Jaguar-Driven Roastery Operations Specialist

Casa Libre - Costa Mesa; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Casa Libre - Costa Mesa is seeking a Roastery Production Assistant to join our team. You’ll help ensure accurate packaging, organize orders, and support daily production from roastery to café.

This role emphasizes hands-on tasks, cleanliness, and adherence to safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates stay active, thrive in a fast-paced setting, and take pride in detail, organization, and reliable teamwork.

Qualifications

• A dependable, hard-working team member who enjoys hands-on production work.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Able to lift and move coffee bags and production materials safely.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Packaging & Order Fulfillment: Accurately weigh, seal, label, and pack coffee bags for retail, wholesale, and café use.
• Packaging & Order Fulfillment: Prepare and organize orders for delivery and distribution.
• Packaging & Order Fulfillment: Double-check labels, batch information, and packaging quality before orders leave the roastery.
• Packaging & Order Fulfillment: Maintain packaging inventory and communicate when supplies need to be reordered.
• Production Support: Assist the roasting team with day-to-day production tasks.
• Production Support: Move roasted coffee safely to packaging and storage areas.
• Production Support: Organize green and roasted coffee storage areas to maintain efficiency and traceability.
• Production Support: Support production flow so the roastery stays on schedule.
• Inventory & Organization: Help count and track coffee, packaging materials, and production supplies.
• Inventory & Organization: Receive, organize, and store incoming deliveries.
• Inventory & Organization: Keep storage areas clean, labeled, and easy to navigate.
• Inventory & Organization: Assist with inventory counts and stock rotation.
• Roastery Operations: Maintain a clean, safe, and organized production environment.
• Roastery Operations: Follow food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety standards at all times.
• Roastery Operations: Clean packaging equipment, workstations, and production areas daily.
• Roastery Operations: Help prepare the roastery for each day's production.
• Team & Culture: Support the roasting team, café teams, and leadership with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Team & Culture: Communicate clearly about production needs, low inventory, or operational issues.
• Team & Culture: Participate in team meetings and ongoing training.
• Team & Culture: Help create a culture of accountability, respect, and genuine care.
• Growth & Development: Learn the complete coffee production process from receiving green coffee to final packaging.
• Growth & Development: Develop skills in inventory management, fulfillment, and production operations.
• Growth & Development: Support the growth of the roastery as new cafés and wholesale accounts are added.
• Growth & Development: Grow with the company and take on additional responsibilities as the operation expands.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Team player

Organized

Physical strength

Bilingual English/Spanish preferred

Job description

Casa Libre - Costa Mesa is seeking a Roastery Production Assistant to join our team. You’ll help ensure accurate packaging, organize orders, and support daily production from roastery to café.

This role emphasizes hands-on tasks, cleanliness, and adherence to safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates stay active, thrive in a fast-paced setting, and take pride in detail, organization, and reliable teamwork.