Baker - Monday To Friday

Baker

Our Client in Washington, DC managed by Guest Services, is now hiring for a Baker with creative ideas to work in a corporate kitchen.

The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM.

Guest Services, Inc. offers competitive pay and amazing benefits such as a 401K savings plan, paid time off, employee discounts at recreational and lodging facilities nationwide, and more!

Apply today to join our All Star Team!

JOB SUMMARY

The Baker prepares, mixes, and bakes ingredients to produce all baked food items for the unit.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Requisition food supplies, kitchen equipment, and appliances, based on estimates of future needs.
• Cut, peel, and prepare fruit for pie fillings. Bake and decorate cakes, pastries, breads, or other baked goods.
• Clean and inspect kitchen equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas in order to ensure cleanliness and functional operation.
• Operate food station, including performing station checklist, temperature log, counter meeting, and signage.
• Monitor menus and spending in order to ensure that meals are prepared economically.
• Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.
• Measure and mix ingredients to form dough or batter, according to recipe.
• Roll, cut, and shape dough to form rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, and related baked products.

SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE

• Food Safety certified and strong sanitation habits.
• Strong customer service abilities; actively looks for ways to assist customers and coworkers.
• Ability to recognize when a problem has occurred and communicate it to management.
• High School Diploma/G.E.D. preferred.
• Culinary knowledge.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Climbing steps regularly.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit. Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.
• Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced kitchen.
• Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.
• Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
• Ability to stand for the entire work day.
• Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
• Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.

EQUIPMENT USED

• Standard commercial cooking machinery and utensils.

Guest Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.