Roast Plant Worker - starting $25/hr

Kauai Coffee Company; Kalaheo (HI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Kauai Coffee Company in Hawaii seeks a Roast Plant team member to ensure high-quality roasted coffee for distribution centers. You will assist roasting operations, packaging line changes, flavoring days, and quality checks while maintaining food safety standards.

The role requires English proficiency, basic math and computer skills, ability to stand for long periods, and lifting up to 100 lb with team lift; forklift certification is provided. This is a full-time on-site role in Kalaheo, Hawaii.

Qualifications

• Incumbent must be proficient in reading, writing, speaking and taking instructions in the English language.
• Competent in basic mathematics and possess basic computer skills.
• Ability to use hand tools.
• Requires standing, climbing, bending, and lifting for long periods of time; at least 8 hours.
• Capable of lifting 100-lb. coffee bags utilizing team lift.
• Forklift training/certification will be provided to the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Assist roasting operations with creating finished coffee products that meet or exceed the highest standards of quality set by Kauai Coffee Company.
• Participate in annual food safety training.
• Participate in the annual Food Safety Audit.
• Assist with packaging line change over as needed.
• Assist with packaging production runs to meet scheduling requirements per established work standards.
• Flavor coffee on scheduled flavoring days.
• Assist packaging line operations with quality checks, clipping bags, boxing, palletizing, shrink wrapping, counting and staging of finish product.
• Use 2-way radio to call FGW to pick up completed pallets.
• Assist with labeling of bags and prepping boxes for next-day production run.
• Vacuum ground coffees into holding tank as required per daily production schedule.
• Participates in regular maintenance of all Roast Plant equipment and facilities.
• Assist with daily housekeeping duties to ensure Food Safety Standards are implemented
• Use pallet jack throughout the shift
• May operate forklift to retrieve dry goods and/or pallets.
• Stocking inventory in dry goods area.
• Assist with moving pallets in or out of shipping containers.

Skills

English literacy

Basic math

Basic computer skills

Hand tools

Team lifting

Forklift training provided

Tools

Forklift carrying equipment

Job description

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Position Summary:

Primary responsibility of the position is to ensure that the Roast Plant produces the highest quality of roasted coffee for Kauai Coffee’s distribution centers.

Primary Functions:

• Assist roasting operations with creating finished coffee products that meet or exceed the highest standards of quality set by Kauai Coffee Company.
• Participate in annual food safety training.
• Participate in the annual Food Safety Audit.
• Assist with packaging line change over as needed.
• Assist with packaging production runs to meet scheduling requirements per established work standards.
• Flavor coffee on scheduled flavoring days.
• Assist packaging line operations with quality checks, clipping bags, boxing, palletizing, shrink wrapping, counting and staging of finish product.
• Use 2-way radio to call FGW to pick up completed pallets.
• Assist with labeling of bags and prepping boxes for next-day production run.
• Vacuum ground coffees into holding tank as required per daily production schedule.
• Participates in regular maintenance of all Roast Plant equipment and facilities.
• Assist with daily housekeeping duties to ensure Food Safety Standards are implemented
• Use pallet jack throughout the shift
• May operate forklift to retrieve dry goods and/or pallets.
• Stocking inventory in dry goods area.
• Assist with moving pallets in or out of shipping containers.
• Complies with all Federal, State, Local and Company safety, health and environmental regulations.
• Complies with all Company Rules and Company Policies. Qualifications/Skills/Knowledge

Requirements:

• Incumbent must be proficient in reading, writing, speaking and taking instructions in the English language.
• Competent in basic mathematics and possess basic computer skills.
• Ability to use hand tools.
• Requires standing, climbing, bending, and lifting for long periods of time; at least 8 hours.
• Capable of lifting 100-lb. coffee bags utilizing team lift.
• Forklift training/certification will be provided to the right candidate.

NOTE: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory, or all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this description. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.