VACANCY: Production & Operations Assistant at Nightingale Cider Co, Tenterden

Seasonal, part-time (3 days per week, approx. 24 hours, variable, rising to up to 5 days during harvest) | Competitive salary, experience-dependent | Reports to Max, Head Cidermaker

Would suit someone local to the Tenterden area.

About the Role

We craft award-winning Kentish ciders in the heart of the Weald using locally sourced and own-grown fruit. We're a small team, so everyone mucks in across the business.

This is a genuinely varied role. One day you're on the press, the next you're picking and packing orders or running a delivery out to a trade customer. As we grow, there's scope for the role to widen into events and cellar door work too.

What You'll Be Doing

• Cidery: harvest and pressing, cellar work (transfers, rackings, gravity/temperature/pH readings) and Clean-in-Place hygiene routines
• Packaging and dispatch: bottling, canning, kegging and bag-in-box lines, plus picking, packing and getting orders out the door
• Deliveries: local and regional trade drops in our van, keg collections and returns
• Events and cellar door (future scope): nothing is scheduled at the moment, but as we grow we expect this role to cover setting up and running our stand at markets and festivals, serving customers and talking cider, plus cellar door and tasting room work

Days are flexible and agreed with you, but we'll need you up to 5 days a week through harvest, when things get busy. If events come on stream, some evening and weekend work would come with them, always planned with you in advance.

Who We're Looking For

Physically fit and happy working in wet or cold conditions. Good mechanical aptitude and a valid, clean UK driving licence are essential. Above all we want someone adaptable, who's as happy on a mucky pressing day as they are dealing with a trade customer on the doorstep.

Experience in a brewery, winery or food production setting, a forklift licence, HACCP knowledge or bar/event experience are all welcome bonuses, but we'll train the right person.

What We Offer

Competitive wage, generous staff discount, hands-on training and a proper look at every corner of a growing craft cider business.

How to Apply

Send your CV and a short cover letter to jobs@nightingalecider.com, subject line "Production & Operations Assistant Application - [Your Name]".

Full job specification available on request.