Amanda Paine
Belmont,MA
Summary
Quality-driven production leader with proven success in organizing workflows and coordinating resources to meet challenging goals. Industrious professional and resourceful problem-solver with persistent approach to tackling operational concerns. Good decision-making and team-building abilities with open and clear communication style.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor
Downeast Cider House
Boston, MA
02.2024 - Current
- Delegate tasks within the team to manage the week's production workload
- Ensure traceability/record upkeep for batch production
- Ensure an accurate ERP inventory is maintained
- Oversee the team's sanitation practices and help maintain strong GMP's
- Attend Cross-Departmental planning meetings
- Develop plan changes to maintain progress toward weekly goals
- Train cider makers on operations best practices
- Participate in department long-term projects
- Operate various lab equipment to determine titratable acidity, sulfite titration, density, and pH for finished blends.
Cider Maker
Downeast Cider House
Boston, MA
02.2023 - 02.2024
- Receive product from tankers to its appropriate receiving tank through the hard-piping system
- Effectively CIP varying sizes of fermentors, brite tanks, hard-piping, pumps, and other vessels
- Operate an Andritz Separator in order to strip the cider of remaining yeast, and clarify product to quality standards
- Operate a flash pasteurizer, doubling as a blending station, processing ingredients for fermentation starts and finished blends via a variety of pumps, flow meters, heat exchanger and deaerated water skid
- Deaerate, carbonate, and recirculate finished blends to ensure final products are in spec for packaging
- Execute proper yeast handling procedures when pitching yeast into fermentation starts.
Pilot System Manager
Dorchester Brewing Company
Boston, MA
10.2022 - 02.2023
- Scheduled all pilot beer and seltzer brews in a timely manner based on keg inventory
- Coordinated with the head brewer and taproom manager to create an optimal taproom beer and seltzer lineup
- Organized recurring pilot beer tastings and take notes on how to improve for future batches.
Brewer
Dorchester Brewing Company
Boston, MA
05.2021 - 02.2023
- Operated a 4-vessel, semi-automated, 30 bbl brewhouse producing 2-3 turns of beer and hard seltzer per day
- Executed cone to cone yeast pitches and complete yeast cell counts for both 30 and 60 bbl batches
- Operated a two-vessel, 5 bbl pilot brew system
- Completed all pilot cellar and packaging responsibilities including keg filling, tank transfers, fermenter and brite tank additions, CIPs and carbonation
- Curated new beer and seltzer recipes on the pilot system that are served as taproom exclusives
- Bench tested brite tank extract additions to ensure pilot seltzer quality is up to par
- Performed daily gravity checks and monitor the fermentation of all pilot brews
- Executed responsibilities in the barrel program including filling barrels, emptying barrels into brite tanks, and packaging final product into kegs and cork and cage bottles.
Cellarperson
Dorchester Brewing Company
Boston, MA
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Performed CIPs of 60 bbl fermenters along with CIPs and CUPs of two 60 bbl brite tanks and one 120 bbl brite
- Operated a GEA centrifuge processing Dorchester Brewing Co
- Brands, contract beers, and hard seltzers
- Carried out daily gravity and temperature checks
- Completed various fermenter and brite tank additions including dry-hops, fruit, liquid extracts and yeast nutrient
- Recirculated fermenters and brite tanks using centrifugal and diaphragm pumps.
Packaging Operator
Dorchester Brewing Company
Boston, MA
11.2019 - 08.2020
- Executed all end-of-line canning tasks including palletizing cases, off-packing cans, and wrapping pallets
- Performed seam checks with a CMC Kuhnke system
- Regularly performed CIPs on a Krones can filler
- Operated a Mini King series keg washer and filler.
Education
Concise Course in Brewing Technology -
Siebel Institute of Technology- World Brewing Academy
06.2021
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies-Global Studies -
Trinity College
Hartford, CT05.2018
Skills
- Google Suite
- PLEX ERP System
- Forklift Certified
- Workflow Optimization
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Quality Assurance
Timeline
Production Supervisor
Downeast Cider House
02.2024 - Current
Cider Maker
Downeast Cider House
02.2023 - 02.2024
Pilot System Manager
Dorchester Brewing Company
10.2022 - 02.2023
Brewer
Dorchester Brewing Company
05.2021 - 02.2023
Cellarperson
Dorchester Brewing Company
08.2020 - 05.2021
Packaging Operator
Dorchester Brewing Company
11.2019 - 08.2020
Concise Course in Brewing Technology -
Siebel Institute of Technology- World Brewing Academy
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies-Global Studies -
Trinity College
Similar Profiles
Hanna FreundHanna Freund
Brand Ambassador at Downeast Cider HouseBrand Ambassador at Downeast Cider House
Coby SippleCoby Sipple
Host/Server/bartender at Taproot Cider HouseHost/Server/bartender at Taproot Cider House
Panthita AllanPanthita Allan
Chef Assistant at Cider House KitchenChef Assistant at Cider House Kitchen