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Counter Culture Coffee Inc

Roasting Team Member

24 days ago

Emeryville

Job Description Counter Culture Coffee was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Durham, NC, with regional offices in 12 major cities across the country. Counter Culture Coffee has been continuously innovating in the coffee industry and we’re looking for passionate, dynamic, diverse team members to help us expand our efforts. Counter Culture Coffee is: • A relentless pursuit of coffee perfection, • A dedication to real environmental, social, and fiscal sustainability, • Quality Coffee | We continue to cultivate relationships with growers and organizations around the world in order to build trust, improve quality, and foster transparency., • Education | We believe the pursuit of coffee perfection includes educating ourselves, our partners, and our customers about the coffee supply chain and the best methods of preparation., • Sustainability | Our commitment to affecting positive change in every community to which we are connected is driven by our belief that we can–and should–always strive to improve upon the present. Department: Operations Location: EMERYVILLE, CA Reports To: Roaster SUPERVISOR FLSA Status: NON-EXEMPT, 6504 Job Overview: The primary task for this position is to train in the processes involved to roast coffee to Counter Culture Coffee Flavor standards, profiling, and quality to graduate into a production roaster. The Roasting Apprentice must express a strong interest in coffee, as well as have experience in the specialty coffee industry, be self-motivated, demonstrate a willingness to work hard, and commit to the team. Regarding the work environment: the warehouse has some climate control features but is heavily influenced by the environment; therefore, it can be hot in the summer and cold in the winter. The candidate must be able to multitask and perform effectively with frequent and varied distractions in a noisy environment. Position requires possession of a valid US driver’s license. Job Description: The main working area is subject to environmental conditions, meaning it can be very hot and very cold, depending on the time of year. A typical day is aimed to be 8-8.5 hours; there are sometimes where overtime is required to finish the work and tasks at hand. The majority of the roasting time will be spent standing in place, or in motion (a lot of repetitive motion). This warehouse roasts on average 4k-6,500 lbs of coffee daily- you as the roaster are expected to be able to move this weight of coffee on a daily basis. Coffee Burlap bags start out at 130lbs typically and go up from there, we do have equipment to help with the job some of which you will eventually be required to be certified to use; forklift, pallet stacker, etc. A need to feel comfortable/confident with large machinery and troubleshooting equipment; Equipment consistently worked on will need regular maintenance, troubleshooting, etc. Comfortable with setting up/taking down/participating in cupping coffee, discussing notes with other coffee professionals and individually. Requirements: • Prior roasting experience is a must, (or comparable experience in profiling, tasting, and working with specialty coffee), • Ability to move 160lbs multiple times throughout the day., • Ability to push up to 1540 lbs with a pallet jack., • Receiving green coffee shipments and storing in logical, appropriate bays of warehouse., • Pulling green coffee and loading roasters., • Roasting coffee to order each day., • Log data for the roasts produced and document organic purges., • Work within the structure of Netsuite., • Understand the quality control regiment as set forth by the Coffee Department., • Perform as an effective and skilled coffee taster., • Manage roasting byproducts (chaff, burlap, GrainPro) to maximize reuse or recycling., • Operate Optical Sorter and contribute to daily sorting of roasted coffee., • Ability to learn and operate a forklift safely to load, unload pallets from trucks and for racking coffee., • Assist in organizing and cleaning of roasting and green coffee workspaces. Including maintaining all equipment and tools used in the day to day operation of the roasting department., • Assist in general daily warehouse maintenance/cleaning: sweeping, mopping, washing, blowing out debris with air compressor, etc. The physical activity of this position: [Refer to the physical tasks and demands that a job entails] • Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction., • Standing: particularly for sustained periods of time;, • Walking: moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another., • Fingering: picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling., • Grasping: applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm., • Feeling: perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips., • Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly., • Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. • Employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenter, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc., • Employee is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment., The employee is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Exposure to significant amounts of dust. • The employee is subject to extreme cold. Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.,, • The employee is subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.,, • The employee is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the employee to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.,, • The employee is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals., • Employee is subject to handling of materials such as burlap and green coffee. 90 Day Goals: [help focus and achieve significant progress in a short period] • Attend New Employee Orientation, where applicable., • Strong understanding of LEAN, GGOB, B-CORP, • Strong understanding of Counter Culture’s vision, mission, values, and plan, • Be familiar with each coffee that CCC sells., • Be familiar with blends, and with flavor profile terminology., • Understand green coffee weight loss and be able to calculate the required amount., • Be familiar with the company structure, policies, personnel, etc., • Effectively learn the coffee traffic system, including ICO numbers., • Have attended all Espresso labs, and the Brewing Labs. Counter Culture Coffee a growth-oriented company, team of coffee driven individuals working together on continuous improvements. Counter Culture Coffee is an Equal Opportunity Employer in both policy and practice. Counter Culture Coffee assesses candidates for employment based on their knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job for which they are applying and without regard to any non-job-related category as protected by federal, state or local law. Finalist candidates for employment will be required to demonstrate USA employment eligibility - per federal and state law, Counter Culture Coffee participates in the federal E-Verify program. Candidates must have the legal right to work in the United States without sponsorship.

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