Job Description
Job Description
Meet Us: King Arthur Baking Company has been sharing the joy of baking since 1790. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, we’re the ultimate baking resource – providing education, inspiration, and the highest quality products, all while fostering connections and community through baking. Our superior flours and mixes are available in supermarkets nationwide, and our direct-to-consumer business – website and retail stores – offers an even wider selection of specialty baking ingredients, mixes, gluten-free products, baking tools, and more. We bring baking education to millions of bakers through our cookbooks, podcast, recipe app, website, and baking school. We’re proud to be 100% employee-owned, which means everyone who works here has a real voice and a shared stake in what we do. This creates a strong sense of community built on trust, teamwork, and love of baking. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to the best interests of all our stakeholders - employees, our local communities, our broader community of bakers, and our planet. Join us and help spread the joy of baking. King Arthur – where, as an employee-owner, your passion and ideas can truly make a difference.
The Position: The Bakery Intern will join King Arthur Baking Company’s Norwich, Vermont bakery team throughout the calendar year. This baking and pastry student should be passionate about artisan bread and pastry work. The individual in this role should be hardworking, have great attention to detail, and be ready to apply themself in a team-centric and fast-paced environment. King Arthur Baking interns get hands-on experience and learn from our expert team of bakers as they work side-by-side. Interns perform a wide variety of bakery tasks from scooping cookies to shaping loaves, as well as cake work and lamination in addition to sanitation and much more around the bakery. The individual in this internship will develop the skills to be a productive team member during the duration of the internship. Internships are full-time and paid. Interns are responsible for housing, meals, and transportation.
The Benefits: You will be eligible for medical benefits only and the ability to participate in the company's 401(k) program immediately. ?You will also receive generous discounts in our retail store.
The Location: Norwich, VT; onsite daily
The Schedule: This is a full-time seasonal role, working 40 hours per week. Shifts are from 3:30 am - 11:30 am, including weekends and some holidays. This position is available immediately and is expected to last through the end of the calendar year.
The Pay: The starting pay for this position is $18.57 per hour worked.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Acquire accuracy and proficiency in scaling, mixing, baking and finish work
- Learn & follow proper production procedures
- Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
- Adhere to Bakery Good Manufacturing Practices
- Acquire knowledge of, and ability to use, standard commercial baking equipment
- Be punctual
- Self-monitor progress during internship and communicate any needs and wants to bakery leads
This should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties and responsibilities. There may be some variation and/or development of the above duties and responsibilities without changing the general nature of the job.
Minimum job requirements
- Culinary students or candidates with experience working in a hands-on production bakery or food service establishment are preferred
- Experience in food service
- Good attention to detail
- Willingness to work efficiently in a team environment
- Candidates from a culinary institute are preferred
- Desire to learn the skills to produce high-quality bakery products
- Infectious enthusiasm for baking
- Desire to continually improve baking skills
- Team player
- Excellent communication skills
- Can work well in a group setting under pressure
- Be willing to follow directions and ask questions for clarification
- Willing to share space, ingredients, and equipment with coworkers during production
- Willing to do the dishes and sanitize bakery
- Flexibility with scheduling:
- Availability to work different shifts to help with scheduling and absence coverage
- Availability to work weekends
- Ability to interact well with others (team members, customers, etc.)
- Ability to multitask
Success factors/competencies for this role
- Open to change, recommends actions for continuous improvement
- Thinks and acts strategically, understands how their role contributes to larger outcome
- Provides exemplary customer service to both internal and external customers
- Sets high standards for oneself, meet deadlines
- Learns from mistakes, is receptive to feedback
- Effective communicator, listens and respects others’ points of view
- Participates in team problem solving and decision making
- Maintains a positive attitude
- Is community minded – gets involved, volunteers
Physical requirements/work environment
- Physical requirements
- Be able to work in a fast-paced bakery environment
- Be able to reach, bend, stoop and frequently push, pull, move, and/or lift up to 50 pounds
- Be able to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 8 hours)
- Work environment
- Be able to work in a hot, wet, humid, and loud environment for long periods of time
Safety
- Understands that safety is the responsibility of everyone at the organization
- Is responsible for providing a safe and ergonomically sound work environment, identifying unsafe conditions and correcting these conditions immediately
- Engages in safety and compliance training programs and encourage 100% team participation in same
Environment
- Adheres to company-wide green norms, looks for ways to reduce, reuse, recycle
- Educates oneself on KAB environmental campaigns
- Strives to continually improve and implement new processes to reduce our environmental impact
Uniform (if applicable)
- Footwear must be closed toed, non-slip shoes
- Socks must be worn
- Long pants required
- Clean T-shirt (provided)
- Clean White apron (provided)
- Hair and/or facial hair covering must be worn (hair/beard net)
- Jewelry is not permitted
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law. King Arthur Baking provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to participate in both the application process and during employment. Such individuals are encouraged to seek accommodations to allow them to apply for a position, participate in the application process, and meet the essential functions and requirements of the position.