Coffee Roaster

Coffee Roaster
Based in West Bridgewater, MA
Job Description
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.
- Employment Status: Full-time, Worker Owner track employee
- Hours: 1st shift 6:00am-2:30pm or 2nd shift 10:00am-6:30pm
- Starting Salary: $21.63/hr-$28.50/hr, non exempt employee
- Benefits: Health/dental/vision insurance coverage, vacations, holidays, sick days, clothing and footwear allowance, 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 75lbs
- Push/pull 1400lbs using supplied equipment
- Frequent bending, twisting required
- Applicant must be able to stand for the entire shift
Duties and 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
Inventory:
- Responsible for loading of green coffee into storage systems to meet daily production needs
- Entering green coffee information into inventory systems
- Ensure accurate reporting of materials usage
Packaging:
- Support Packaging team when necessary
Maintenance:
- Contribute to periodic roaster cleaning
- Contribute to preventative maintenance of facilities equipment
- Other facilities management tasks as assigned by supervisor
Other:
- Participate in Production Cuppings
- Ensure compliance and engagement with all HACCP, HARPC, GMP, SOP, SSOP, and safety protocols and plans
- Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor
Personnel & Worker Ownership/Fair Trade Development (approx. 10%)
- Participate in staff, team, department, and educational (Exchange Time) meetings
- Understand our producer partners, trading policies, and the Fair Trade movement
- Understand and participate in our worker cooperative model.
90 Day Goals
- Demonstrate competence with basic roasting functions on Probat G 120
- Demonstrate competence with Green coffee system
- Demonstrate competence with QC protocols and procedures
- Obtain material handling equipment certification
- Positive contributor to team success
To Apply
Please provide your resume and answers to the following questions by email to [email protected] :
- Give an example of a project that you had to complete from start to finish.
- Describe a situation when you went “above and beyond” at work: What did you do? Why?
- How would your former coworkers describe you?
- How does this position in production help Equal Exchange fulfill its commitment to small farmers?