Production Team Member

Production Team Member

Full Time Manual Labor Durham, NC, US

Location: Durham, NC or Emeryville, CA

Department: Production

Reports To: Production Supervisor

Job Overview: Production team members work in a warehouse environment and manufacture all coffee products after the coffee is roasted. This includes but is not limited to blending, bagging, boxing, and shipping coffee. The role requires endurance and consistency throughout the work day. Production Team Members generally work Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, though hours can vary on lighter or heavier production days.

They must be physically able to meet the jobs demands, be punctual and resourceful, and contribute to meetings and goal setting while building coffee knowledge and skill sets.

Warehouse conditions are climate‑controlled but can be hot in summer and cold in winter. The candidate must multitask, perform effectively with frequent and varied distractions, and work well in a noisy environment.

Job Duties:

• Package labeling, filling, boxing, and shipping using a variety of commercial manufacturing equipment.
• Maintain cleanliness of work and production areas.
• Perform light equipment maintenance and upkeep.
• Complete projects and tasks related to production or facilities.
• Participate in organizational meetings, goal‑setting, and team building.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of work experience preferred.
• Must be able to stand and perform repetitive motions for 8 hour days throughout the year.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs many times throughout the day.

Physical Aspects of this Job: [Refer to the physical tasks and demands that a job entails]

• Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Fingering: picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion: substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

The physical requirements of this position:

Medium work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements (including color, depth perception, and field vision) of this position:

• Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• Employee is required to have visual acuity to perform activities such as operating machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenter, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.
• Employee is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
• Employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general laborer, etc.) or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc.).

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position:

• The worker is…