COOP Corporate Engineering SAPB

We are currently hiring a Planning Analyst COOP for our Supply Chain Team at the Sam Adams Pennsylvania Brewery (SAPB) in Breinigsville, PA*. This position is from July-December.

*This role is full time on site, which requires that our coworkers reside within commuting distance to be onsite 5 days per week.

Here at The Boston Beer Company, we are always eager to find competitive, motivated, hardworking people who love beer and want to join our team. We work hard and we play hard. We are offering current college students exposure to a dynamic, growth organization that helps to solidify their career aspirations. This CO-OP program is designed to cultivate talent in a truly immersive experience. This position is from July-December 2025.

BBC will provide CO-OPs with meaningful learning, social, and networking experiences, exposure to real life business challenges, platform for creative thinking, and opportunity to work alongside and learn from BBC coworkers cross functionally.

By the end of CO-OP, students will have learned and gained core project management skills, marketing, and core business acumen, built relationships with our teams, have exposure to customer and consumer feedback, develop product launch support and marketing campaigns, and develop other marketing functional skills (depending on department placement).

This position will provide controls support for capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives. Projects may range from capital project implementation, programming auditing, electrical/programming documentation and instrumentation specification.

What You'll Brew:

• Support capital projects at the Pennsylvania brewery as needed. Projects will require creation and maintenance of documentation (drawings, programs, specifications, etc.), support during start-up, and specification of instrumentation.
• Support of brewing and/or packaging continuous improvement initiatives. This includes learning, comprehending, documenting, and improving process and machine controls to maximize throughput and minimize downtime. Programming improvements will be implemented by working with a mentor.
• Work with brewing and packaging operations to recognize improvement ideas and initiate improvement plans.
• Develop a deep understanding of brewing and/or packaging in larger scale breweries. Candidate must be hands-on and willing to get intimately involved in processing details.
• Responsible for project work on an as needed basis by Sr. Automation Engineer.
• Interface with brewing controls engineers, instrumentation engineers, and packaging reliability engineers.

What Ingredients You'll Bring:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering, or Computer Engineering Technology.
• Interest in brewing and production; No prior experience necessary.
• Proven ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to make knowledgeable, quick decisions in a fast- paced environment.
• This position may require evening and weekend hours
• Must not require sponsorship to work in the United States, now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Brewing and/or production experience a plus.
• PLC Programming a plus.
• Knowledge of Brewery operations preferred.

• Must not require sponsorship to work in the United States, now or in the future

This job role is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of a coworker and are subject to change.

In accordance with pay transparency laws the pay range for this role if hired is $18 - $20 per hour. However, it's important to note that where the person hired starts in this range is dependent on their related experience, skillset and location.

Some perks:

When candidates join Boston Beer's Early Talent Program, Brew Your Future, our early talent coworkers are empowered with impactful projects and learning sessions that contribute to real business outcomes, in addition to an inclusive, welcoming experience. There are many employee resource groups they can join and development training programs they can participate in. Our Early Talent program is made up of hands-on training in the office and at its breweries. Interns and Co-ops have the chance to meet with leaders at weekly lunch and learns to give them more insight into different parts of the business as well as skill building sessions. Each co-op and intern are encouraged to have weekly 1-on-1 check-ins with their manager to ensure their goals are aligned, and they are on the path to be successful at their time with Boston Beer. They are also required to do a final presentation that they present to the business leaders at the end of each cohort to demonstrate what they have learned.

Boston Beer Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to help ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who wish to request accommodation in the job application process can contact jobs@bostonbeer.com for assistance.