Empirical is a flavour company founded in 2017 and located on Refshaleøen. Focusing on flavour, our company uses low-temperature distillation, fermentation, and unique, high-quality ingredients sourced carefully from all over the world. The result is culinary innovations in the world of spirits, beverages and food products.

We pay respect to tradition, but want to explore without prejudice, reinventing and mixing things up instead of letting traditional boxes define how we do things. Our team reflects this: it is made up of a wide variety of professionals who are keen to do things in new ways and to work outside of their comfort zones.

THE POSITION

We are looking for a restless soul to join our Production team, more specifically, our Koji production.

Koji it’s a technique behind many asian products like miso, shoyu and obviously, sake. It’s a key part of our process and we a passionate person to join us in this journey.

This position is for you that are passionate about fermentation, that is interested about different techniques to develop flavour and wants to develop a career related to the universe behind Koji production.

It’s a challenging role and it will require you to have both physical and mental endurance to master this amazing craft. 

RESPONSIBILITIES


• Execute the production schedule and recipes for Koji

• Execute the day-to-day tasks and general maintenance in the Koji Room 

• Improve process and quality control of all Koji related production

• Collect data, update logs and track relevant information from Koji production process

REQUIREMENTS



• Basic understanding of Koji making process 

• Team work attitude

• Stamina to perform physical work (important)

• Outstanding organisational and detailed oriented 

• Pro-active and problem-solving aptitude

• Excellent communication skills (English)

• Good analytical ability

• Good grasp of safety guidelines 

• Flexibility to work in different shifts (AM, PM)

• Permit to work full-time in Denmark