Bakery Production Associate

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Reads and follows recipes precisely and consistently
• Measures raw ingredients using weight and balance scales (not digital scales)
• Mixes ingredients and understands different mixing methods and baking terminology
• Prepares and creates raw products (dough, batter, etc)
• Bakes products ensuring they are not over or underbaked and have the correct product appearance, taste, and texture for sales
• Decorates and assembles cakes and cupcakes
• Cleans and maintains work area, equipment, pans, and bakery environment to ensure health standards are met
• Assists with store inventory of raw ingredients and bakery sales products
• May be required to help front end team take customer orders, complete cash register and credit card transactions, and product packaging

Required Experience

• Experience with creating, producing, and baking from scratch three or more of the following: cookies, Danish pastries, puff pastry, cakes, breads, pies, and other traditional bakery products
• Highly proficient with addition, subtraction, and ratios for scaling recipe sizes
• Work under tight deadlines, within time constraints, deadlines, and in a fast paced environment
• Multi-task (examples: scale out ingredients while intermittently checking products in oven and pulling trays when ready) quickly change tasks to adapt on the fly to changing priorities and job requirements (example: correct a cake order or remake a customer order that was misplaced)
• Work as a team, openingly assist others, and work individually without hands on or one on one guidance
• Highly reliable and time efficient with adaquate vehicle transportation
• Current Kitsap County food handlers permit is required at start of job

Hours:

• Able to regularly work hours between 2AM and 3PM, Tuesday-Saturday (8-10 hour shifts)
• Depending on bakery orders, may be required to work additional days and/or longer hours as necessary for holidays or other special scenarios

Physical Requirements:

• Stand for long periods of time, up to 8 hour shifts, without sitting
• Lift up to 50lbs (flour and sugar bags, large mixing bowls)
• Use your hands to perform repetitive tasks (mixing, scooping, rolling, folding)

Note: Willing to provide on the job training to the right candidate.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Compensation Package:

• Hourly pay

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Every weekend
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Are you at least 18 years of age? Yes/No

Please do not provide your age.

• Are you available to work Tuesday-Saturday? (NOTE: This position requires availability during ALL of these days.)
• Are you able to work 4AM-12PM and in some cases, as early as a 2AM start?
• Does 1 cup of flour weigh the same as 8 ounces of flour? Explain your answer.
• Which is more important, a product's appearance or taste? Explain your answer.
• A customer orders 4 dozen cookies. The raw serving size of one cookie is 3 ounces. One batch of cookie dough weighs 5 pounds. How many batches of dough do you need to make to accommodate the customers cookie order?
• Describe your baking experience and types of products you have created from scratch.

Experience:

• Baking (not at home): 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $22