Pastry Cook

Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses Pty. Ltd.; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site physiotherapist (wellbeing)

All the baked goods you can eat

Flexible working hours

Ongoing learning and development

Career growth within the company

Job summary

Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses Pty. Ltd. in Keilor Park, VIC, is seeking a Trade Pastry Cook to join our plant bakery team. Bring your pastry skills, plant bakery experience and passion for baking to deliver a variety of pies, cakes and sweet goods.

This role offers an attractive hourly rate and flexible hours, with access to on-site wellness benefits and opportunities to grow within a long-standing bakery brand that makes people smile.

Qualifications

• Trade qualification or at least 5 years relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of WHS and quality standards.
• Plant bakery experience essential.
• Enthusiasm, creativity and passion for baking.
• Able to work in a fast-paced food environment.
• Willingness to learn and collaborate with a team.

Responsibilities

• Produce a wide range of pastries and cakes using plant bakery equipment.
• Set up and monitor production to ensure quality and minimize waste.
• Maintain HACCP standards and shop floor safety at all times.
• Provide leadership and support to the baking team.

Skills

Trade qualification

Pastry/plant bakery experience

Teamwork

Job description

Description

PASTRY COOK

Trade Pastry Cook Heaven! Great career prospects & Team environment.

Demonstrate your skills and passion and be rewarded for your efforts.

• Make use of your trade skills, creativity and plant baking experience.
• Attractive salary
• Make people smile and be part of baking history!
• Career and promotion prospects!

WHO WE ARE

For over a century, Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse has been creating food for people to fall in love with. Our brands exist to make people smile and we delight in serving up little moments of joy for all the family.

Remember, a way to someone's heart is through their stomach (not really but you know what we mean)!

We have a team of hundreds of people covering every aspect of our business. Whether it’s at our bakery crafting our products, in our stores or at head office, each and every one of our people are part of our Plarre Foods family.

Importantly, we are committed to leaving this world as we found it and we always have future generations front of mind. Having built a world-class sustainable baking facility and made significant reductions in our overall environmental impact, our challenge now is to maintain this energy and drive to identify further opportunities to improve.

Our bakehouse is growing, and we now have an opportunity for a Trade qualified Pastrycook with Plant Bakery experience to join our team of cake-loving individuals in Keilor Park, VIC and be part of baking history.

WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO BAKE

This role comes with an attractive hourly rate and conditions. You will also have access to fantastic benefits including:

• On-site physiotherapist (we're all about your wellbeing)
• All the baked goods you can ever dream of
• Flexible working hours (if you need a day off, we're more than happy to accommodate it)
• Ongoing learning and development
• Ample opportunities for you to grow your career within our business

Our people are the icing on the cake! You will be working with a friendly team that is incredibly welcoming and passionate about everything baking.

HOW YOU WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION

In this role, you will produce a wide variety of baked goods including pies and celebration cakes, while utilising a range of skills from running high speed processing equipment to manual handling ingredients and finished product.

Core duties:

• Produce a range of pastry and cake products utilising your trade skills and plant bakery experience.
• Set-up and monitor production to maximise quality and minimise waste.
• Ensure production targets are met whilst ensuring HACCP quality and safety adherence at all times.
• Provide leadership in continuous improvement and team effectiveness.

Importantly, you will follow health and safety standards while ensuring that your area is clean and maintained at all times.

Please Note: public transport is quite challenging in this area and as such you will need a car to get here.

THE INGREDIENTS YOU'LL NEED

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about baking and making people happy, and who have the right attitude! To create a recipe for success, you will bring with you the following ingredients (attributes):

• Trade qualification or at least 5 years relevant experience
• Sound understanding of Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) and Quality
• Plant baking experience
• A dash of enthusiasm
• A large splash of passion and creativity
• A sprinkle of positivity and optimism
• A dollop of teamwork and collaboration
• Willingness to learn

Previous experience working in a fast-paced food environment (plant bakery, large commercial kitchen or equivalent) is essential.

No Recruitment agencies please