The Role
Maintain cleanliness and organization of the Blentech Innovation Center, support equipment setup and trials, collect test data and documentation, perform equipment maintenance and ingredient/equipment handling, collaborate cross-departmentally, and participate in continuous improvement and marketing event support to ensure safe, high-quality customer trials.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Blentech, we are "Blending Simplicity with Technology." We manufacture advanced, custom-engineered food processing equipment and software. The Blentech Innovation Center (BIC) is our state-of-the-art facility where clients come to test recipes, scale up production, and trial our machinery. We are looking for a hands-on, detail-oriented Testing & Trial Coordinator to ensure our facilities run seamlessly, safely, and provide a world-class experience for our customers.
Position Summary
The core function of the Testing & Trials Coordinator is to create and maintain facilities to ensure a safe, clean, and high-quality customer experience at the BIC. You will also support testing, trial, and special project efforts elsewhere within the company. This role has no direct reports.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Facility Maintenance & Cleanliness (60%)
If you have experience and the drive to grow and learn with us, please send your resume. This is an on-site position. Candidates must be within driving distance of our Santa Rosa office.
We do not accept recruiters or international applications.
Position Summary
The core function of the Testing & Trials Coordinator is to create and maintain facilities to ensure a safe, clean, and high-quality customer experience at the BIC. You will also support testing, trial, and special project efforts elsewhere within the company. This role has no direct reports.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Facility Maintenance & Cleanliness (60%)
- Maintain top-tier organization, storage, and cleanliness throughout the BIC facility
- Clean the inside and outside of industrial equipment before and after test runs
- Clean floors, walls, and other interior surfaces with assistance, as well as exterior areas (such as the boiler and chiller zones)
- Manage waste disposal (compost, recycling, trash, and food waste)
- Launder lab coats following each customer trial
- Mechanical aptitude to Coordinate and perform equipment maintenance (independently or with support)
- Handle the transportation, delivery, and movement of ingredients, equipment, and components
- Assist with trial planning, preparation, operation, data collection, and test documentation
- Configure Blentech equipment, large and small machinery, and components for testing and trials
- Provide hands-on assistance before, during, and after customer trials.
- Collaborate with other internal departments and assist the manufacturing site as needed
- Source ingredients for upcoming trials
- Support special projects as directed by management
- Participate in 5S and Kaizen continuous improvement events at the BIC or the primary Factory
- Assist with marketing event preparation at the BIC, Factory, or trade shows
- Customer-Centric: Excellent customer service skills with a commitment to excellence and high standards
- Communication: Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to write routine reports and read/interpret safety rules, operating instructions, and manuals
- Technical Aptitude: Strong mechanical experience, expertise, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Organization: Sharp attention to detail with the ability to manage changing priorities and workflow flexibly and enthusiastically
- Compliance: Strict adherence to safety policies, food safety regulations, cleanliness standards, and landlord expectations (including the Food Defense plan)
- Mechanical Experience, OR equivalent work experience
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs in non-repetitive movement
- Willingness and ability to enter freezer temperatures (-15°F) for short periods (less than 3 minutes)
- Full compliance with all company safety and food safety policies
- Physical Demands: Requires regular standing, walking, bending, lifting, twisting, climbing stairs, and sitting at a workstation. Must be able to operate computers and office equipment.
- Environment: Works in a commercial kitchen, factory environment, and on the manufacturing floor. The environment can be damp, wet, or hot due to cooking, and noise levels are usually moderate to loud due to active machinery.
- Paid Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision for the employee are 100% company-paid
- Retirement: 401(k) with a 4% company match after 6 months
- Paid PTO
- Growth: Career advancement opportunities and a supportive culture for professional development
- Pay Range: $24.46 - $27.94 per hour
- Schedule: Full-Time, on-site in Santa Rosa, CA
- Annual boot allowance
If you have experience and the drive to grow and learn with us, please send your resume. This is an on-site position. Candidates must be within driving distance of our Santa Rosa office.
We do not accept recruiters or international applications.
Skills Required
- Mechanical experience or equivalent work experience
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs (non-repetitive)
- Willingness and ability to enter freezer temperatures (-15°F) for short periods
- Full compliance with company safety and food safety policies
- Strong customer service skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to read/interpret safety rules and manuals
- Mechanical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate computers and office equipment
- Ability to work on-site in Santa Rosa, CA and be within driving distance
- Ability to perform physical job demands (standing, walking, bending, twisting, climbing stairs)
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The Company
What We Do
Blentech is a bay area based food technology company focused on developing equipment, systems and software for the safe, nutritious and consistent preparation of foods. Creatively blending the latest digital and physical technologies, our products deliver function, durability, sanitary design, safety and performance. Our experience in process engineering, automation, manufacturing and service, paired with proprietary manufacturing techniques, delivers superior processing technology at competitive prices. Blentech equipment and systems are built factoring in your specific process goals to design a solution that works for you. This allows our engineers to tailor a solution to your specific application. Blentech equipment is of unparalleled quality and maintains its functional value for decades while delivering product consistency and driving down operating costs.
