Coffee Quality & Barista Trainer

Red House Roasters Coffee; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Red House Roasters Coffee, based in Newark, New Jersey, is seeking a passionate coffee professional to elevate roasting quality and wholesale partnerships. You will cup, help set roast profiles, and ensure consistency from roaster to cup while training baristas at wholesale accounts and cafés.

You’ll build training materials, represent the company at events, and support the team across production to customer visits. A driver’s license and willingness to travel locally are required.

Qualifications

• Experience as barista, trainer, roaster, or in quality control.

Responsibilities

• Cup regularly and help decide on green coffee, roast profiles and quality control.
• Keep coffees consistent from roaster to cup and flag issues early.
• Train baristas at wholesale accounts and cafés on espresso, milk, brewing and workflow.
• Build and update training materials and standards.
• Represent Red House at accounts, events and tastings.
• Pitch in wherever the team needs you, from production to packing to customer visits.

Skills

Coffee roasting

Quality control

Training

Customer service

Travel flexibility

Job description

Red House Roasters has been roasting specialty coffee in Newark for about 20 years. We're a tight, entrepreneurial team that cares about every cup, and we're looking for someone obsessed with coffee to help take our quality and our wholesale partners to the next level.

What You'll Do

• Cup regularly and help make decisions on green coffee, roast profiles and quality control
• Keep our coffees consistent from roaster to cup, and flag issues early
• Train baristas at our wholesale accounts and cafés on espresso, milk, brewing and workflow
• Build and update training materials and standards
• Represent Red House at accounts, events and tastings
• Pitch in wherever the team needs you, from production to packing to customer visits

Who You Are

• Passionate about specialty coffee, with experience as a barista, trainer, roaster or in quality control
• A sharp, curious palate, and comfortable cupping and giving clear feedback
• A natural teacher who's patient, clear and good with people
• A jack of all trades who's happy to do whatever it takes to help the team win
• Entrepreneurial, self-motivated and organized
• A valid driver's license and comfortable traveling to accounts around the area

Nice to Have

• SCA certifications or Q Grader training
• Experience with wholesale or café openings

Why Join Us

You'll have a real voice in our coffee, a small team where your work matters, and room to grow with a company that's been doing this for two decades.

Location

This role is based at our roast house in Newark, New Jersey, close to the train. Candidates must live in New York or New Jersey.