This job expired on November 17, 2014
Coffee Roaster Equal Exchange
- Date Posted September 18, 2014
- Location West Bridgewater, MA
- Category Culinary / Production
- Job Type Full-Time
Job Description
Coffee Roaster
The successful applicant will become a part of our production team which seeks to be a highly effective and flexible team producing the finest coffees in the world. The individual will be expected to learn and perform all of the tasks and activities associated with operating a coffee roasting facility.
Job Description
Qualifications
Responsibilities
Production: (approx. 90%)
Roasting
The successful applicant will become a part of our production team which seeks to be a highly effective and flexible team producing the finest coffees in the world. The individual will be expected to learn and perform all of the tasks and activities associated with operating a coffee roasting facility.
Job Description
- Employment Status: Full-time, regular, non-exempt position on worker-owner track
- Starting Salary: Available upon interview
- Hours: Variable
- Benefits: Health/dental/vision insurance coverage, vacations, holidays, sick days, eligibility for worker ownership
- Department: Production
- Report to: Production Manager
Qualifications
- Must love coffee
- Experience in coffee highly desirable
- An interest in the mission of Equal Exchange
- Experience with or interest in working for a cooperative organization preferred
- Must work well in a team environment
- Machine maintenance experience highly desirable
- Experience in food production environment a big plus
- Mechanical/Electrical reasoning skills highly desirable
- Basic math and conversion skills
- Ability to solve problems
- Attention to detail
- Fanatic about producing a quality product
- Ability to create and adapt systems
- Computer literate
- Ability to lift 75 lbs
- Push/pull 1400 lbs using supplied equipment
- Frequent bending, twisting required
- Applicant must be able to stand for the entire shift
Responsibilities
Production: (approx. 90%)
Roasting
- staging green coffee to meet daily production schedules
- batch roasting coffee to spec set by QC Manager
- work with QC to adjust roast profiles and blends as needed
- coordinate with packaging team to pack out roasted product
- performing QC protocols as required by QC manager
- conformance to production and administrative procedures
- continual learning and development for quality and process improvement
- coordinate the palletizing of floor loaded green coffee
- entering green coffee into inventory systems
- packing cases on packaging line as necessary
- palletizing cases as necessary
- other tasks as necessary
- periodic roaster cleaning
- preventative maintenance of facilities equipment
- other facilities management tasks as assigned by supervisor
- participate in Production Cuppings
- perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor
- Participate in staff, team, department, and educational (Exchange Time) meetings.
- Understand our producer partners, trading policies, and the Fair Trade movement.
- Understand and participate effectively in our worker cooperative model.
This job expired on November 17, 2014
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