Roastery Assistant

Rumble Coffee Roasters

Love coffee, and want to work alongside a fun and supportive team? We'd love to hear from you. We're looking for a roastery assistant to join our small and friendly team.

Perfect for the barista, who wants to take their career to the next level and learn how to roast.
- Join our exciting and growing team
- Drink some of the best coffee in the world
- Learn how to roast coffee

WHO WE ARE

Rumble Coffee Roasters is a small-scale specialty coffee roastery based in Kensington, Melbourne. Our tight-knit team is united by a common goal of creating a sustainable future for coffee, where everyone in the supply chain is paid fairly, and coffees are sourced with integrity and transparency. Integrity is a core ingredient at Rumble, and we believe that this is the reason why Rumble Coffee is a great place to work.

THE ROLE

The Roasting Assistant role is a full-time role at Rumble Coffee Roasters. This is a varied job that involves sample roasting, production roasting, cupping, packing orders, wholesale deliveries around greater Melbourne, and general warehouse duties. Full training will be provided.

Friendly customer service and solid organisational skills are a must. Anticipate drinking lots of coffee, solid team banter, and a supportive and hard-working culture.

WHAT’S INVOLVED
- Preparing green coffee for roasting
- Roasting coffee on our Loring and Probat roasters.
- Production roasting to the profiles set by the Head Roaster.
- Basic roaster maintenance and cleaning.
- Contributing to an efficient roasting workflow.
- Preparing cupping sessions for QC team.
- Packing wholesale orders
- Ensuring the packing area is kept neat and functional throughout the day.
- Delivering orders to our wholesale customers.
- Packing online orders for retail customers.
- General cleaning of roastery.
- Willingness to jump in and help coworkers when needed.
- Receiving deliveries at the roastery.
- Assisting with running public cuppings.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Physically fit and able-bodied. This is a physical job that involves being able to lift coffee sacks and carry buckets of coffee. This job is well-suited to someone who involves a physical and dynamic role.
- Full manual drivers licence.
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Experience in coffee roasting, picking and packing, or hospitality is favourable.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Forklift licence is favourable.

PERKS
- Being part of a dynamic team
- Flexible work environment
- Opportunities for role expansion
- Unlimited coffee