Production Baker - SE Portland

Full Time |

Schedule:

Thursday to Monday, from 6:00 am to 2:30 pm (Days Off: Tuesday and Wednesday)

• Flexibility required, including early mornings, weekends, holidays, and peak-season hours.

$19/hour

Hourly Non-Exempt

Full Time |

Schedule:

Thursday to Monday, from 6:00 am to 2:30 pm (Days Off: Tuesday and Wednesday)

• Flexibility required, including early mornings, weekends, holidays, and peak-season hours.

Current Oregon Food Handler's Card

Elephants Central Kitchen is located at 1611 SE 7th Ave.
Reliable transportation is required. Due to our location, dependable transportation to and from our store is essential.

A locally owned company since 1979, Elephants Delicatessen pioneered the gourmet food industry in the Pacific Northwest and now operates seven Portland-metro retail locations and a thriving catering company. As a certified B Corporation, we are committed to sustainability, transparency, and using business as a force for good — while serving exceptional, scratch-made food rooted in our local community.

Elephants Delicatessen is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion.

• Employer contributed vacation and sick time
• Kaiser Medical coverage, with alternative care as a bonus (acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, etc.)
• Mental Health Services
• Dental, FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts), and 401(k) with 4% company match
• Training that will fast-track your culinary/hospitality career
• Free counseling and financial services
• Opportunities for advancement
• Discounts on our delicious made-from-scratch food
• Pet insurance
• Chance to win employee raffles
• Discounts at Sketchers, Shoes for Crews, Verizon, Sprint, select B Corporations, and many more
• A commitment to inclusion, diversity, community involvement, employee well-being, and environmental protection

Elephants Delicatessen provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Elephants Delicatessen participates in the E
- Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

E-Verify Participation Poster (English/Spanish) Right to Work Poster (English/Spanish)

We are seeking a skilled, detail-oriented Production Baker for our Central Kitchen. The Production Baker is responsible for preparing, mixing, proofing, baking, finishing, decorating, packaging, and labeling a wide variety of breads, pastries, desserts, and bake-off bakery items in a high-volume production environment. This role supports daily production, catering operations, and bake-off production while maintaining product quality, consistency, food safety, and efficiency standards.

Working across multiple bakery production areas, this position may include early morning, PM, or overnight shifts as business needs require. This position is a great fit for someone who takes pride in their craft, thrives in a fast-paced production environment, and is committed to delivering exceptional baked goods at scale.

• Prepare, mix, scale, portion, shape, proof, bake, finish, decorate, package, and label breads, pastries, desserts, cakes, cookies, bars, granola, crackers, and bake-off items according to recipes and production schedules
• Prepare fillings, frostings, glazes, toppings, and other dessert and pastry components
• Operate commercial bakery…