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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
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Padma Kolongahapitiya

Lower Hutt,WGN

Summary

I am a highly qualified Brewer with many years of experience in the Brewing and Pharmaceutical industry. I will be an asset for any company with my knowledge, experience and exposure to different cultures in different countries as well as different industries.

Also I am a hard and dedicated worker willing to go the distance to get a job done

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head Brewer

Whistling Sisters Brewery
2019.10 - Current
  • Adhered to good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.
  • Kept operations in compliance with company, safety and legal requirements.

Brewing Coordinator

Asahi Beverages (NZ) Ltd
2019.05 - 2019.09
  • Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking and GMP documents.
  • Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
  • Gathered and organized materials to support operations.
  • Participated in workshops and in-service meetings to enhance personal growth and professional development.
  • Organizing manufacturing staff to assure the of smooth execution of the production plan prepared by the Brewing Manager and Technical Brewer



Head Brewer

Wicked Elf Brewing Co (former Little Brewing Co)
2018.06 - 2019.04
  • Adhered to good manufacturing practices, standard operating procedures and safety protocols.
  • Over all responsibilities of smooth running of the brewery and making quality beer
  • Preparing the weekly production schedule according to the sales forecast.
  • Ordering and maintaining a sufficient stock of raw materials
  • Assure smooth running of brewery equipment and machinery by organizing preventive maintenance schedule.
  • Keep the cost of production low without affecting the quality
  • Communicate processing instructions to other workers.
  • Maintaining of batch records and other related documents

Senior Brewer

The Little Brewing Co
2015.05 - 2018.06
  • Adhering and implementation of monthly production schedule prepared by the Head Brewer
  • Management of Brewing, Fermentation and Maturation, Filtration, Keg filling, Bottling and Labelling with the help of the Head Brewer and supporting staff.
  • Participating in the beer events, festivals and competitions
  • Continues improvement of the processes with the direction of the Head Brewer
  • Following all safety protocols and maintaining of MSDS

Head Brew Master

The Biere Club
2011.11 - 2015.04
  • Preparation of SOPs
  • Adhered to good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.
  • Ordering and maintaining sufficient stock of raw materials
  • Formulating beer recipes and brew them as required
  • Organizing maintenance of the brewery equipment
  • Training and supervising brewery staff to properly use production equipment and apply best practices.
  • Conducting brewery tours

Senior Production Technician

MSD Animal Health
2008.04 - 2011.10
  • Manufacturing antigen and / vaccine to required

Standards by fermenting bacterial cultures

  • Achieving production schedules,
  • Minimize deviations in the process of manufacturing.
  • Documenting all tasks in batch records, worksheets in accordance with GMP.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of production process.
  • Ensure the highest possible safety standards are met.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
  • To assist with introduction of new products
  • Implement changes to production documents such as SOPs, POIs and processes.
  • Handling new projects

Production Technician

Schering-Plough Animal Health
2006.04 - 2008.04
  • Manufacturing antigen and / vaccine to required Standards by fermenting bacterial cultures, Achieving production schedules,
  • Minimize deviations in the manufacture of product.
  • Documenting all tasks in batch records and worksheets in accordance with GMP.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of production process.
  • Ensuring the highest possible safety standards are met.

Quality Assurance Officer

Impact Manufacturing Ltd
2003.07 - 2006.03
  • Performing day-to-day QA procedures to assure the quality of the final product.
  • Conducting Internal Quality Audits,
  • Assisting the line operators to perform TPM procedures on production lines,
  • Updating QA documentation including production SOPs and QA manual.

Master Brewer

Hida Takayama Brewing Agricultural Co Ltd
1996.07 - 2002.12
  • Beer Recipe Formulation, Production Planning,

Implementation and Process Control

  • Quality Assurance
  • Raw Material and Finished Product Control
  • Introduction of new beers as required
  • Training and supervising production personnel
  • Participating in beer events, festivals and competitions

Brewmaster

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd
1993.12 - 1996.07
  • Overall responsibility for the day-to- management of the Brewery,
  • Maintaining the stocks of imported and locally procured raw materials and other materials
  • Planning and execution of the production according to sales forecast.
  • Oversee R & D, Process Control in Brewing, Fermentation & Maturation, Quality Assurance.
  • Organizing training programs for production staff
  • Supervising the documentation including batch records

Quality Assurance reports and Excise documents

  • Organize preventive maintenance and required repairs through Engineering Department
  • Ensuring the highest possible safety standards are met in the brewery

Assistant Brew Master

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd
1989.08 - 1993.11
  • In Charge of Quality Control and Product Development.
  • Required to supervise of all processes related to brewing, fermentation and maturation as well as finished-beer packaging related functions.
  • Assigning of daily work tasks and set weekly schedules.
  • Organizing manpower for all production departments
  • Monitoring and supervision of all beer dispatches

Management Trainee

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd
1988.08 - 1989.07
  • Required to learn everything pertaining to a brewery including the work at the laboratory, brew house, fermentation & maturation, beer filtration bottling Dept., Bonded warehouse, Dispatch Room etc.
  • Organizing manpower for production

