Production Pastry Baker II

Grand Central Bakery is seeking bakers for our high-volume production bakery. In this postion, you’ll work as a team to create thousands of croissants, cookies, and other rustic pastries that are served in GCB cafes. The Commissary Production Pastry Baker position comes with fantastic hours, a consistent schedule, and excellent benefits. Great for anyone looking for career growth and with experience in high-volume food production. Join our team today!

Production Pastry Bakers (Commissary Pastry Baker Level 2) are responsible for producing accurate quantities of high quality, delicious product produced in an efficient manner. This position requires an attention to detail, a desire to continually improve upon one’s skills as a production baker, and an ability to work cooperatively in a production level team environment.

Location: Fremont Commissary, 714 N Fremont, Portland, OR 97227

Rate of Pay: $24.00 per hour.

Schedule: Full-time, shift starts at 4:00 PM. est. 4-5 shifts per week, typically Mon-Fri. Schedule flexibility and the ability to work weekends and holidays is required.

Grand Central Bakery acknowledges the importance of work-life balance. To the best of our ability, established days off are respected, vacation requests are accommodated to the best of our staffing abilities, and changes to the schedule are clearly communicated in advance.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Must be at least 18 years old 
• Working knowledge of and ability to speak and understand basic English required
• Maintains a valid Food Handler's Card at all times and follows health department guidelines at all times. 
• Must demonstrate regular attendance by coming to work on scheduled working days and being on time. May be required to work a variety of days and shifts to meeting business need including weekends and holidays. 
• Basic math skills required 
• Prior professional pastry experience or completion of a pastry program preferred

Physical requirements include but are not limited to:

• This position works in a building containing a bakery and is constantly exposed to wheat flour dust and other grain dusts (rye, corn, oat). 
• Standing for 100% of the shift worked.
• Walking up to the equivalent of two miles per shift.

Company Overview

Grand Central Bakery ignited a bread revolution in 1989 by introducing rustic artisan loaves to Northwest tables. Values are at the heart of our company and sustainability touches everything we do - from where we buy ingredients to how we care for our employees and invest in our communities. A Certified B Corporation, Grand Central Bakery is part of a global movement of organizations using business as a force for good.

Benefits

Grand Central Bakery offers outstanding employee benefits as part of our total compensation package.

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
  • Medical/dental/vision coverage the first of the month following 60 days of employment for all employees working 25+ hours per week
  • Employer paid Healthcare Reimbursement Account (HRA) for insured employees
• Paid Time Off
  • Vacation
  • Sick
  • Personal Holiday
  • Community Time
• Other benefits
  • 401k with match at 1 year
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare, dependent care, and transportation
  • Life/disability insurance
  • Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Reimbursement for bike commuting expenses
  • Training and opportunities for growth
  • Free bread!
  • Employee discount

Pay Transparency

Grand Central Bakery complies with applicable pay transparency laws in the locations where it does business. All job postings include the rate of pay for the position. For positions that have a range, the full range will be listed along with the expected starting compensation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and strive to create a work environment of respect, trust, collaboration, and cooperation. It is the policy of Grand Central Bakery to maintain a workplace free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical, sensory, or mental disability, age, marital status, military or veteran status, family relationship, your or your family’s genetic information, or status in any other legally protected group. We expect each employee to embrace and apply these principles of equal treatment to each other and to our customers.

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Please email hr@grandcentralbakery.com with questions or requests for accommodation.