Barista Hiring Event

The Barista is responsible for preparing high-quality beverages and light refreshments while fostering a welcoming and engaging experience for employees, visitors, and guests at Space Ops. This role oversees the daily operations of the organization's café by maintaining cleanliness, ensuring food safety standards are met, and keeping the café well-stocked and operational. In addition to café operations, this position supports Space Ops' workplace snack and beverage program through the procurement and coordination of café products, office snacks, beverages, and hospitality supplies, playing a key role in enhancing the overall employee experience.

What You'll Be Doing

Beverage & Food Preparation
You will provide café services by:
Preparing coffee, espresso, tea, and specialty beverages.
Preparing light food items and refreshments as required.
Maintaining consistent quality and presentation standards for food and beverage offerings, ensuring products remain well-stocked, and adhering to all food safety, sanitation, and health regulations.
Café Operations
You will support the daily operation of the organizations café by:
Opening and closing the café according to established procedures.
Maintaining a clean, organized, and welcoming café environment.
Monitoring inventory levels, managing inventory counts, and restocking supplies and ingredients to ensure appropriate stock levels are maintained.
Managing relationships with approved suppliers and coordinating product deliveries.
Maintaining café equipment and reporting maintenance issues.
Inventory & Budget Management
You will support Space Ops' workplace snack and beverage program by:
Managing inventory for café products, office snacks, beverages, and workplace hospitality supplies, including regular inventory counts, accurate recordkeeping, ordering, receiving, and organizing supplies.
Managing food, beverage, and supply budgets.
Employee & Guest Experience
You will help create a positive workplace experience by:
Providing friendly and professional service to employees and visitors.
Preparing and serving beverages and refreshments for meetings, events, executive requests, and other internal functions as required.
Responding to requests promptly while maintaining a high level of service.
Collaboration & Support
You will work closely with the Operations team to:
Support office operations and workplace initiatives.
Assist with meeting room hospitality and event preparation.
Support additional workplace services as required.
What We're Looking For
High school diploma or equivalent.
Previous experience in café operations, hospitality, or food service environment is required. Experience preparing coffee and specialty beverages is considered a strong asset.
Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and inventory management practices.
Strong communication, interpersonal, customer service, and hospitality skills.
Reliable, organized, and detail-oriented individual who has an ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work independently and maintain a professional, welcoming experience for employees, guests, and visitors.
Compensation & Perks

• $45,000 - $50,000 Annual Compensation.
• Annual Bonus.
• Health & Dental Benefits.
• Health & Wellness Spending Accounts.
• Perkopolis Staff Discounts.
• On-site Gym + Planet Fitness Membership Concession.
• Monthly Events, Friday Lunches & Daily Breakfast.
• Professional Growth & Development Opportunities.

Space Ops welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

AI Disclosure: As part of our recruitment process, we may use AI-enabled tools to support the screening and assessment of applications. All AI-generated recommendations and outputs are reviewed and validated by our recruitment team.