Brewing Area Leader

25 Aug 2026

South Murwillumbah, NSW, AU

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and driven Brewing Area Leader (Internal Job Title is Brewing Leader) to join our team at Stone & Wood Brewery in Murwillumbah.

This is an incredible opportunity to make a direct impact on the brewing process and lead a talented team to new heights.

Your Role

Reporting to Brewery Manager, you’ll have full accountability and responsibility for the people, safety, and quality within the brewing area. Through managing a team of brewing leaders, who lead two teams of shift brewers, you will drive a high-performance culture, ensuring our brewing operations run smoothly and efficiently. From people management, through safety leadership, to continuous improvement - this is a role that will let you make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • People and Capability: Develop your teams by providing mentorship, coaching, and technical expertise. Lead skills development and foster a continuous learning culture to ensure high-performance teams
  • Safety: Lead a safety culture that develops ownership in safety capabilities and risk assessment and management, ensuring safety is always top of mind across your teams
  • Quality & Environment: Champion quality and environmental impacts across all brewing operations by ensuring strict adherence to quality systems, processes, and compliance.
  • Delivery & Performance: Manage production targets, deliver key performance indicators, and drive continuous improvements through 5S and TPM methodologies
  • Financial & Commercial: Own the financial performance of the brewing area, including budgeting, cost management, and capital planning. Driving value creation initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.

What You Bring

You have a number of years in brewing or manufacturing leadership and a passion for building high-performance teams. You’re driven by effective people management, operational excellence, and you know how to foster a culture of continuous improvement. With your leadership skills, you’ll inspire your team to push boundaries and achieve great results.

What's on offer?

  • Long term career growth at Australia's leading beverage company - Lion 
  • Lead a team of passionate brewers and leaders 
  • Product allowance - enjoy some free beers on us!