environments, and work with chemicals of varying composition.

Success Factors

Must be a good communicator, able to follow a detailed chain of instruction, lead by example, think fast, and be team player with a high degree of dedication to the craft.

This position is an evening / night shift. Successful candidate will report to Chief Operating Officer. Salary DOE.

Please Note: The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the associate a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.

Interested? Send cover letter and resume to hr@flyingdogales.com.

To those of who take your valuable time to apply for this position but don’t hear back from us to schedule a 5-minute interview, we want to say THANK YOU and we sincerely appreciate your interest in Flying Dog. We say this now, because we don’t believe in impersonal auto-responses and it’s not possible for us to send a personal thank you to each of you for applying.

Tour Guide – Part Time

Job Summary

Our tour guides are primarily responsible for communicating the Flying Dog story and providing visitors with basic knowledge of our brewing process and products while leaving them with memorable experience.