Brewer in Newport, Wales

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and diligent Brewer to join our Warmley, Bristol site, where our close-knit team works across brewing, engineering, packaging, laboratory, and distribution to produce around 250,000 pints each week. This is an excellent opportunity to join a quality-driven, modern, and expanding brewery. The ideal candidate will be passionate about beer, hard-working, reliable, able to work within our fortnightly rotating shift pattern and committed to maintaining high standards across Health & Safety, HACCP, quality, and communication.

At our Warmley operation we brew the full Bath Ales range as well as selected St Austell Brewery beers. Our five-vessel brewhouse (installed in 2018) has capacity for over 50,000 brewers’ barrels annually—more than 14.5 million pints. The site features 23 fermentation vessels, two 40-ton malt silos, SCADA-controlled brewing and fermentation processes, automated yeast cropping and pitching via two Aber meters, and a Pentair cross-flow filtration system. Each shift is run by a small team of two brewers reporting to the Brewing Manager. On top of this, our modern packaging operation includes an 8,000bph Kosme Krones bottling line, a 15,000cph KHS canning line, a robotic Kuka palletiser, and a Lambrechts Kegger Monobloc 60. All of this combined makes up what is arguably the South West’s most sophisticated and technologically advanced brewery.

This varied role offers the chance to develop skills across the full brewing cycle—from raw ingredients through to fermentation, filtration, and supplying finished beer (cask, keg, bottle, and can) to our packaging teams. It’s well suited to someone passionate about brewing who is keen to learn.

It is important that any potential candidates are able to commit to the shift-based nature of this role, where working patterns rotate fortnightly between early shift (6:00–14:30) and late shift (13:30–22:00). Candidates will also be required to work a weekend rota (paid at time and a half).

What We’re Looking For

• Brewing and production experience.
• Ideally, the ability to support laboratory and packaging functions.
• Preferably, Institute of Brewing qualifications (or equivalent).
• Happy and capable of working a rotating shift pattern (two weeks of earlies, two weeks of lates).
• Strong & confident communication skills.
• Practical problem-solving ability.
• A desire to learn and develop new skills.
• A positive, enthusiastic, hands-on approach.
• Flexibility and a collaborative, team-focused mindset.
• Physically fit and comfortable working in a demanding environment.

What We Offer In Return...

• 25 days’ annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays).
• 30% discount on food & drink and 50% discount on accommodation.
• Fantastic training & career development opportunities.
• Discounted membership with local businesses.
• Company pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Health cash plan.

This role will require you to work two different shift patterns: 6am to 2.30pm and 1.30pm to 10pm.

St Austell Brewery Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We also welcome requests for flexible working.

Early applications are encouraged as we’ll review applications throughout the recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert at any time. Please note that we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. Speculative CVs from recruitment agencies won’t be accepted, nor the fees associated with them.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please only apply if you have an existing right to work in the UK.