We are hiring! Seeking an immediate assistant coffee roaster Monday - Thursday in our production space. Could this be you?! Start time is 7 am until mid-afternoon with additoinal potential day of barista work if desired. Goal orientated workplace where attention to detail and sensory skills will be used daily, must be able to lift 22+ pounds and clean machines with odd angles. Experience not necessary but bonus if you love coffee and its nuances. Join a great team! Please EMAIL resume and inquires to: coffee@44northcoffee.com. Do not leave a comment on blog, thanks, we rarely see them! Job description below:
44 North Coffee Position — Coffee Roasting Assistant
This is a position of strength in a multitude of areas: communication and ability to take direction from lead roaster and your production team - detailed execution of roasting machine warm up, roasting, cool down, and cleaning - ability to calculate daily coffee roasting needs - attention to detail and quality, as well as passion for the quality of our products. Ability and willingness to work as a team player with the rest of production staff, with a mutual goal of meeting daily deadlines.
Duties include:
- Understanding the safety protocols and requirements when working with a hot roasting machine
- Understanding the mechanics of a machine with delicate moving parts and high heat
- Assisting lead roaster where and as needed
- Assistance with bag collection, writing, and organization
- Assist with sample roasting new origins
- Basic arithmetic
- Production roasting
- Ability to follow roast profiles and meet / note temperature and airflow markers without delay
- Learning and operating the computer system of roast documentation in Cropster
- Some computer literacy helpful, but not required
- Reporting of unusual roasts of operator errors to lead roaster
- Daily / weekly / monthly cleaning of both Diedrich IR12’s
- Record keeping of cleaning of Diedrich IR12’s
- Routine maintenance of roasters (greasing, tightening bolts / screws, etc.)
- Participate in cuppings
- Developing a palate and language for recognizing coffee flavor and nuance
- Ability to focus and pay attention to roasting task at hand without getting sidetracked by warehouse distractions, sounds, and chat
- Good memory, retention and organization
- Awareness and ability to continue production cycle and maintain roasting flow for optimal productivity
- Learning and memorizing shorthand notation for clear communication with lead roaster and production staff
- Capacity to not panic when an error is made, ability to troubleshoot if roast gets away from you
- Recognizing capacity and volume of a roast day to meet shipping deadlines and staying on schedule
- An interest and excitement about learning the science and art of coffee roasting a plus
- Bringing new ideas and concepts to the table as well as constructive suggestions
- Assist with other Roastery tasks, such as helping on tight deadline days where needed, helping breakdown and put away green bean pallets, etc.
Physical demands:
- Ability to co-lift 150 bag of green coffee to waist level
- Ability to carry, walk and lift 22+ pounds of coffee, into hopper overhead, every 20 minutes, throughout the work day
- Ability to see, hear, taste, and speak and to notice subtle changes/differences in sound and smell
- Ability to stand most of the day next to the hot roaster and also squat, turn, step up and bend with ease
- This job is physically demanding and is performed on concrete floors, understanding body ergonomics and smart body mechanics to reduce injury is essential
Leave a comment