Coffee Quality Control Technician

Equal Exchange is seeking a Quality Control Technician to help maintain

current quality control procedures for our coffee program, including

sorting coffee, roasting samples, preparing daily coffee cuppings, and

Other Duties. Personnel & Worker Ownership/Fair Trade Development

Participate in staff, team, department, and educational (Exchange Time)

meetings. Understand our producer partners, trading policies, and the

Fair Trade movement. Understand and participate effectively in our

worker cooperative model. Worker-owner track employee \$45,000 -

\$50,000 annual Hours are variable Department is Quality Control and

reports to the Quality Control Manager \*Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: -Ability to communicate well and problem solve -Ability

to effectively manage time and responsibilities -Ability to work alone

and well with others/team -Comfortable with computers and technology,

such as Excel, Word, databases and E-Mail -Detail oriented -Food Science

background helpful -Food Service experience helpful -Coffee experience

Preferred -Coffee Training Experience Helpful -Coffee Roasting

experience a plus -Coffee cupping experience a plus -Foreign language

skills desired -Ability to lift 50-75 lbs Responsibilities: -Maintain

and Update Systems for Monitoring Coffee Samples -Sort green coffee

samples and record results. -Roast coffee samples for testing. -Monitor

Roasted Coffee -Prepare morning cuppings for QC staff and roasters,

record and share results with the team -Break down and clean up after

cuppings are completed -Participate in coffee cuppings -Measure and

analyze packaging for EE coffee products and record results -Perform QC

checks on the production line -Calibrate, maintain and track machine

maintenance Production Assistance: -Perform production tasks as needed;

roasting, packing, paperwork, etc. -Fill production positions during

vacations, sick leave, etc Espresso Training: -Create/maintain tools to

communicate best practices for using our espresso -Support coworkers in

understanding and using these tools -Train customer staff, including

baristas, on our best practices for creating espresso drinks -Occasional

travel, including out of state, to train customer staff/baristas at

their store/cafe, approximately 6 times per year Please provide your

resume and answers to the following questions by email to

[email protected]: 1) How would this position impact Equal

Exchange\'s mission to help small farmers get what they want? 2) Give an

example of a project that you had to complete from start to finish. 3)

What qualities do you think Equal Exchange values in the products we

sell?