Production Bread Baker

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits :

401(k)

401(k) matching

Company parties

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Free food & snacks

Free uniforms

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Parental leave

Training & development

Vision insurance

Bread Baker - Flour Breadquarters - 19 Dry Dock Ave, Boston

Do you love working in a bustling kitchen with a great team environment?

Are you a fanatic about baking and making perfect pastries?

If so, we have the opportunity for you! Flour Bakery + Cafe is now hiring for a production baker with a BREAD FOCUS at our state of the art Big Kitchen in the Seaport!

This is a full-time position with potential to grow with Flour Bakery. Bakers have the opportunity to work every station to get a well-rounded perspective on the pastry operations in the bakery.

The shift time for this position is generally 11am-7pm. The current position opening requires the schedule of Friday to Tuesday.

Day-to-day Performance Expectations :

• Arrive at work for your scheduled shift on time (Flour time = 5 minutes early!)
• Help to maintain an overall positive team environment
• Provide open communication with your managers about the bakeries on-goings, changes, the team, and ideas for improvement
• Maintain proper communication with your fellow team members
• Demonstrate the ability and self awareness to know when you need your manager or fellow employees to help you
• Ability to keep calm while trouble-shooting
• Maintain the Flour standard of quality (MOM test) for all items produced
• Maintain the organization and sanitation standards of the Flour kitchen
• Ensure that your station and work areas are clean , tidy and properly set up for the next day before leaving the premises

Bread Focus Requirements :

Work in a fast-paced, high volume environment with a small team learning all elements of our bread process during the time of day your shift is, which includes :

• how to mix / shape / bake our various from scratch bread types daily
• Proper execution of the bread proofing and troubleshooting process based on temperature changes
• Know the vision of our entire bread life cycle including when the dough is mixed, when it gets baked / sliced, how it is packaged to travel to locations
• Mixing / process / shape our laminated doughs such as croissant or other viennoiserie
• Mixing / process / shape our enriched doughs such a brioche
• Upon proficiency in execution of a focus area, as desired by you, we love being able to cross-train our bakers on as many projects as they are interested in learning and the kitchen is able to accommodate at that time!

Skills for Qualification :

• At least 1 year of professional baking experience required
• You must enjoy a fast paced, high volume kitchen environment, be driven and have self motivation, and an eye for detail.
• Possess a strong work ethic, be well-organized and positive
• Be extremely enthusiastic about pastry and working as part of a fun-loving team
• Open availability to work, including weekends and holidays.
• We ask for a year commitment for this position.

Compensation :

The starting wage for this position is $17-$19 per hour ($17 per hour + a shared percentage of the sales known as the BOH appreciation, which on average adds around $2 per hour).

Additional Information :

Flour offers a fantastic work environment, an unparalleled commitment to training to make you a better team member (plus all the pastries you can eat)! We offer benefits such as health / dental / vision insurance, 401k with a generous match, paid vacation / sick time, and a great staff meal policy. We offer a real commitment to growth both in your skill / knowledge and growing into more senior positions if that is an interest of yours!