Company description

Tandem Coffee Roasters is a busy, little (mostly) wholesale coffee roaster situated in two brick Art Deco buildings on a decommissioned age-old scrap yard in Portland, Maine’s East Bayside neighborhood. The cafe is located in the old office of said scrap yard with the roaster operating inside of the old car crusher.

We also have a bustling bakery location called Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress St. in Portland’s West End neighborhood! The bakery is housed in a repurposed roadside service station and is always bursting at the seams with pastries, pies and people.

The Tandem roastery team is a small yet mighty group that works in close quarters. Our team works together with a sense of urgency and desire to pay it forward yet ultimately has a great time. We always say that we take what we do seriously without taking ourselves too seriously. We feel so lucky that we get to do what we love in a place that we love with people we genuinely consider to be family.

Job description

Production Roaster

The Production Roaster’s job is to execute a busy roast day while consistently roasting coffees that are sweet, delicate, and easy to work with.

 

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Skillfully and safely operate the Loring Kestrel
• Lead weekly production cuppings
• Create, execute, and maintain roast profiles for each coffee in the offerings list
• Roast and dial in samples and new coffees on the SF-1 or Ikawa
• Communicate changes in roast profiles and approaches to other roasters on staff
• Clean and maintain the roasting machines according to the maintenance schedule
• Communicate with the wholesale department about how coffees are tasting out in the world
• Understand the ins and outs of the entire Tandem production process
• Be familiar with information on our current offerings
• Assist in production with bagging, packaging, shipping, and organizing when needed
• Work with a sense of urgency, creativity, and attention to detail
• Maintain a super clean and organized work space
• Exude positive energy

Requirements:

• Roasting experience
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for coffee, customer service, and teamwork
• Desire to continue learning about coffee and what makes it so sweet
• Good problem solving skills in terms of dialing in coffees
• Excellent communication and listening skills in a team setting
• Ability to the think outside the box
• Be on time or else
• Ability to focus on tasks in a busy environment
• Must be able to work near green coffee and nuts (while listening to Bruce Springsteen)
• Ability to perform physical tasks - lift 50 lbs above waist

Notes:

This is a full-time position (40 hrs/week) that reports to and works directly with the Production Manager.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $15.00 - $20.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline