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Draft Technician (Part-Time): Gig Harbor, Kitsap & North Tacoma

We are a draft beer system maintenance company based in Tacoma and founded by former professional brewers. We clean and maintain draft beer systems for craft beer bars, breweries, restaurants and taverns across the South Sound, using Brewers Association–approved chemicals and processes.

The Funk Busters is a full-service draft company, handling everything from new installations, repairs/rebuilds of existing systems, diagnosis/troubleshooting, emergency services, and more. We don’t cut corners, and we take the safety of cleaning seriously, for both our employees and our clients.  

We’re growing! And we need a technician to maintain a regular cleaning service route for us.

Job and locations

  • Accounts are in Gig Harbor, Poulsbo, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Purdy, University Place and Tacoma
  • About 12–16 hours a week, spread over 2–4 weekday mornings
  • Start times are early, some as early as 5:30am. Your day wraps up by late morning or early afternoon
  • The schedule runs on a set 4-week rotation, with occasional fill-ins at other accounts

What you’ll do

  • Clean draft beer systems on a set, recurring schedule
  • Flag any issues you find and report to management
  • Detailed documentation required of your process each account visit
  • Occasional service calls fit in to your scheduled availability

You’ll be a great fit if you

  • Have worked in a brewery, cidery, or have other related experience with draft products
  • Feel satisfied after you clean something
  • Are punctual and reliable
  • Have a reliable small SUV (or larger) vehicle, a valid license, and insurance
  • Don’t mind physical work (must be able to lift 50lbs and roll full kegs around)
  • Don’t mind working in cramped, cold spaces like walk-in coolers
  • Like following SOP’s and checking things off your list
  • Ask for clarification when you don’t understand something
  • Like to work independently
  • Are mechanically inclined and like knowing how things work

What you get

  • Paid hourly, depending on experience
  • Paid WA sick leave
  • Standard mileage reimbursement
  • To say to your friends “hey- that place has clean beer lines!” and be the one who did it.

To apply

Send your resume to info@thefunkbusters.com. In the email, tell us your favorite beer ever and whether the pint you order should have head on it, or be filled all the way to the top.

The Funk Busters is an equal opportunity employer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Side-by-side photos of a gloved hand holding a dirty hose with residue (left) and the same hose clean and transparent (right), with tanks and red tubes in the background.
Four pints of beer in different shades from light to dark are lined up on a wooden bar, each glass set on a round coaster, fresh from the tap line and ready to enjoy near Puget Sound.
Two horizontal rows of beer taps mounted on a wall with clear tubes running from the lower taps into buckets on the floor.
A row of beer tap handles mounted on a wooden board above a bar counter.
A gloved hand holds a Micro Matic keg coupler connected to a beer keg, with red and silver hoses attached for tap cleaning.