at Pact Coffee
Location: Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK Hours: 35 hours per week Salary: Dependent on Experience Contract Type: Permanent Must have right to work in the UK. Date Posted: 14th October 2024
Who we are Pact Coffee is all about making coffee a force for good. We source specialty coffee, which we roast, grind and deliver fresh to homes, offices, cafés, and hotels across the country. We were founded on the principle that businesses should do good, by doing well. How do we make coffee a force for good? With a 100% commitment to direct trade, and an investment and training programme that helps farmers change their lives for the better. We encourage farmers to strive for speciality-grade crops - because it’s about quality, not charity.
What we do: - Make coffee a force for good - Source 100% speciality grade coffee - Provide training and investment to coffee growers - Roast our coffee no more than seven days before shipping to our subscribers You’ll join us at an exciting period of growth and be a key player in our next chapter.
At Pact Coffee, we are committed to creating a working environment which is safe, based on mutual respect and enabling people to be themselves. We acknowledge that the diversity of our workforce should be reflective of the society in which we live. Be that age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, ethnicity, religion or belief and marital status, education or socio-economic background. Finally, we believe that championing diversity and inclusion among not only our employees, but also the farmers we work with is critical to our success.
The Role and Job Description
The successful candidate would be required to perform the following tasks:
Coffee Production: Roast for production on our two Loring S70 roasters, following roast profiles consistently and accurately Set up the daily roaster planner to support stock levels needed for operations team Co-ordinate green coffee availability on our 26+ product lines (Swaps) Execute the daily/weekly stock counts on both roasted and green coffee and reconciliation Organise and send out the Weekly coffee menu to the wider company informing them of any changes Support reprofiling of some coffees with assistance from Head Roaster Maintain all production grinders calibrating and replacing burrs as forecasted by tracked usage & degradation sheets, ensuring grinders are always optimised.
Quality Control Conduct green coffee QC across all stages of the supply chain. Full sets of QC tests including Sample Roasting updating relevant sheets and sharing reports with Director of Coffee / Head Roaster Conduct regular roasted quality control through espresso and filter testing Conduct periodic Water QC at the roastery to assist optimising cupping/brewing Support daily cupping sessions contributing feedback on production roasts to the Head Roaster for profile optimisation
Please note this role does require some heavy lifting
While the requirements below are desirable, we would be willing to train up the right candidate with transferrable skills if they did not have any direct experience in coffee roasting.
At least 1 year coffee roasting experience (ideally on a Loring)
SCA Certificates or equivalent in Roasting, Sensory and Green Coffee (Desirable)
Google Sheets/Excel proficiency
Experience in green/roasted coffee and water quality control (Desirable)
Extensive experience with Cropster both roasting intelligence and inventory management (Desirable)
Stock management and product planning experience
Able to show initiative and be adaptable to changing daily requirements
We welcome any applications with technical production experience within F&B (Wine/Beer etc…)
If you’re still reading, then we might be the right match for you. At Pact Coffee, Haslemere, we offer the following employee experience….
