Coffee Production Assistant

Posted 17 Days Ago
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St. Louis, MO, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Food • Hospitality
The Role
Entry-level roastery role executing daily coffee production tasks: packaging, labeling, picking/packing orders, maintaining a clean production workspace, supporting roast-day setup, assisting with cupping and quality control, and training toward sample and production roasting responsibilities.
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Company Description

At Park Avenue Coffee we live by three guiding principles: Good People, Good Coffee, and Good Gooey Butter Cake.  Simply put, we strive to energetically engage our customers and team members, serve outstanding, high quality, consistent coffee and delight taste buds with our Gooey Butter Cake.  

 

We are always planning for the future, and are constantly looking for talented people to join our team.

Job Description

Park Avenue Coffee is expanding our roasting production team. This is an entry-level role within our roastery with the opportunity to grow into production roasting and advanced quality control.

You will be part of a hands-on production environment responsible for executing daily coffee production, maintaining quality standards, and supporting the flow of coffee from green to finished product.

This is a hands-on role in a working coffee production environment. The ideal candidate enjoys physical work, has strong attention to detail, and is interested in learning more about specialty coffee roasting and production.

This position helps ensure that every bag of Park Avenue Coffee leaving the roastery meets our standards for quality, freshness, and accuracy.

 

What You’ll Do

Production & Fulfillment

  • Package roasted coffee for retail, wholesale, and e-commerce orders
  • Label, organize, and prepare finished goods for distribution
  • Pick, pack, and fulfill wholesale and online orders
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient production workspace

Roasting Support

  • Assist with roast day setup and workflow
  • Begin training on sample roasting and basic roast theory
  • Shadow production roasting and learn batch execution

Quality & Coffee Development

  • Assist with cupping and quality control processes
  • Support consistency across all coffees and roast levels
  • Develop palate and understanding of coffee profiles over time

Growth Path

  • Progress into sample roasting and QC evaluation
  • Assist with roast profile adjustments and development
  • Transition into production roasting responsibilities

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong attention to detail and consistency
  • Ability to work efficiently in a production environment
  • Interest in coffee and willingness to learn roasting
  • Positive attitude and ability to take direction
  • Comfortable with repetitive tasks and physical work

 

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to stand and work on your feet for extended periods
  • Ability to lift 50–75 lbs regularly (team lift for heavier items)
  • Comfortable working in a warm, active production environment

 

Additional Requirements

  • Valid driver’s license with clean driving record

  • Reliable transportation

  • Previous production, warehouse, or coffee experience is helpful but not required

Additional Information

We offer a dynamic, fun, growing company environment and we look forward to receiving your application! Please be sure to attach a copy of your resume so that we may appropriately evaluate your credentials.  

Thank you for your interest, we look forward to chatting soon!

Park Avenue Coffee is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital staus, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.

Skills Required

  • Strong attention to detail and consistency
  • Ability to work efficiently in a production environment
  • Interest in coffee and willingness to learn roasting
  • Positive attitude and ability to take direction
  • Comfortable with repetitive tasks and physical work
  • Ability to stand and work on your feet for extended periods
  • Ability to lift 50-75 lbs regularly (team lift for heavier items)
  • Comfortable working in a warm, active production environment
  • Valid driver's license with clean driving record
  • Reliable transportation
  • Previous production, warehouse, or coffee experience
  • Resume submission with application
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The Company
125 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Park Avenue Coffee is a locally owned St. Louis business founded on August 1, 2006. The company operates a roastery and multiple coffee shops across St. Louis, specializing in small-batch air-roasted coffee and hand-picked teas. In addition to its cafes, Park Avenue Coffee manages a baking operation known as Ann & Allen Baking, providing a comprehensive coffee and pastry experience.

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