Brief Description: Our purpose is to show our guests they are truly valued. Behind every fresh product delivered to our stores is a bakery team committed to quality, organization, and efficiency. The Production Team plays an essential role in preparing, shaping, baking, and quality-checking products that support daily bakery operations. By prioritizing consistency, food safety, and teamwork, you help ensure our bakery continues operating at the highest level and our guests receive products that surpass the ordinary.

Position Details:

This position is for an entry-level bakery production employee with little or no bakery or culinary experience. Team members are trained across a variety of bakery production stations including mixing, production, oven, packaging, and quality control support.

Professional Attributes:

• Positive and professional communication skills.
• Organized, detail oriented, punctual, and dependable.
• Able to work efficiently in a fast paced environment.
• Strong sense of integrity and honesty.
• Contributes to a healthy team environment and supports coworkers.
• Adaptable and eager to learn.
• Able to follow systems, recipes, and procedures while maintaining accuracy and consistency.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to food safety, cleanliness, and quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Follows Woods Coffee operational, food safety, and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Prepares bakery products by mixing, rolling, scooping, shaping, weighing, assembling, and baking products according to company recipes and standards.
• Accurately follows recipes and production procedures for batters, doughs, fillings, icings, and toppings.
• Prepares products for baking by panning, topping, proofing, and staging products appropriately.
• Proofs yeast doughs according to production standards.
• Bakes products according to company quality control standards for appearance, texture, color, and doneness.
• Properly prepares and handles glutenfree products to prevent cross contamination.
• Uses and maintains bakery equipment safely and correctly, including mixers, ovens, proof boxes, sheeters, dough rounders, and cookie machines.
• Maintains production flow by communicating effectively with team members and supporting other bakery stations as needed.
• Performs quality control checks to ensure products meet company standards for consistency, portioning, shaping, freshness, and presentation.
• Communicates product quality or production concerns with leads and managers.
• Assists with packaging and preparing finished bakery products for delivery to stores.
• Maintains ingredient and product pars and communicates inventory needs.
• Rotates and stocks products and ingredients according to FIFO standards.
• Organizes and maintains warehouse, refrigerator, and freezer storage areas.
• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation standards throughout all prep, production, baking, and storage areas.
• Assists in a variety of bakery production stations as needed.
• Maintains regular and punctual attendance.

Schedule: This is a full time position. Must have full weekend availability. Start time is 5:30AM.

Location: This position is in person at our Commissary Bakery in Kent.

Compensation: $17.13-19.25 per hour based on experience.

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Bonus on your Birthday
• Paid Sick Time
• Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Planning

Essential Job Functions:

• Repeated heavy lifting. Must be able to lift 50lb above head.
• Constant standing, walking, stooping, bending, and squatting.
• Frequently using hands, wrists, and arms in repetitive motions.
• Pushing, pulling, lifting, and moving products throughout the warehouse.
• Working in refrigerated and freezer environments as needed.
• Regular in person attendance.

Requirements:

• Food Handlers permit obtained through the local health department.
• Age Requirement: This position requires the use of equipment that is regulated by state law, and as such, applicants must be at least 18 years old to qualify for this role. Applicants under the age of 18 are not eligible for this position due to legal restrictions on operating certain machinery and equipment.

Accommodations:

Woods Coffee is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance during the application process, please contact us at HR@woodscoffee.com.

All notices and correspondence related to employment, applications, or accommodations should be directed to HR@woodscoffee.com.

About Woods Coffee

For over 20 years, we’ve been (just a little) obsessed with roasting delicious coffee, hand-crafting dreamy baked goods—made fresh in our scratch bakery, and, of course, creating spaces where friends can enjoy conversations in front of our cozy fireplaces. Visit any of our Pacific Northwest-inspired coffee shops throughout Western Washington, and you'll find a welcoming space that feels like a cabin in the woods