Raley's Production Bakery Cake Decorator

Production Bakery Decorator

The Raley's Companies is a private, family-owned, and purpose-driven retail company headquartered in West Sacramento, CA. Since our founding in 1935, our store operations have grown to include more than 235 locations across four states and four Tribal Nations under eight well-known banners. Built on a higher purpose, the organization and our over 21,000 employees are committed to quality offerings, exceptional service and doing right by our team members, communities, and planet.

Today, the Raley's, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Raley's O-N-E Market banners carry on the legacy of innovation by serving as more than grocery stores. Our purpose of changing the way the world eats, one plate at a time, has made Raley's a trusted source for nutrition and wellness. We strive to enhance transparency and education in the food system to help customers make more informed, healthy food choices.

We also serve as the destination for the best fresh products, affordable offerings, and personalized service.

Under general supervision, the Production Bakery Decorator performs a variety of decorating skills such as: cutting, prepping, and filling bakery products. Performance of job tasks requires skills in using decorating tools and equipment such as pastry bags, bowl knives, and large mixers. Employees working in this job classification are required to produce a high volume of decorated products.

This job remains posted year-round and may not reflect current hiring needs as we seek to have a talent pool to reach out to as needs arise. If interviews aren't being scheduled at this time, we will keep your application on file for upcoming openings.

Competitive compensation, paid weekly

Retirement benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for yourself and eligible dependents

Tuition reimbursement for qualified courses

Scholarship opportunities for continued education

Family leave and paid time off

Store discount programs (10% off household groceries, free items)

Discounts to amusement parks, gym memberships, mobile phone plans, etc.

Employee assistance program (free financial, legal, and mental health services)

Fun work environment where you have the opportunity to nourish your community.

A Production Bakery Decorator must be physically present at his/her work site to perform all job tasks. This job classification requires the worker to perform production assembly line work in the Cake Room to decorate cakes and pastries. The majority of work is comprised of decorating cakes; however, Decorators also fill cream rolls, jelly rolls and assemble napoleons. Decorators work as a team to perform production line duties.

Decorators use knives to cut baked product, bowl knives to ice cakes, and pastry bags to decorate cakes. If specifically trained, a Decorator may mix icing using a commercial Hobart mixer and transfer icing from 80 quart mixing bowls to 30 quart bowls for individual use. Decorators set-up icing machine and configure the production line to meet specific production runs.

Upon completion of a production run, Decorators wash utensils, mixing bowls, and work tables.

Prepares cakes for icing.

Pushes/pulls bakery rack of product to be decorated from refrigerator up to 80 ft. to Cake Room.

Pulls individual cakes from totes and peals baking paper from cake.

Uses knife to cut/split cakes horizontally for icing or filling.

Operates "cake slabber" to slice cakes.

Places cakes on conveyor for transport to be iced.

Prepares icings and fillings using Hobart commercial mixers, if trained to perform this task.

Retrieves supplies from storage and/or 35 lb. crates of whipping cream from refrigerator using cart.

Uses bucket opener to pry open lid of buckets of icing or other ingredients.

Pour and scales dry ingredients.

Co-lifts mixing bowl to place on mixer.

Changes mixer beaters to use paddles or whips depending upon if icing or fillings are to be whipped or mixed.

Pours ingredients into mixing bowl.

Uses hands to scoop and transfer product from ingredient containers to mixing bowls.

Operates Hobart Mixer to mix icings and fillings.

Uses hands to scoop mixed fillings/icing from mixing bowl into ingredient containers for storage or into smaller bowls for immediate use.

With assistance, lifts mixing 180 lb. bowl filled with icing from mixer to a height of 51 in. to rest bowl on wheeled bowl stand.

Places cakes on "decorettes" (decorative cake boards) using icing to affix cake to board.

Applies icing to cakes using bowl knife.

Dips bowl knife into bowl or bucket of icing and applies to cake resting on turntable.

Rotates turntable with non-dominant hand while applying icing to cake.

Applies decorative borders to cakes using pastry bag.

Fills pastry bag using hand to scoop icing from bucket or bowl.

Squeezes pastry bag with upper hand to move icing downward and squeezes bag with lower (usually dominant) hand while directing pastry bag tip to make borders on cakes.

Rotates cake on turntable while applying border.

Applies decorative design on…