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.

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

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.

• Complies with Safe Quality Food 2000 Code (SQF 2000 Code)

Personal and Professional Skill Sets

• Good mechanical aptitude

• 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 lift up to 70 lbs.

• 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

Farmer Brothers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. Farmer Brothers is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Farmer Brothers are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Farmer Brothers will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. We encourage applicants of all ages.