Company description

Firebrand Artisan Breads is the only wood-fired oven bakery in the East Bay. We specialize in European style breads and pastries, all made by hand, fresh, every day. Our location is perfectly situated in Uptown Oakland, right on Broadway, in the bustling area known as The Hive. In addition to our baked goods for sale, we operate a full scale eatery, serving breakfast and lunch along with beer and wine and coffee.

Our workplace culture is a creative confluence of hard work and hustle. Team members who do well at Firebrand are able to maintain the intensity needed to consistently produce a beautiful product day-in and day-out, are highly organized and work well with others. The best have experience working in a fast-paced or specialty foods environment and love the rush that comes with meeting tight deadlines. You will be joining a team of dedicated, motivated and very talented folks with a goal of always getting better and pushing themselves to make every day better than the last.

Job description

About Us:

Firebrand Artisan Breads is the only wood-fired oven bakery in the East Bay. We specialize in European style breads and pastries, all made by hand, fresh, every day. Our location is perfectly situated in Uptown Oakland, right on Broadway, in the bustling area known as The Hive. In addition to our baked goods for sale, we operate a full-scale eatery, serving breakfast and lunch along with beer and wine and coffee.

Our workplace culture is a creative confluence of hard work and hustle. Team members who do well at Firebrand are able to maintain the intensity needed to consistently produce a beautiful product day-in and day-out, are highly organized and work well with others. The best team members have experience working in a fast-paced or specialty foods environment and love the rush that comes with meeting tight deadlines.

You will be joining a team of dedicated, motivated and very talented folks with a goal of always getting better and pushing themselves to make every day better than the last.

About the Position:

The primary responsibilities of Lamination include sheeting and shaping all croissant and Danish doughs, scaling of ingredients, and fulfilling any and all tasks associated with pastry production.

Must be able to:

• Communicate well verbally, in writing and via email with co-workers, managers and owner.
• Be able to make quick, accurate decisions
• Follow and develop good safety habits at all times
• Work weekends and holidays, if needed: be available in general
• Be able to develop and maintain a great workplace culture. Upholding our values of service, quality and respect
• Be able to effectively multi-task and communicate between departments effectively
• Have a strong attention to detail, can maintain a very consistent product every day
• Stand long periods of time while performing same task
• Lift 50 pounds

Primary Functions of the Job:

• Reports directly to Anna Ellis, communicating daily
• Maintain safe work habits when operating all equipment, including but not limited to: Ovens, meat slicers, and other machinery
• Maintain a consistent work pace while operating a sheeter, practicing safe work habits.
• Maintain daily communication with bread mixer and shapers

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• Shapers must maintain consistent communication with laminators, Anna, tray up person, and overnight shift
• Consistently and accurately scale all ingredients for next day mixes
• Perform quality control checks on Croissant and Danish doughs and work with bread mixer and shapers to correct any deficiencies
• Shape doughs to Firebrand’s standards
• Fulfill any duties required by shift i.e. butter blocks, prep for fillings, scaling

Must have/be:

• A strong desire to be part of a team that is committed to delivering an amazing product, consistently and on time
• Strong communicator
• Someone who pushes themselves to get better every day and expects more from themselves every day
• Have high standards and a commitment to excellence
• Basic math skills

• Compensation:
• Health benefits offered through Blue Shield after 90 days
• Salary DOE.

Preference will be given to applicants who:

• Have 1 or more years viennoiserie experience

It’s an exciting time right now at Firebrand and we’ve got a lot of new things in the works. If you want to be a part of a growing business with great opportunities, please email us, thanks so much, looking forward to hearing from you!

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: $14.00 to $17.00 /hour

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $14.00 - $17.00

Application instructions

Deadline

July 16, 2018