Coffee Roaster

About the Position

Storage King Self Storage in Central London - Bayswater is listed here as the employer provided for this Coffee Roaster role. The following is a general job description for a Coffee Roaster position, focused on roasting quality coffee beans, maintaining production standards, and supporting coffee inventory operations.

The Coffee Roaster will be responsible for preparing roasting batches, monitoring roast profiles, checking bean quality, maintaining equipment, and ensuring consistency between batches. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in coffee, attention to detail, and an understanding of how roasting time, temperature, and airflow affect flavour and aroma.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare green coffee beans for roasting according to production requirements.
• Inspect incoming coffee beans for quality, condition, and consistency.
• Operate coffee roasting equipment safely and follow established procedures.
• Monitor roast temperature, time, airflow, and other relevant roasting parameters.
• Follow established roast profiles to achieve consistent flavour and colour.
• Record batch details, roasting times, temperatures, and production results.
• Adjust roasting parameters when authorised to improve consistency and quality.
• Cool roasted beans correctly and handle them carefully after roasting.
• Check roasted coffee for colour, aroma, defects, and overall quality.
• Assist with sample roasting and tasting sessions when required.
• Label, weigh, package, and store roasted coffee beans accurately.
• Monitor stock levels of green beans, roasted coffee, packaging, and other supplies.
• Maintain appropriate stock rotation and storage conditions.
• Clean roasting machines, grinders, cooling trays, and surrounding work areas.
• Carry out routine equipment checks and report maintenance issues promptly.
• Follow workplace health and safety procedures, including precautions around heat, dust, and moving machinery.
• Maintain accurate production, quality-control, and inventory records.
• Coordinate with relevant team members to meet production and dispatch schedules.
• Help minimise product waste through careful handling and accurate batch preparation.
• Keep the roasting and storage areas clean, organised, and compliant with applicable procedures.

Qualifications & Skills

• Previous experience in coffee roasting, coffee production, food manufacturing, or a related role is desirable.
• Knowledge of coffee bean varieties, roast levels, and flavour development.
• Understanding of how time and temperature influence coffee roasting.
• Familiarity with roasting equipment and routine cleaning procedures.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to consistent product quality.
• Ability to follow recipes, roast profiles, and production instructions.
• Good numeracy skills for weighing beans and recording batch information.
• Ability to maintain accurate production and stock records.
• Understanding of safe storage, stock rotation, and product handling.
• Awareness of workplace health and safety requirements.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with colleagues.
• Reliability, punctuality, and a professional attitude.
• Willingness to learn new roasting methods and quality-control techniques.
• Relevant coffee roasting training or specialist certification would be an advantage.

What the Role Offers

• The opportunity to develop practical coffee roasting and production skills.
• Experience working with roasting equipment and coffee quality-control processes.
• Opportunities to build knowledge of coffee flavour profiles and roast development.
• Potential training in equipment operation, production safety, and quality assurance.
• Opportunities to develop inventory, record-keeping, and production-planning skills.
• A role combining hands-on production, product quality, and coffee knowledge.
• Salary, working hours, annual leave, and other benefits according to the confirmed vacancy and employer terms.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit an up-to-date CV highlighting relevant experience in coffee roasting, coffee production, food manufacturing, or related work.

Applicants should demonstrate attention to detail, safe working practices, reliability, and an interest in producing consistently high-quality coffee.

Please verify the employer and official vacancy details before applying, particularly because the supplied employer name refers to a self-storage business and may not correspond to a coffee-roasting operation.

Pay: £18.00-£28.00 per hour

Expected hours: 38.0 per week

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Company car
• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Housing allowance
• Language training provided
• Paid volunteer time
• Transport links
• Unlimited paid holidays
• Work from home

Work Location: In person