Job description

We are looking for an extra hand in the kitchen to help us keep up with our growing pastry demands. This will be a part time to full time position - we are looking for someone to work in the kitchen about 4 days a week, or roughly 30 hours. The position is for Kitchen Production Assistant, and will involve a large amount of prep work, including scooping, packing, chopping and measuring, but has the potential to expand into other areas in the kitchen, including completing recipes from start to finish. The kitchen is very small, so an efficient, detail-oriented candidate would be ideal. This position is great introduction to professional baking for someone who has little to no kitchen experience. Please see the job description below for more details.

Overview: Treating our customers with respect and understanding is one of the cornerstones of our success and shares the same level of importance as the quality of our coffee.

Blue Bottle’s performance expectations for Production Assistant are:

Execution and Job Knowledge
To fulfill the expectations you:

• Are extremely punctual.
• Prepare food products and create consistently high quality desserts with focus and precision, including scooping, shredding, chopping, measuring, mixing, and baking.
• Prepare ingredients for recipes, as well as sometimes create entire pastries from start to finish.
• Produce the exact same, perfect product every day, without exception.
• Maintain a very clean and sanitary work environment by constantly cleaning.
• Unload and restock. You are responsible for receiving deliveries and organizing products using the FIFO (first in, first out) method.

Relationship building
To fulfill the expectations you:

• Are able to build long lasting professionally healthy relationships.
• Seek out supportive advice, direction and guidance from your direct manager regularly.
• Discuss any production issues, the kitchen atmosphere, attitudes and workmanship of your co-workers with your manager.
• Attend meetings as required and request meetings as you need them.
• Collaborate with all other members of the company professionally, respectfully and with integrity.
• Demonstrate exemplary communication skills – in person, on the phone, by email, in text messages or when using any other communication tool.
• Visibly enjoy working in the action of the moment and can work effectively and efficiently at all times.
• Are creative and resourceful.
• Consistently meet commitments in a timely and professional manner.
• Take constructive criticism well and offer it to others professionally and respectfully.
• Are professional when making mistakes and acknowledge them immediately.
• Can be flexible and jump in wherever needed even if the tasks fall outside of your job description.

Job Requirements Qualifications:

• This position may require early morning hours.
• Able to lift 50 pounds.
• Understand how to safely use sharp cutting equipment.

Compensation

this position is:

Application instructions

Deadline

May 29, 2013