Baker

Guest Services • Lakeland, FL

10d • $19 • Onsite

About The Position

The Baker prepares, mixes, and bakes ingredients to produce all baked food items for the unit. This role involves a variety of tasks related to food preparation, baking, and maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment. The company, Guest Services, is a premier hospitality management company and National Park Service concessionaire founded in 1917, known for providing best-in-class services across diverse client sites.

Requirements

• Culinary knowledge.
• 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.
• 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.
• Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to stand for the entire work day.
• Climbing steps regularly.
• Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
• Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
• 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. preferred.

Responsibilities

• Measure and mix ingredients to form dough or batter, according to recipe.
• Cut, peel, and prepare fruit for pie fillings.
• Bake and decorate cakes, pastries, breads, or other baked goods.
• Roll, cut, and shape dough to form rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, and related baked products.
• 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.
• Requisition food supplies, kitchen equipment, and appliances, based on estimates of future needs.
• 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.

Benefits

• Guest Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and promotion without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
• We embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and the richness it brings to our company. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to work, enabling them to provide the best level of service to our diverse customer base.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED