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Zingerman's PM Bread Baker

Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/11/2025

Zingerman’s Bakehouse is looking for a full-time bread baker to join our team!

Do you like to play with your food? Think being covered in a light dusting of flour is a sign of a fun and productive day? Looking for a place where you can be yourself and do good work on a team? Join our experienced and dedicated bread baking team to create some of the best breads in Michigan.

What can you expect?

  • A welcoming workplace where you can bring your whole quirky self to work, it's appreciated and acknowledged.
  • An active physical job (You’ll easily close those rings on your watch every day!).
  • A bread-ucation! Whether or not you were into sourdough before it became hip, you’re sure to learn a lot about naturally leavened bread, freshly milled flour, and more.
  • Fun and engaged teammates who support each other.
  • Lots of collaboration and creativity. We make decisions together. There’s no “They” here, just “Us.”
  • Making delicious and beautiful products to be proud of.
  • Managing partners working with you side-by-side. (Our two current owners started as hourly staff, so they know your potential for growth.)
  • A business education while you work! Learn Zingerman’s nationally-acclaimed business practices and put them into action. Hello resume builder! (Though you likely won’t want to leave anytime soon.)
  • A place where you can be creative and make a difference.
  • Full benefits package, and lots of free food.

Sound like the place you’ve been looking for? Please apply.

What does the job pay?

Starting pay is $15.50 per hour, negotiable based on experience.

What are the requirements and skills needed for this job?

Availability:

  • Full-time. Multiple shifts currently available. Typical shift is 12 pm -8 pm or 1230 pm - 830 pm
  • Full availability in November and December (we don't take any extra time off during these months)

Are there any benefits or perks?

  • Company contribution to health insurance ( after 90 days of service)
  • 401k match (after eligibility requirements are met)
  • Free BAKE! classes
  • Up to 5 free loaves of bread each week
  • Up to 65% discount on baked goods from the Bakehouse
  • Discounts at other Zingerman's businesses (for all crew out of basic orientation)
  • Paid training
  • Paid lunch breaks
  • Paid time off
  • $1 sandwiches and/or salad made on site for employee lunch
  • 25% reimbursement on any massage

Performance Expectations - Essential Functions:

  • Work quickly and with a sense of urgency at all times
  • Multi-tasking
  • Accurately scale dough
  • Hand-shape multiple types of dough
  • Must work well with others in a team environment
  • Must be able to self manage and work independently, with little direction for periods of time
  • Arrives on time to all shifts
  • Prepares ingredients and does set-up work - setting up boards screens, pans, and other
  • equipment in preparation for making each type of bread
  • Mixes dough for baking
  • Loads and unloads bread in the ovens
  • Monitors the proofing and baking of the breads
  • Works safely around hot ovens, heavy equipment, and sharp utensils
  • Cleaning; including 2 hours or more of dishes and clean-up using industrial dishwashing
  • machines as well as by hand
  • Keeps a clean and sanitary work area
  • Completes basic orientation training passport within 90 days of hire
  • Attends and participate in Bread department and Bakehouse all-staff huddles
  • Willingness to be flexible with schedule
  • Able to follow through with verbal instructions

Physical Demands:

  • Must be able to lift 50 pounds repeatedly during an 8 hour shift
  • Must stand, lift and bend for duration of an 8 hour shift
  • Repetitive motion including fine manipulation of hands and fingers

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