Education

Brewing Science - Brewing And Beer Manufacturing

Doemens Brewing Institute
1994

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

University of Peradeniya
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
02.1987

Skills

Brewing Industry

  • Production Planning and Implementation of beer manufacturing
  • Maintenance and control of raw material stocks
  • Beer recipe formulation
  • Process control of Brewing, Fermentation & Maturation Beer Filtration, Bottling, Canning and Keg filling
  • Yeast Culturing and Propagation
  • Sanitization and Sterilization
  • Quality Assurance, record keeping, creation of SOPs. Basically, all work pertaining to brewing and beer manufacturing

Antigen Manufacturing

  • Production of bacterial growth medium
  • Seed and Bacterial Fermentation
  • Inactivation of Antigen
  • Clarification of Antigen by Centrifuging and Filtration Concentration of Antigen by Ultra Filtration GMP and GDP experience. Batch record keeping, SOP writing

Other Skills

  • Factory Management, Project Management, Process development and R&D

Accomplishments

Whistling Sisters Brewery - New Zealand

  • Gold-Irish Stout-NZ Brewer’s Guild-2022
  • Silver-American Pale Ale-NZ Brewer’s Guild-2022
  • Silver–Belgian Table Beer-NZ Brewer’s Guild-2022
  • Bronze–English Special Bitter-NZ Brewer’s Guild 2022
  • Bronze-American IPA-NZ Brewer's Guild-2021


The Biere Club - Bangalore

  • The Biere Club won the best Brewpub award in year 2012, 2013 and 2014 in Times Food Awards competition.
  • Made the first Mango beer in Bangalore using fresh Mango and which became very popular among consumers.


Hida Takayama Brewing Agricultural Ltd - Japan

  • Silver-Belgian Strong Ale-World Beer Cup 2000-USA
  • Gold-German Pilsner-Japan Beer Cup 2002-Tokyo
  • Gold-English Brown Ale-Japan Beer Cup 2002-Tokyo
  • Gold-English Dark Ale-Osaka International Competition-2002
  • Gold-Sweet Stout-Osaka International Competition 2002
  • Gold-German Pilsner-Japan Beer Cup 2001 - Tokyo
  • Gold Sweet Stout-Osaka International Competition 2001
  • Gold-German Pilsner Japan Beer Cup 2000 - Tokyo
  • Gold-German Pilsner-Osaka International Competition 2000
  • Silver-German Pilsner-Osaka International Competition 2002
  • Silver-Weiss Bock Osaka International Competition 2002
  • Silver-English Dark Ale-Osaka International Competition 2000
  • Silver-Sweet Stout-Osaka International Competition 2000
  • Silver-Hefeweizen-Japan Beer Cup 2000-Tokyo
  • Silver-Sweet Stout-Osaka International Competition 1997
  • Bronze-Hefeweizen-Japan Beer Cup 2002 - Tokyo
  • Bronze-German Bock-Osaka International Competition 2002
  • Bronze-Hefewezen-Japan Beer Cup 2001-Tokyo
  • Bronze-German Pilsner-Osaka International Competition 2001
  • Bronze-German Bock-Osaka International Competition 2001
  • Bronze-German Bock-Osaka International Competition -2000
  • Bronze-German Pilsner-Japan Beer Grand Prix-2000
  • Bronze-Pale Ale-Japan Beer Grand Prix-2000

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd - Sri Lanka

  • Silver-Gold Brew Beer-Monde Selection 1995
  • Silver-Sando Stout-Monde Selection 1995

Certification

Forklift permit – Australia – Expired

Forklift permit – New Zealand – Expired

Languages

Japanese
Limited Working
English
Professional Working

Timeline

Head Brewer

Whistling Sisters Brewery
2019.10 - Current

Brewing Coordinator

Asahi Beverages (NZ) Ltd
2019.05 - 2019.09

Head Brewer

Wicked Elf Brewing Co (former Little Brewing Co)
2018.06 - 2019.04

Senior Brewer

The Little Brewing Co
2015.05 - 2018.06

Head Brew Master

The Biere Club
2011.11 - 2015.04

Senior Production Technician

MSD Animal Health
2008.04 - 2011.10

Production Technician

Schering-Plough Animal Health
2006.04 - 2008.04

Quality Assurance Officer

Impact Manufacturing Ltd
2003.07 - 2006.03

Master Brewer

Hida Takayama Brewing Agricultural Co Ltd
1996.07 - 2002.12

Brewmaster

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd
1993.12 - 1996.07

Assistant Brew Master

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd
1989.08 - 1993.11

Management Trainee

McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd
1988.08 - 1989.07

Brewing Science - Brewing And Beer Manufacturing

Doemens Brewing Institute

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

University of Peradeniya

Forklift permit – Australia – Expired

Forklift permit – New Zealand – Expired

Padma Kolongahapitiya