Green Coffee Warehouse Team Member (2nd shift)

Position Overview:  

The Green Coffee Team Member supports Peet’s roasting operations by ensuring the safe, accurate, and efficient handling of all green coffee from arrival through roasting. The Green Coffee Team Member plays a key part in maintaining product quality and food safety standards, operating warehouse equipment, executing daily production schedules, and keeping the facility organized and compliant. The position requires strong attention to detail, adherence to SOPs and safety protocols, and effective communication with cross-functional production, quality, and engineering teams.

Note that this role is a second shift role, with hours from 3:30 pm-12 am.

Responsibilities:  

• Load, blend, package, and store green coffee according to daily production schedules and SOPs.
• Inspect inbound green coffee shipments, document findings, and report any quality, food safety, or inventory irregularities to appropriate leaders.
• Safely unload trucks and operate warehouse equipment, including powered lift trucks, Strong Arm equipment, and tumble drum machinery.
• Maintain accurate completion of all quality, food safety, and sanitation tasks, including GMPs, SSOPs, and shutdown procedures.
• Perform material management, housekeeping, and sanitation duties to ensure a clean, efficient, and safe work environment.
• Identify and report equipment, production, workplace safety, or process issues to supervisors, QA, and engineering as required.
• Follow all written and verbal instructions and demonstrate the ability to use computers for required tasks and documentation.
• Support operations outside the Green Warehouse when assigned and attend all required safety and production trainings and meetings.

Qualifications: 

Required:  

• At least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing/production setting and/or a fast-paced environment. 

• Previous sit-down forklift driving experience and/or license. 

• Reliable, punctual, professional 

• Highly motivated, self-directed, and results-driven

• In able condition to work 8-hour shifts while standing, lifting, bending, and reaching  

Preferred:  

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

• Basic manufacturing equipment familiarity and setup is desired.  

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 for 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 140-pound bins on casters 

What Benefits do Peetniks Receive?

At Peet's, we hire the best talent and are committed to supporting and rewarding our employees for their outstanding work. That's one of the reasons we offer the following benefits:

• 401(k) plan, with generous matching 

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and 9 holidays 

• Free coffee and an employee discount

• Opportunities for growth and advancement

 The target hourly range for this position is $20-$22 per hour. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. Peet’s offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan; various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program.