Factory Pastry Baker & Cake Decorating Lead

Homebush Bay Foods; Sydney; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Homebush Bay Foods in Sydney seeks an experienced baker or pastry cook for our Homebush factory. The role covers bun, cake, biscuit and pastry production, with decoration duties across batches. Monday to Friday, 10am–6pm, in a fast-paced facility.

You will ensure ingredient quality, track batch codes, and maintain strict safety and hygiene standards while meeting production schedules. The morning shift starts the daily workflow for the decoration team.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Organised and ability to meet production deadlines.
• Accurate recording of paperwork.
• Excellent icing mixing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and bakes buns, cakes, biscuits and pastry goods.
• Prepares and bakes bread loaves and rolls.
• Checks equipment cleanliness and OH&S compliance before production.
• Checks quality of raw materials and weighs ingredients.
• Kneads, matures, cuts, moulds and shapes dough and pastry goods.
• Prepares pastry fillings.
• Monitors oven temperatures and baking times.
• Coordinates forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling.
• Glazes buns and pastries, and decorates cakes with icing.
• Operates dough rolling and moulding machines and biscuit cutters.
• Ports out, cleans and greases baking trays and equipment.
• Manages recipe prep for Cake Decorators, GF ingredients prep, batch codes, WIP, and trace sheets.
• Works independently early in the morning and aligns with decoration supervisor.

Skills

Attention to detail

Production planning

Record keeping

Icing & mixing

Job description

Homebush Bay Foods in Sydney seeks an experienced baker or pastry cook for our Homebush factory. The role covers bun, cake, biscuit and pastry production, with decoration duties across batches. Monday to Friday, 10am–6pm, in a fast-paced facility.

You will ensure ingredient quality, track batch codes, and maintain strict safety and hygiene standards while meeting production schedules. The morning shift starts the daily workflow for the decoration team.