Coffee Roaster

The Coffee Roaster is the location’s expert on coffee production, responsible for quality and efficiency in roasting, blending and packing of coffee, as well as a key aid to the green coffee procurement program. Coffee roasters’ scope of work starts at the cupping table, as a green coffee buying assistant, and ends as the roasted, packed coffee.

**OBJECTIVES OF THE ROLE**
- Routinely maintain and clean all coffee roasting equipment, and track all inventory by weighing and portioning accurately.
- Collaborate with the team and brainstorm names and summaries for new coffee blends or single origin coffees.
- Ensure that all products are in line with the good manufacturing practices guidelines.
- Closely monitor the creation of each coffee roast by adjusting roaster settings as required.

**SUMMARY OF POSITION**
- Staging green coffee to meet daily production schedules
- Batch roasting coffee to spec set by Master Coffee Roaster/Production Manager.
- Work with Master Roaster to adjust roast profiles and blends as needed
- Coordinate with packaging team to pack out roasted product
- Performing roasting protocols as per company standard
- 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.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Nonsmokers strongly preferred.
- At least two years of experience in same field.
- Has a calm, patient, methodical problem-solving approach.