Production Team: Mixer

Sixteen Bricks production mixing staff are primarily responsible for combining ingredients while following formulas and complying with food safety standards to make dough for various products. Mixers will utilize bakery equipment in a safe manner and work as a team to think critically and recognize factors that affect the safety and quality of thedough while completing some of the following essential tasks:

• Always follow
  
  Good Manufacturing Practices and Food Safety guidelines
• Maintain an organized, clean, and sanitary work area. Your work area should be cleaned to the highest applicable standard when finishing for the day.
• Mix the assignednumber of doughs using correct formulas, mixing times, temperatures, and pHreadings as indicated and directed by the production manager/supervisor
• Consistently and accurately record all data necessary throughout each process such as times,temperatures, ingredient lot numbers, environmental information, etc.
• Effectively communicate with team members to maintain production schedule and team coordination (production, sanitation, leadership staff)
• Assigned chunkeris responsible for dividing the dough as it is finished mixing
• Track wastedingredients/dough accurately (raw dough, floor waste, shrink waste, etc.)
• Report andassist as instructed to proactively mitigate all issues and/or concernsregarding the quality and/or safety of the production environment, equipment,ingredients, doughs, products, or team members
• Help when neededin other areas of the production line to cover any gaps.

The characteristics listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to be successful in production with Sixteen Bricks. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Passionate and knowledgeable about quality artisan bread
• Committed to our mission and providing excellent customer service
• Strong verbal communication and literacy skills required (Spanish language a plus)
• Demonstratedpersonal initiative and high-level problem-solving skills with an ability to organize and streamline operations
• Ability to work independently and maintain accountability for assigned duties
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks, possess time management and critical-thinking skills
• High school diploma, GED, or other equivalent preferred
• Strong basicmath (counting, addition, subtraction, multiplying, dividing) skills needed
• Receptive to feedback and strives for self-improvement

Work requires normal mental and visual attention/perceptionto correctly identify products/items along with manual coordination (safely operating bakery equipment/machinery, entering information on a tablet). Workis repetitive and not sedentary; the individual is frequently required to move(walk, squat, reach overhead, rotate, twist, bend, lift), and stand for varyingperiods of time and will frequently move (push, pull, lift, grasp, carry, drag,etc.) materials up to 50 pounds.

Sixteen Bricks mixing staff typically work full-time fivedays a week during the early morning and afternoon hours. Employees will alsobe expected to attend meetings and complete training as needed during hoursthat are reasonable within their typical work schedule. Non-exempt; hourly wage ranges based on experience. Full-time hourly employees working 32 or more regular hours per week will qualify for benefits including insurance, paid timeoff, and paid holiday time.

See the Sixteen Bricks Employee Handbook for more details about these benefits.

Please visit our careers page tosee more job opportunities.