Cake Decorator

Albertsons Companies • Black Diamond, WA

23d • $21 - $26

About The Position

As a Cake Decorator, you create decorated cakes and desserts by preparing icings, applying designs, and completing custom orders according to established recipes and decoration standards. You add finishing touches ranging from simple finishes to detailed designs, ensuring products are ready for display and customer orders.

The role includes maintaining a clean, organized work area and keeping display cases stocked and visually consistent. You process customer orders, review order details, and complete decorations to match requested specifications. The work takes place in a fast-paced environment where consistency, accuracy, and attention to detail contribute to product quality and department success.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Previous cake decorating experience is required.
• Availability to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Communication skills for taking orders, gathering custom-request details, and exchanging information with colleagues.
• Experience with icing, piping, and finishing techniques for cakes and pastries.
• Familiarity with preparing icing, whipped toppings, and decorative elements using standard methods.
• Attention to detail and consistency in design execution, labeling, and presentation according to order specifications.
• Organization and time-management skills to handle multiple orders and meet timelines.
• Ability to maintain visually consistent, well-stocked display cases.
• Ability to read and interpret order forms, tags, and production instructions.
• Adaptability to changing priorities and varying order volume.
• Knowledge of sanitation practices and product-handling requirements.
• Ability to stand for extended periods, use hands continuously, and occasionally lift or move products up to 45 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Prepare icings, whipped toppings, and decorative elements using standard methods.
• Decorate cakes and pastries using icing, piping, and finishing techniques.
• Complete custom orders according to customer specifications, order details, established recipes, and decoration standards.
• Review and interpret order forms, tags, and production instructions.
• Maintain clean and organized work areas and follow sanitation and product-handling requirements.
• Keep display cases stocked and visually consistent.
• Manage multiple orders, adapt to changing priorities and order volumes, and meet timelines.
• Communicate with customers when taking orders and gathering details for custom requests, and exchange information with colleagues.

Benefits

• Inclusive work culture built on belonging.
• Competitive wages paid weekly.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Associate discounts.
• Training, career growth, and development.
• Health and welfare benefits for eligible employees, including medical, dental, and 401(k).
• Vacation and paid time off.
• Depending on length of service, hours worked, and applicable collective bargaining agreement: vision, disability, and life insurance; sick pay; PTO/vacation pay; 7–9 paid holidays annually; bereavement pay; and retirement benefits through pension and/or 401(k) eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed