Baker

Baker Position

The Baker is responsible for the daily preparation and presentation of baked items sold in the store ensuring customer satisfaction and excellent service.

The Baker is responsible for the daily preparation and presentation of baked items sold in the store that ensures customer satisfaction and excellent service.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Upon arrival in the morning, light the gas ovens, check for gas leaks, turn on the extractor
• Bake bread, pastries or other bakery items as needed
• Prepare flan, custards, rice pudding or other bakery items as needed
• Place loaves of bread into bags and put on display for sale, restocking when necessary
• Maintain awareness of floor conditions; ensure all safety measures are taken to protect customers, vendors and employees
• Restock displays of food as needed; retrieve food from back room, kitchen and cooler
• Maintain all requirements for a sanitary work area to keep food safe from contamination; adhere to department procedures with all aspects of federal, state, local and company health, safety and sanitation codes
• Keep work area clean, orderly, and free from safety hazards; Wash, sanitize, and store knives and other department utensils and equipment properly
• Use all equipment in the kitchen properly such as the stoves, ovens, fryers, steamers, etc., according to company guidelines; call for repairs when equipment malfunctions occur
• Report all accidents promptly according to company procedures
• Assist the head cook as needed
• Ensure safety measures are taken upon oneself when handling or carrying hot trays of food
• Ensure all standards of cleanliness are maintained using gloves when warranted
• When scheduled for the evening shift, prepare bread dough for baking the next morning by placing on trays and allowing dough to rise overnight
• Attend and participate in department or store meetings
• Punctuality and good attendance in compliance with company policies; ensure work responsibilities are covered during foreseeable absences
• Performs other work-related duties as required to accomplish the objectives of the position

Secondary duties and responsibilities include:

• Assist the food servers as needed by promptly attending to customers' requests for department food products
• Sweep and/or mop floor as needed

Minimum requirements include:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred; minimum 18 years of age, previous food service experience, and current food safety training certificate required which must be renewed every three (3) years.

Competencies, skills and/or qualifications include:

• Ability to read and speak English and Spanish preferred
• Ability to understand and follow instructions in both English and Spanish preferred
• Ability and to effectively present information and respond to questions in one-on-one
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to use department equipment properly to accomplish the essential duties of the position
• Takes responsibility for own actions
• Ability to work hours and days scheduled, including holidays and weekends
• Basic mathematical skills; ability to use and understand weights and measures
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness

Physical demands include:

• Stand and walk
• Use fingers and hands to type, handle, or feel; use repetitive motion
• Reach with hands and arms
• Talk and hear
• Use sense of smell
• Close vision and peripheral vision
• Carry, lift and/or move departmental food products and merchandise
• Push and pull carts of departmental food products and merchandise
• Twist back and neck
• Stoop or bend at the waist
• Crouch or bend at the knees
• Kneel