Blue Bottle Coffee is a passionate and growing team of hundreds around the world, united by the simple purpose of connecting the world to delicious coffee. We roast on four coasts, make delicious drinks, clean up after ourselves, bake cookies, get change at the bank, and say please and thank you. We’re an impossibly eclectic group of coffee experts, artists, writers, sensory scientists, bakers, designers, and all-around dreamers, who also happen to be some of the most hard-working and talented in the business. Join us.

About this job

Our coffee production team members do an incredible job of preparing and packaging all the delicious cold brew. We’re looking for a Brewery Team Lead with sharp attention to detail to help bring delicious Blue Bottle Coffee to guests everywhere.

You will:

Ensure our coffee production is fully completed and each day through communication with our team members and guiding our production progresses throughout the day.
Train production team members on all packaging and brewing tasks using our approved training content, and on-the-job training.
Cross-training all team members on packaging processes.
Help lead a team of talented craftspeople and dedicated production team members.
Your systemic improvements will ease your team’s workload and bring clarity to increasingly complex scenarios.
Oversee all brewing related activities across domestic markets and be the champion of brewing expertise across Blue Bottle. Measure production performance to identify Key Performance Indicators and help devise a strategy towards continuous improvement.
Oversee our processing equipment calibration and maintenance schedule, ensuring our equipment is always in top performance to meet our production output needs.
Create SOPs (standard operating procedures) and best practices for achieving consistency in all of our production processes.
Build cross-functional relationships within your team and across departments to ensure expertise is always available and brewing activities consistent.
Collaborate with production leadership to strategize and create plans that will prepare and support our team through seasons of increased production output and new product releases.
Maintain opening/closing checklists and logs, perform daily team huddles, and communicate and troubleshoot any production setbacks.
Monitor and maintain inventory levels of production supplies.
Updating inventory low-level reorder points, and re-order quantities for production items as necessary.
Collaborate with all members of the cold brew ops team, professionally, respectfully and with integrity.
Advocate for the craft of brewing through observation, instruction and committed study.
Brew every batch of coffee with meticulous attention to timing, temperature and progress.
Support the business with extensive note taking; so that we can accurately detail batch history and coffee metrics.
Engage in the sensory analysis of our cold brew and occasionally roasted coffee; with intention toward continuous improvement, day to day, week to week, and month to month.
Possess a thorough understanding of how to safely and responsibly use all brewing equipment.
Maintain and clean our equipment diligently, ensuring it’s in top form for all of our needs.
Support all food safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices rules and regulations.
Engage with each step of the coffee production process with the intention of developing a thorough understanding of our coffee brewing, packaging and shipping procedures.

You are:

A perceptive multi-tasker, working with a sense of urgency and purpose to accomplish tasks efficiently.
A collaborator at your core, and a team player who is flexible to changes as our production demands shift.
A curious troubleshooter, always looking to find a better solution for any production challenges we encounter.
Empathetic and hospitable, always eager to listen, understand, learn, and field questions for your team and coworkers.
An ambassador for the craft of coffee.

You have:

A deep love and respect for delicious coffee, food, exceptional guest experiences, your work, and your team.
Working knowledge of basic hardware and tools.
Understanding of the many facets of coffee quality.
Understanding of the basic concepts of cold brew coffee brewing.
The ability to speak, read and write English proficiently.
Basic math skills.
Comfort using online tools including Microsoft Suite and Google Suite.

Physical requirements:

This role is a physical one and the physical demands outlined below are representative of those that must be met for a team member to be successful in the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job which we’ve mapped out below.

You have:

The ability to stand, walk, sit for long periods of time (at least 8 hours per day and 5 days per week)
The use of hands to handle or feel and the ability to reach with hands and arm
The ability to stoop, kneel, or crouch
The ability to squat, bend, twist and reach for items below waist level or above shoulders
The ability to lift, push/pull, carry and/or move up to 50 pounds
The ability to listen and speak
The ability to climb ladders, stairs, ramps and uneven floor and/or surfaces as needed
The ability to have close visual acuity to perform repetitive visual checking, counting, spotting small defects, determine accuracy of numbers and package

A few benefits we offer:

The Hourly Rate is $29/hr.
Health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
401(k) plan
Paid time off
Free drinks at any of our cafes and a complimentary bag of beans to take home each week
Discounts on any Blue Bottle food items and merchandise

At Blue Bottle Coffee, you’ll be a vital part of our guests’ experience and a crucial link in delivering the most delicious coffee we can find to every person who walks through our doors, be it in person or online. If you’re ready to bring beautiful and thoughtfully rendered experiences to life, please apply and join us.

Blue Bottle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value an open mind, dedication to work, and a collaborative spirit. We hire based on these qualities, a job’s requirements, our business’s needs, and an applicant’s qualifications. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind—in the hiring process or in the workplace.

We comply with the ADA and consider reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential functions.

We may refuse to hire relatives of present employees if doing so could result in actual or potential problems in supervision, security, safety, or morale, or if doing so could create conflicts of interest.

We will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We participate in E-Verify. We will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S. We will only use E-Verify once an employee has accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

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