Pastry Chef- Bakery (Homebush)

Homebush Cakes require experienced Cake Decorators for our factory in Homebush. Main Duties & Responsibilities Prepares and bakes buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods. Prepares and bakes bread loaves and rolls.
- checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
- checking the quality of raw materials and weighing ingredients
- kneading, maturing, cutting, moulding, mixing and shaping dough and pastry goods
- preparing pastry fillings
- monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
- coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls and pastry products
- glazing buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing
- operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits
- emptying, cleaning and greasing baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment
· Managing the preparation of all recipes that are required for the Cake Decorators during the production day. Work instructions must be adhered to following correct mixing time and maximum temperatures. This is essential in order to prevent quality issues arising from icing blooming.
· The production day will begin with preparation of any gluten free (GF) ingredients, this includes GF ganache, icings, glazes, shavings etc
· Recording all the correct batch codes onto the recipes and trace sheets, this is critical to product traceability
· Managing all work in progress (WIP) which is stored for use on a subsequent production day ensuring all WIP is correctly batched, wrapped, stored and discarded when past its protected use by.
· As a semi-autonomous role where the employee shall work independently early in the morning. The employee will be responsible to follow a schedule of work as directed by the decoration supervisor. This is to ensure that when the rest of the team begin their shift, the ingredients prepared in the morning match the workflow planned for the day
· As the first employee to start within the decoration team, it will be their responsibility to prepare the workstation for the first scheduled jobs. This will include any equipment, utensils and packaging materials required. The expectation will be that when the other team members arrive, work can begin at the station immediately Skills Required:
· Excellent attention to detail
· Organised and ability to meet production deadlines
· Accurate recording of paperwork
· Excellent icing mixing capabilities
· Cake Decoration skills, Masking, flooding, icing, piping etc. Key Performance indicators
· No downtime due to cake decorating ingredients not prepared to the production schedule
· No time delays at start up
· Completion of all paperwork on time Job Type: Full-time Pay: $76,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- No weekends
- Overtime Supplementary Pay:
- Overtime pay Work Location: In person Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qqs6m