Baker

Yoke's Fresh Market (Yoke's Fresh Markets)•Airway Heights, WA

20d•$17 - $22

About The Position

The Baker provides a pleasant and efficient bakery experience through active guest engagement, hospitality, and professional service. The role produces, finishes, decorates, labels, and stocks bakery products according to company formulas and standards while maintaining sanitary conditions and following food-handling, workplace safety, and guest-service policies. Bakers also support guest orders, check deliveries, help maintain appropriate stock levels, and contribute to a welcoming and positive learning environment for new associates. The position requires safe operation of bakery equipment and the ability to perform physical tasks such as prolonged standing and walking, reaching, climbing, bending, and lifting. Work takes place around moving mechanical parts and may involve occasional exposure to airborne particles, chemicals, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The role has no formal supervisory responsibilities, though associates are encouraged to demonstrate leadership.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED; or one to three months of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondence, write simple correspondence, and communicate effectively and pleasantly with guests, vendors, and fellow associates.
Ability to perform mathematical calculations using U.S. currency, weight, and volume measurements.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written or oral instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Meet the state minimum requirements for working with slicers and other bakery equipment and tools.
Valid state Food Handler’s Permit.
Valid driver’s license or state ID card.
Ability to perform the essential functions, with reasonable accommodations where applicable, including prolonged standing and the listed lifting and movement requirements.
Follow workplace safety standards, use protective equipment where required, and report accidents within 24 hours.

Responsibilities

Report for assigned shifts on time and regularly, communicate clearly, and be prepared to provide excellent service while safely performing assigned duties.
Promote sales by producing high-quality, consistent products according to company formulas and maintaining appropriate stock levels for the time of day, season, and promotions.
Provide exceptional guest service using the skills outlined in the company’s guest-service training.
Finish par-bake products; label and rotate products; write on cakes and orders; implement ad plans; and use “This One’s on Us” cards.
Produce bakery items according to company formulas and standards while maintaining a sanitary environment, including donuts, cakes, muffins, pound cakes, bundt cakes, angel food cake, brownies, cookies, pies, seasonal items, artisan bread dough, and rolls.
Operate bakery equipment correctly and safely, including a com-line, phone, scales, shrink wrapper, sheeter, donut hopper and fryer, divider/rounder, bread slicer, dishwasher, proof box, glazer, label machine, case lights, ovens, PFM/shrink equipment, and retarder.
Prepare and finish donuts by handling dough, frying, turning, glazing, frosting, and decorating products for a creative and quality presentation.
Check donut color and weight against standards and analyze shrink to ensure accurate production quantities and variety.
Receive and inspect deliveries to verify ingredient condition and quantities.
Communicate about and complete guest special orders accurately and on time.
Mentor new associates and support a positive learning environment.
Take appropriate steps to make guests happy.
Follow applicable local, state, federal, and company requirements concerning workplace safety, food handling, and guest service.
Participate in the Bakery Department accident-reduction plan, including maintaining hoods and vents, cleaning and sanitizing, and following rules for shelf order, machinery safety, evacuation, robbery response, bleach, case temperatures, gloves, bin scoops, sinks, and storage.