Production Roaster Tandem Coffee Roasters
- Date Posted February 21, 2019
- Location Portland, ME
- Category Production
- Job type Full-Time
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