Baker, Restaurant​/Food Service

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$19.48/hr – $19.48/hr (Base pay). Actual pay will be based on skills and experience.

Responsible for preparing and producing high-quality baked goods in accordance with established recipes, safety standards, and customer expectations. This role involves mixing, shaping, baking, and decorating various bakery items such as breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes. Bakers ensure consistent product quality, maintain cleanliness and organization in the kitchen, monitor ingredient inventory, and comply with all food safety and sanitation regulations.

• Scale, proof, bake, and decorate a variety of products, adhering to established standards and recipes.
• Work with co‑workers to ensure product quality and efficient productivity.
• Maintain production and usage records as required.
• Maintain high sanitary, hygienic, and safety standards and conditions.
• Perform general cleaning, other food service duties, and projects as requested by management.

• Minimum 2 years professional bakery experience in a high-volume operation.
• Knowledge of scaling, proofing, shaping, production, and baking of a variety of products using industrial bakery equipment.
• Ability to follow specific instructions regarding company policies and procedures.
• Experience working with dough in various stages, mixes, bread, and frozen products.
• Experience following standardized recipes, organizing and maintaining bakery workstations, and knowledge of safe food handling and sanitation techniques.
• Ability to correctly identify products and read production sheets.
• Prioritize work and execute tasks with speed, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to complete orders and production.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Proficient in speaking, reading, and writing English, with accurate math skills.
• Maintain professional appearance, demeanor, and hygiene.
• Reliable transportation and attendance.
• Pass Baker screening test.

• Environment is loud and busy with exposure to kitchen hazards such as hot surfaces and liquids, sharp knives, and slippery surfaces.
• Frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire, noise, and extreme temperatures in coolers and freezers.

• Very active; standing and walking minimum 8 hours.
• Occasional sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching.
• Regular talking and hearing required.
• Manual dexterity, auditory and visual skills needed.
• Hands used to stir, measure, pour, cut, chop, dice, and decorate.
• Use of taste buds, smelling, and visual inspection required.
• Frequently lift or move up to 50 lbs.

Please note this job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities. Duties may change at any time with or without notice.

Application for Position Vacancy form must be submitted THROUGH KRONOS or by paper form to HR by Midnight.

Campus Dining and Shops is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, gender, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, veteran status, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the University community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or be treated adversely based upon a protected characteristic.

Campus Dining and Shops policy is in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination and harassment. These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the New York State Human Rights Law.

These laws prohibit discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual violence.