Coffee Roaster

Village Roaster is hiring a full-time coffee roaster for the first time in about eight years. We are a neighborhood coffee roastery and café that roasts approximately 4,000 pounds of coffee per month on a Diedrich IR-12 roaster with a Vortex water quench system.

We roast around 20 different coffee origins throughout the week, with most of our coffee sold directly to our walk-in retail customers. A smaller portion of our production supports wholesale accounts and larger customer sales.

This is a great opportunity for someone who loves coffee, takes pride in consistent production, and wants to become part of a long-standing local business. For the right person, there may also be opportunities to take on additional responsibilities, projects, or growth initiatives within the business.

Responsibilities

The coffee roaster will be responsible for helping manage daily and weekly roasting production, including:

• Roasting coffee on a Diedrich IR-12 production roaster
• Following established roast profiles and production schedules
• Maintaining consistency across multiple origins and blends
• Monitoring roast quality, timing, color, development, and batch records
• Preparing green coffee for roasting
• Organizing roasted coffee for retail, wholesale, and production needs
• Cleaning and maintaining the roaster and roasting area
• A mechanical mind to troubleshoot equipment and make quick repairs to keep the production going.
• Following food safety, workplace safety, and quality control procedures
• Communicating with managers about inventory, production needs, and quality issues
• Helping maintain a clean, organized, and professional roasting workspace
• Helping with coffee education and staff training
• Assisting with green coffee organization and inventory
• Supporting wholesale customers
• Helping develop new blends or seasonal offerings
• Working on projects to improve production, sales, systems, or business growth
• Assisting with packaging, retail support, or other roastery operations as needed

Ideal candidates will have:

• Experience roasting coffee, preferably in a production environment
• Strong attention to detail
• Interest in coffee quality, consistency, and continuous improvement
• Ability to follow systems, recipes, and production standards
• Comfort working around commercial roasting equipment
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work independently and stay organized
• Reliability and strong work ethic
• Interest in being part of a local coffee business

Preferred but not required:

• Experience on a Diedrich roaster
• Experience with production roasting
• Experience with green coffee, cupping, profiling, or quality control
• Experience in a café, roastery, food production, or specialty coffee environment
• Interest in helping grow the business beyond roasting

Physical Requirements

This job requires regular physical work, including:

• Lifting and moving bags, buckets, and containers of coffee weighing up to 135 lbs with the assistance of electric lifts.
• Standing for extended periods
• Working around heat, machinery, smoke, and roasting equipment
• Bending, reaching, carrying, and organizing inventory
• Maintaining a clean and safe production environment

Pay: $24.02 - $29.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Work Location: In person