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Roaster

Job Details

Entry
Portland, OR
Full Time
High School or GED
None
Graveyard
Manufacturing & Production

Description

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
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