Coffee Roaster

At Farmer Brothers, as a Coffee Roaster you will be prepping beans for roasting process, maintaining the roasting and grinding areas & equipment, and other tasks related to the roasting/grinding of coffee. Your responsibilities include using coffee beans from around the world and roasting them to obtain different taste profiles that our customers are looking for.

SHIFT:  Sunday-Thursday, 11pm - 7:30am with OT on Fridays

Responsibilities

• Roast and blend coffees to specifications.
• Follows blending procedures, learn safe operation of all equipment, roast terminology, roast levels, cleaning maintenance of equipment.
• Identifies roasted and green coffees by sight, green and roasted defects, sample roasts to proper roast levels, properly set up coffee tasting for the purpose of evaluation   
• Identifies and describe cup characteristics of roasted coffee using standard cupping procedures
• Move/transport product to necessary locations.
• Operate all equipment in Roasting Department. 
• Adhere to equipment maintenance procedures.
• Maintain daily and weekly housekeeping duties.
• Assist in other areas or departments when needed.
• Operate a forklift

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. required
• Previous roasting experience beneficial but not required
• Good mechanical aptitude
• Ability to lift up to 70 lbs

Personal and Professional Skill Sets

• Ability to use knowledge, creativity and initiative in recommending or implementing improvements in efficiency or safety aspects of the work area or machines 
• Excellent reading and writing skills.
• Team player
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions. 
• Ability to calculate mathematical numbers for data entries on required process monitors, quality specifications, and use of computer for data entries