About Us:
Stone Ground Bakery and Wheat Montana Bakery and Deli is a leading Intermountain bakery and premium flour producer dedicated to crafting high-quality baked goods using the finest ingredients and the baker’s choice for flour. With a bakery in Salt Lake City and Three Forks, Montana, we offer a unique geographic footprint to serve our varied customer base. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for baking, we strive to delight our customers with delicious products that bring joy to every occasion.
Purpose and Scope of Position:
The Bakery Generalist at our commercial bakery is integral to the bread and bun production process. Serving at the heart of our operations, this role ensures that our baked goods are crafted to the highest quality and food safety standards. As a Bakery Generalist, you will be actively involved in various stages of bread and bun production, from ingredient preparation to the final steps of packaging and boxing.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ingredient Preparation: Weigh and measure ingredients accurately as per formula guidelines.
- Mixing and Kneading: Operate machinery to mix, knead, and prepare the dough.
- Shaping and Proofing: Operate machinery to chunk, divide, and shape dough into loaves, buns, or other forms and ensure they rise appropriately before baking.
- Oven and Proof Box Operations: Load and unload the oven and/or proof box, ensuring optimal temperature and baking times.
- Handling Production Line Pans: Load and unload pans from the production line, stack and unstack pans as required.
- Waste Management: Efficiently dump waste buckets, ensuring cleanliness and sanitation.
- Quality Assurance: Thoroughly examine baked goods to ascertain quality, addressing any inconsistencies or defects immediately.
- Packaging Assistance: Package finished products, ensuring they remain fresh and undamaged, and may fill in absent positions in production or packaging areas when necessary.
- Maintenance and Cleanliness: Regularly clean and maintain equipment and work areas, abiding by health and sanitation guidelines.
- Safety and Compliance: Assiduously adhere to all workplace safety protocols and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Food Safety and Quality: Proactively take appropriate actions to maintain the integrity and sustained certification of food safety and food quality systems. Report and address potential food safety and quality problems, adhering strictly to the Food Safety Plan, Food Quality Plan, and all other programs supporting the SQF system and third-party audits.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: Work closely with team members, assisting with other roles as directed by the supervisor and filling in for any absentees in production or packaging zones.