{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e5fce94c643412d4eacd5489","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e5fce94c643412d4eacd5489","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e5fce94c643412d4eacd5489","title":"Shift Lead","description":"POSITION: Shift Lead - Retail Cafe - Sausalito\nCLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt\nREPORTS TO: Reports to the General Manager\n\nCOMPENSATION: $19.00/HOUR\nAbout Equator\nIn 1995, Equator Founders Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell began their values-driven path, roasting coffee in a Marin County, CA garage. Possessing an obsessive commitment to green coffee sourcing and unparalleled roasting expertise, Equator has committed over 30 years to sustainable and fair trade coffee practices all in the name of creating a remarkable coffee experience for consumers. Today, Equator Coffees is a retail and wholesale coffee roaster and coffee farm owner with twelve retail cafes throughout California—from Marin County to San Francisco to Oakland to Los Angeles and beyond. Throughout the years, Equator Coffees has spearheaded industry-leading sourcing and roasting practices, and has forged progressive partnerships with Michelin-starred chefs, specialty grocers, tech campuses, and more. Women-owned, LGBTQ-founded, and an early adopter of Fair Trade and Regenerative Organic certifications, Equator Coffees is the first California coffee roaster to achieve B Corp Certification.\nPosition Summary\nThe Shift Lead is responsible for assisting the store manager in leading the Baristas to deliver an exceptional experience to every customer in our retail cafés, including providing the utmost in hospitality and kindness, consistent high-quality beverages, and specialty coffee knowledge. You are responsible for learning operations and leading the team in the absence of the General Manager. The role requires that you act with integrity and respect, promote an accessible, safe, clean, and healthy work environment, act fiscally responsible, produce quality work, and be ethical and passionate about coffee. We love coffee and want you to love it too.\nKey Responsibilities\n\nShare passion for coffee and knowledge of specialty coffee with customers and employees\nLeads team in preparing and serving the highest quality handcrafted beverages\nProvides regular coaching and feedback to team members on drink quality\nLeads the team in sharing product knowledge\nPlan and execute the deployment of staff\nAble to remain calm, professional, patient, kind, and productive in all situations\nLeads and helps with store cleaning, stocking, and organizing\nEnsure and uphold store cleanliness, organization, and food safety\nAlways act responsibly in protecting the store assets and facilities by ensuring compliance with Equator Coffees policies and procedures\nCommunicates efficiently with the Store Manager on concerns such as employee engagement, work performance, customer feedback, and areas to improve\nWork with the Store Manager to perform inventory control tasks\nYou will be the ideal model for teamwork\nAble to make decisions in the best interest of the customer as well as problem-solve in the absence of the manager\nContribute to store goals for achieving sales and improving profits\nWill be responsible for the opening and closing of the cafe\nDemonstrate respect, integrity, honesty, and knowledge to promote the culture, values, and mission of Equator Coffees\nQualifications and Requirements\n\nKind, welcoming, and patient even amid multi-tasking\nCoffee experience preferred\nRetail and/or customer service experience required\nDemonstrates a passion for coffee and tea\nAble to make customers the priority\nCan provide ongoing positive and constructive feedback with ease\nCurious to learn and gain knowledge and apply it to daily interactions\nIs a Team Player\nCapability to interface and maintain effective relationships with co-workers and customers\nCash handling skills\nThe employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.\nAt times, may be required to work more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position\nHigh School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED)\nAble to work agreed-upon full-time or part-time hours that include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays\nMaintains a current state-issued Food Handler Card\nFlexibility to work a variable schedule, including early mornings, weekends, and holidays, is strongly preferred\nMust be 16 years of age or older\nCompensation\n\nAvailable to all employees\nCommuter Benefits - pre-tax parking and transit\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP) - Physical and mental health, financial and legal coaching available at no cost to the employee\nFree mental health app subscription\nEmployee discount on merchandise, coffee gear, and at Equator cafes\nContinuing coffee education classes\nFree coffee\nPaid Time Off for voting on Election Day\nAfter 60 days as an employee at Equator\nHealthcare Benefits (for full-time employees working over 30 hours per week)\n100% employer-covered premium medical insurance\nVoluntary Insurance Plans - dental, vision, long-term disability, pet, and supplementary life insurance\nEmployer covered life insurance premium\nFlexible Spending Account (FSA) - healthcare and daily dependent care\nAfter 90 days as an employee at Equator\nHoliday Pay after 90 days of employment. Eight Equator-observed holidays per year\nPaid Time Off with tenured increases for full-time employees\n1 paid volunteer day per year\nAfter six months as an employee at Equator\n401K with up to a 4% company match on employee contributions\nCompensation will be commensurate with experience.