Green Coffee Team Member

To blend and package the industry's finest coffee through excellent performance, attendance, and attitude while prioritizing safety, quality, and productivity in order to serve all of Caribou's retail and wholesale customers.

DOING - What you deliver:

• Load green coffee into the blending system according to the daily demand schedule

• Inspect inbound shipments of green coffee at arrival

• Report inspection irregularities defined by procedure to the Green Coffee Inventory Manager, Quality Assurance, Production Supervisor, or Green Coffee Inventory Manager

• Unload floor loaded trucks using the mechanical Strong Arm equipment and palletized loads using a powered lift truck

• Store and identify shipments of off-loaded green coffee in the warehouse according to SOPs.

• Package blended green coffee into super sacks for shipping utilizing the tumble drum equipment

• Report issues pertinent to production to responsible leaders including the Green Coffee Inventory Manager, Team Lead, Production Roastery Supervisor, or Coffee Production Manager

• Communicate any issues concerning equipment problems to responsible leaders including Engineering, the Team Lead, the Production Supervisor, or Green Coffee Inventory Manager

• Complete and document all Standard Operating Procedure tasks for the work area including but not limited to quality monitoring, food safety monitoring, and area shutdown procedures

• Communicate any quality or food safety issues to responsible leaders including the Green Coffee Inventory Manager, Quality Assurance, Team Lead, or Production Supervisor

• Alert Leadership to any workplace safety issues

• Perform assigned cleaning and sanitation tasks according to written SSOPs to ensure a clean, sanitary, and safe work area

• Perform assigned material management tasks to ensure an efficient, organized, and safe work area

• Use tools and equipment correctly, safely and maintain with care

• Follow all written and verbal instructions

• Perform duties in an assigned area other than the Green Warehouse when required and instructed by Leadership

• Attend all assigned safety and production meetings and trainings

• Demonstrate ability to perform tasks using computers

• Understand and comply with all Workplace Safety and related procedures

• Understand and comply with all Food Safety and related programs, such as but not limited to GMP's, Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOPs), and Adverse Health Policy

BEING - How you show up

• Brings the Core Values to life in all that you do: Support One Another, Make Fun Happen, Be Yourself, Take Ownership, Serve With Love.

• Reliable, punctual, professional

• Positive attitude and willingness to give and take direction, providing coordination and instruction to work as part of a team

• Excellent time management skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational aptitude

• Highly motivated, self-directed, and results driven

• Willingness to comply with all safety rules

• Honors confidential information

• Able condition to work 8 hour shifts while standing, lifting, bending, and reaching

• Willingness to work overtime as needed including Saturdays

Qualifications:

Required:

• High school diploma or GED with at least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing/production setting and/or a fast paced environment.

Preferred:

• At least 1 year of coffee industry experience is strongly desired.

• Basic manufacturing equipment familiarity and setup desired.

• Previous forklift driving experience and/or license a plus.

Physical Requirements & Environmental Exposures:

The physical demands for this position are:

• Able condition to work 8 hour shifts while standing, lifting, bending, and reaching

• Must be able to work on your feet over 9 straight hours

• Able to perform physical tasks that are repetitive, and lift up to 30 lbs. on a regular basis

• Must be able to lift 80 pounds 20% of the shift

• Must be able to push/pull up to 160 pounds throughout the shift while loading green coffee

• Must be able to endure constant leaning and bending during shift

• Must be able to handle/move up to 750 pound bins on casters

The environmental exposures for this position are:

Airborne particles, fumes, high places, moving parts, muscular strain, noise, odors, high temperatures

These physical requirements must be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodations.

The duties of this position may change from time to time. Peet's

• Caribou reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of Peet's

• Caribou or its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

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• Caribou Coffee Operating Company, Inc. and its affiliates are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers to all applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type based on any characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.