Patrick Kerr Email & Phone Number

Currumbin, Qld, Au

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Deputy head of brewing department in Yatala Brewery, Carlton and United Breweries, which is part of the Asahi Group. Yatala Brewery is the biggest in Australia by volume producing brands such as Great Northern, Victoria Bitter, Peroni and Asahi Superdry. In my role I am responsible for the technical aspects of fermentation and yeast management. I also manage a team of 4 Team Leaders who work on a 24/5 roster.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Operations manager for the Guinness Pilot Plant / Research Brewery- responsible for site H&S, Quality, Food Safety, production planning, maintenance and budget. Lead capital investment projects, continuous improvement activities and ensure compliance with legal and internal standards

St James'S Gate Brewery, Dubli

As part of the Beer Science and Technology team my role involved project management, running research trials in the the pilot plant, technical support for the internal Diageo breweries and governance support specifically around our internal microbiology standards. Key highlights include:Trials of mechanically roused maturations of our large volume key brandsFlavour and sensory improvement research work on hops and yeastManagement of internal brewing micro standards and KPI reporting across 13 Diageo breweriesCommissioning of new 5HL brewhouse and vessels in the pilot plant

St James'S Gate Brewery, Dublin

In this role I obtained my ISO9001:2015 Lead Auditor certificate. My responsibility in the role was to organise and lead a team of auditors to audit Diageo breweries against our internal quality, H&S, environmental and brewing standards. I also had to carry out multiple supplier approval audits for the procurement team

Currumbin Waters, Queensland, Australia

Short term contract where I was supporting the Quality team and brewing operations

St James'S Gate Brewery

A shift role in St James's Gate Brewery Dublin where i was responsible for production of one area within the Guinness process. Responsibilities include:Management of brews from extraction through fermentation and maturation.Routine quality analysis of beer and yeastDiagnosing and support of resolution with craft technicians of automated system and equipment issues during shift

St James'S Gate Brewery

A production support role where I was responsible for training, documentation, process development and waste reduction in the Guinness keg plant

Diageo Marshalls Road Packaging Plant, Belfast

This role was a 1 year secondment position where I was involved in projects to drive the quality improvement agenda, such as, working with the production teams to standardise on-line quality checks

Diageo Marshalls Road Packaging Plant, Belfast

In this position I ran the site microbiology lab where I was responsible for full analysis on incoming beer and beer in final pack, as well as weekly testing of the sites water hygiene.During this time I also spent 4 months doing shift work in the production lab. In this role I ran routine checks on in-pack and final-pack quality

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Brewing And Distilling, 2.1

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