\nWe’d love for you to use the video answer feature for our screening questions! It’s a great way for us to get a better sense of your experience and how comfortable you are discussing your skills. Plus, it helps us see your personality and passion for the role!\nThis position description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities. Job responsibilities can change according to the operational needs of the business. The order in which duties and responsibilities are listed is not significant.\nEquator Coffees is an equal-opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, and discharge will be based on competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.\n\nINDFOH","company":"Equator Coffees","rawCompany":"equator coffees","city":"Sausalito","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T18:25:58.390Z","occupations":[{"code":"35-3023.01","title":"Baristas","slug":"baristas"},{"code":"35-1012.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-food-preparation-and-serving-workers"},{"code":"41-1011.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-retail-sales-workers"}],"industries":[{"code":"722515","title":"Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars","slug":"snack-and-nonalcoholic-beverage-bars"},{"code":"722513","title":"Limited-Service Restaurants","slug":"limited-service-restaurants"},{"code":"311920","title":"Coffee and Tea Manufacturing","slug":"coffee-and-tea-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Shift Lead","description":"POSITION: Shift Lead - Retail Cafe - Sausalito\nCLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt\nREPORTS TO: Reports to the General Manager\n\nCOMPENSATION: $19.00/HOUR\nAbout Equator\nIn 1995, Equator Founders Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell began their values-driven path, roasting coffee in a Marin County, CA garage. Possessing an obsessive commitment to green coffee sourcing and unparalleled roasting expertise, Equator has committed over 30 years to sustainable and fair trade coffee practices all in the name of creating a remarkable coffee experience for consumers. Today, Equator Coffees is a retail and wholesale coffee roaster and coffee farm owner with twelve retail cafes throughout California—from Marin County to San Francisco to Oakland to Los Angeles and beyond. Throughout the years, Equator Coffees has spearheaded industry-leading sourcing and roasting practices, and has forged progressive partnerships with Michelin-starred chefs, specialty grocers, tech campuses, and more. Women-owned, LGBTQ-founded, and an early adopter of Fair Trade and Regenerative Organic certifications, Equator Coffees is the first California coffee roaster to achieve B Corp Certification.\nPosition Summary\nThe Shift Lead is responsible for assisting the store manager in leading the Baristas to deliver an exceptional experience to every customer in our retail cafés, including providing the utmost in hospitality and kindness, consistent high-quality beverages, and specialty coffee knowledge. You are responsible for learning operations and leading the team in the absence of the General Manager. The role requires that you act with integrity and respect, promote an accessible, safe, clean, and healthy work environment, act fiscally responsible, produce quality work, and be ethical and passionate about coffee. 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Eight Equator-observed holidays per year\nPaid Time Off with tenured increases for full-time employees\n1 paid volunteer day per year\nAfter six months as an employee at Equator\n401K with up to a 4% company match on employee contributions\nCompensation will be commensurate with experience.\nWe’d love for you to use the video answer feature for our screening questions! It’s a great way for us to get a better sense of your experience and how comfortable you are discussing your skills. Plus, it helps us see your personality and passion for the role!\nThis position description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities. Job responsibilities can change according to the operational needs of the business. The order in which duties and responsibilities are listed is not significant.\nEquator Coffees is an equal-opportunity employer. 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