Head Coffee Roaster

Speedwell Coffee is a well established, wholesale focused, specialty coffee roaster located in Plymouth, on the beautiful south shore of Massachusetts. We are looking for our next Head Roaster to join our close knit team, and lead our production team as we continually strive to improve process and quality. The Head Roaster plays a pivotal role in Speedwell Coffee’s production team. The Head Roaster will participate and coordinate daily production, have significant influence over key coffee decisions, and maintain and manage profile and quality control standards.

Summary of duties and responsibilities:

• Daily roasting responsibilities on Loring S35 and Diedrich IR-25 roasters to meet order demand.
• Sample roasting and evaluation.
• Coffee profile development with the ability to make adjustments as needed.
• Monitor and help project green coffee inventory.
• Maintain a consistently high level of communication with the team members.
• Participate and/or lead quality control sessions.
• Ensure for a safe, proper and extremely clean work environment, while complying with necessary food and safety guidelines at all times.
• Clean and maintain equipment and maintain standards for preventative maintenance.
• Aptitude for continuing education on coffee

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2+ years of production roasting experience.
• Prior experience with roasting tools such as Cropster.
• A desire to learn and ability to apply and share knowledge.
• Must have an entrepreneurial, self-starter approach to problem-solving while demonstrating an ability to take direction from leadership.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of roasting and lifting green and roasted coffee, including the ability to stand/walk for extended periods of time each day in a warehouse environment.
• Recognize the value in repetition and the consistency of daily activities.
• An extreme level of attention to detail and focus.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Employee discount
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Overtime 

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift, Monday through Friday.
• Overtime as needed. 

We are seeking applicants already qualified to work in the US.