Assistant Coffee Roaster Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
ABOUT GORDON STREET COFFEE IN GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH
Gordon St Coffee, with its small batch coffee production and an in-house Roaster, is loved by coffee aficionados for delivering the whole coffee journey, from green bean to cup. We also serve up a delicious menu, from early morning with a warm smile and a passion for our product. And we don’t just serve customers through the door, we ship coffee to customers all over the UK from our online retail shop. If you want to be part of a small team achieving great things and perhaps learn how to roast coffee as well as serve it, you’ll love your time at Gordon Street Coffee.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Glendola Leisure is now recruiting for an Assistant Coffee Roaster at Gordon Street Coffee Glasgow for an immediate start, with the view that upon completion of training, production roasting shifts will be covering our Glasgow and Edinburgh locations. We are offering an average of 25 hours per week ; more hours are available should you wish to work in-store at barista level.
Days: 5 days per week
Coffee roasting and coffee production experience would be preferred but is not essential as full training will be given. However, a love of great coffee is essential as well as a background working in the coffee industry (barista for example) as a level of sensory and coffee knowledge will be expected for this position.
Assisting the lead coffee roaster in all aspects of production roasting, including ordering green coffee, packing trade/wholesale orders for collection, production roasting, cleaning and maintenance of the coffee roaster equipment to ensure safety and quality of roast and track all inventory by weighing and portioning accurately. This is a physical role with lots of lifting, moving and organising items as the job involves moving coffee sacks and lifting buckets (sacks of green beans weigh as much as 70kg), as well as transporting batches of green beans from the stores to the roaster.
Starting Salary: £11.50 per hour OTE (made up of £10.50 per hour salary and £1.00 per hour tronc) – increasing to £13 per hour OTE ( £12 per hour and £1 per hour Tronc) after completion of six months training.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £11.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Glasgow: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
