What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Roaster position at Katï Coffee?
Company Description
Katï Coffee is a specialty coffee roastery based in Georgetown, TX. Our purpose is to enrich lives and create experiences as a community-integrated, education-focused roastery. Beyond roasting exceptional coffee, we actively support and partner with local organizations to bring that purpose to life. We work at the intersection of science and operational excellence, and we value curiosity and sound judgment as essential to our team’s success. We treat each other with Respect and uphold Integrity, Resilience, and Excellence as our core values.
Role Description
The Production Roaster at Katï Coffee is a full-time, on-site role based in Georgetown, TX. This position will lead roasting and help manage the physical flow of coffee through our production environment, from green handling to finished product. Core responsibilities include roasting execution, quality control, and production ownership, with additional responsibility for supporting smooth day-to-day operations. It requires strong ownership of daily roasting, product quality, and production consistency. This role is ideal for someone with roasting experience who values consistency, brings thoughtful insight to coffee development, and is interested in contributing to a systems-driven, growing roastery.
Qualifications
We value candidates who bring experience from other roasting environments and can apply it thoughtfully. An ideal candidate has the following:
- Demonstrated interest in coffee as both a craft and a process-driven discipline
- Prior production roasting experience
- Familiarity with Probat or similar drum roasters
- Experience maintaining roasting equipment
- Strong attention to detail and consistency in repetitive processes
- Ability to follow structured workflows while contributing thoughtful insights & improvements
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time independently in a production setting
- Comfort working with both sensory evaluation (taste, aroma) and data (profiles, logs, metrics)
- Clear communication and ability to work collaboratively in a small team
- Willingness to learn from mistakes and continuously refine approach
- Familiar with MS Office suite (proficiency valued)
Visit https://katicoffee.com/pages/careers for full job description.