Bakery Assistant

OWL FOOD is a family-owned and operated energy bar bakery located at 74 Cotton Mill Hill Unit A120 Brattleboro, VT. We have just entered our 14th year in business and are expanding! We are actively hiring for the role of Bakery Assistant. If you like working in an independently operated, drama free and tight-knit work environment with passionate bakers who care about quality, consistency, and enjoying our work….then this is your place.

The ideal candidate is extremely detail-oriented and efficient in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for an applicant with an upbeat can-do attitude, ability to stay on task, ability to perform consistently with repetitive tasks. Previous kitchen experience is a plus (though we are willing to train the right person).

Employees are responsible for preparing ingredients, mixing and making, baking, cutting, packaging, and boxing energy bars. You are also responsible for keeping your workstation clean and maintaining work areas, utensils, and equipment. Daily dish station duty and sweeping/mopping/vacuuming/overall bakery cleanliness. Occasional inventory, shipping and/or receiving, and other bakery work as directed/needed.

Shifts:

· Monday-Thursday

· Typically 10am-4pm (some flexibility required during busy season/as the ebb and flow of a growing small business demands) heat of summer schedule 8am-2pm June-August

· 24-32 hours per week.

Essential Job Functions :

• Ability to regularly lift and carry bags, boxes, and buckets which can weigh up to 60 pounds
• Willingness to be on your feet and collaborate with other team members for an entire shift.
• Bending, kneeling, twisting, lifting, and walking up and down stairs are part of our daily job function
• Work independently and closely with others
• Safely operate ovens, mixers, bakery press, cutting machine, packaging machine, and other machinery.
• Maintain a clean work area at all times.
• Abide by all safety rules, regulations and policies.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Required Skills :

• Great organizational and multitasking skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Reliability and flexibility.
• Basic Math skills- measuring out ingredients and computing daily yield.
• Ability to read the display on food scales and use repetitively with accuracy and precision (proficiency with lbs. & oz.)
• Follow written and established recipes
• Fill out daily bakery data on supplied forms.

Compensation/benefits:

1. Salary: $17/hour training salary with potential for a raise dependent on experience after 3 months with a favorable review

2. Retirement Plan with employer matching up to 3%

3. Time Off: 32 hours PTO per year. Increased PTO after 1 year.

4. Paid breaks (one- 30 min break or two- 15 minute breaks during shift)

5. Employee Discount

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24 – 32 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• On-the-job training
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Retirement plan

Restaurant type:

• Quick service & fast food restaurant

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• No weekends

Work Location: In person