About Zak’s Kombucha

What started out as a lockdown hobby for Zak has now grown into an independent kombucha brewery with currently ~200 stockists and a loyal community of customer-ambassadors! We’re currently based right next to the very quaint village of Wye, Kent, and have a close-knit team of full-time and part-time employees who are friends as much as they are colleagues. 

Here at Zak’s we make unpasteurised, live kombucha which spotlights local, seasonal, high-quality ingredients (some of which are grown by friends!). We’re fiercely proud of the craft and care that goes into every batch and consider our process more akin to that of a wine-maker’s philosophy than your typical soft drink producer.  

We’ve been steadily growing year-on-year and are now looking to properly expand from our Kent/East Sussex stronghold to the Big Smoke and beyond. As we expand our sales and events across the country we’re looking for a team of like-minded people who want to be a part of this journey with us and create something incredibly special. Our aim is to become a national player in this growing market so it’s really important that our team wants to contribute to this vision, while helping us maintain our high level of quality as we scale the business. Whoever you are, you could be instrumental in making this happen!

The Role

Our current Head Brewer who has been with us since the early days is leaving for pastures new (the army!), so we're looking for someone to take the reins in heading up production here at Zak's Kombucha. This is a very hands-on role for someone who is confident in managing day-to-day brewing, maintaining consistent quality as batch sizes and order volumes increase, and helping to develop or refine the processes we need as we scale up.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the full brewing process end-to-end: SCOBY/culture maintenance, fermentation, carbonation, chilling, bottling, and packaging

• Maintaining consistent product quality and flavour profiles across growing batch volumes (a good tasting palate is pretty essential!)

• Monitoring and managing fermentation parameters (pH, temperature, timing) and keeping accurate, up-to-date batch records

• Formalising processes through systems and spreadsheets to increase efficiency

• Running quality control checks alongside Zak and tweaking recipes where needed

• Calculating accurate ratios, percentages and volumes for brewing and packaging

• Helping establish and maintain food safety and hygiene practices appropriate for unpasteurised beverage production

• Supporting compliance with relevant UK food safety and labelling regulations as the business scales up

• Managing stock of raw materials (tea, sugar, cultures, other seasonal ingredients), liaising with our suppliers and price comparison checks

• Planning production schedules to meet growing demand

• Maintaining equipment to a high standard of cleanliness and functionality

• Keeping the brewery clean and tidy and left in good working order at the end of each day

• Troubleshooting/resolving issues with production, systems and/or machinery

• Research and sourcing of equipment as and when needed e.g. lab equipment, stainless steel fittings, tanks, hoses, tools, chillers and components, etc.

• Working alongside our Secondary Production Manager to keep production schedules up to date and communicating any changes to upcoming stock levels

Perks & Benefits

• Company Pension

• Free Parking

• ‘IFKYK’ Zak’s Kombucha branded t-shirt

• Weekly free booch allowance 

• Budget for brewery uniform

• CPD allowance

• Industry networking events

• Discounts in partner restaurants/bars across Kent and East Sussex (currently 20% off Pomus, more coming soon)

• Foraging opportunities

• Connections to many nice and interesting people
  

Full Job Description

Read the full job description here.

To apply, please send a short cover letter and CV to info@zakskombucha.com.

The deadline for applications is 30/10/2026