JOURNEYMAN BAKER

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia, is seeking a skilled baker to join our culinary team. Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab-and-go locations, with emphasis on breads, pastries, and wood-fired oven outputs.

Requires culinary program degree in baking and pastry; preferred 3–5 years of related experience. Duties include maintaining a clean workstation, scaling ingredients, and training associates for standard items using a wood-fired oven.

Qualifications

• Required - Culinary program degree in baking and pastry or the industry equivalent in a parallel resort or similar setting
• Preferred - Degree and 3-5 years of similar experience
• Skilled at scaling formulas dictated by volume needs using bakers’ math
• Proficient working knowledge of a freezer mise en place system
• Kneading and dough shaping
• Experience baking in wood fired ovens
• Ability to train associates to bake standard items using a wood fired oven

Responsibilities

• Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab and go locations
• Knowledge of special dietary requirements
• Knowledge and proficient ability of basic mixing techniques to include but not limited to; cake batters, quick breads, yeast and chemical leavened breads and cookie doughs
• Knowledge and proficiency to produce basic sauces, creams and aerated products
• Finishing daily production
• Production is complete and timely according to business needs
• Maintains a clean, organized and sanitary workstation and surrounding environment
• Accurate scaling and measuring according to bakers’ math
• Monitors and inspects quality of ingredients, finished products and their display in outlets

Skills

Kneading & dough shaping

Scaling formulas

Wood-fired oven baking

Mise en Place – freezer system

Training associates

Education

Culinary program degree in baking and pastry or industry equivalent

Job description

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse people who helped shape a new nation.

Main Duties

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab and go locations
• Knowledge of special dietary requirements
• Knowledge and proficient ability of basic mixing techniques to include but not limited to; cake batters, quick breads, yeast and chemical leavened breads and cookie doughs.
• Knowledge and proficiency to produce basic sauces, creams and aerated products.
• Finishing daily production
• Production is complete and timely according to business needs.
• Maintains a clean, organized and sanitary workstation and surrounding environment.
• Accurate scaling and measuring according to bakers’ math.
• Monitors and inspects quality of ingredients, finished products and their display in outlets

Required Education and Experience

• Required - Culinary program degree in baking and pastry or the industry equivalent in a parallel resort or similar setting
• Preferred - Degree and 3-5 years of similar experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Skilled at scaling formulas dictated by volume needs using bakers’ math
• Proficient working knowledge of a freezer mise en place system
• Kneading and dough shaping
• Experience baking in wood fired ovens
• Ability to train associates to bake standard items using a wood fired oven

Must possess a valid Commonwealth of Virginia driver’s license and have an acceptable driving record based on The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s criteria.

• Must be able to provide a 5-year Motor Vehicle Record prior to employment
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• May not have more than 1 moving violation or at fault accident within 12 months
• May not have more than 2 moving violations or at fault accidents within 36 months
• May not have any serious motor vehicle violations including but not limited to excessive speeding, reckless driving, DUI/DWI, suspended or revoked license, etc.

This is a non-exempt position, eligible to receive overtime in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This position may be subject to overtime during high peak times, etc. as directed and approved by the supervisor.

This job description reflects the general responsibilities of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Duties and responsibilities may evolve over time based on operational needs.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Frequency

• Stand
• Constantly
• Walk
• Frequently
• Sit
• Occasionally
• Use hands/fingers
• Constantly
• Climb or balance
• Occasionally
• Stoop/kneel/crouch/crawl
• Frequently
• Reach with hands/arms
• Frequently
• Talk or hear
• Frequently
• Lifting up to 10 lbs.
• Frequently
• Lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Occasionally
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. (with assistance)
• Rarely
• Lifting up to 100 lbs. (with assistance)
• Rarely
• More than 100 lbs. (with assistance)
• Rarely
• Wet/humid conditions
• Occasionally
• Work near moving mechanical parts
• Rarely
• Fumes/airborne particles
• Rarely
• Extreme cold
• Rarely
• Extreme heat
• Occasionally
• Risk of electrical shock
• Rarely

Driving requirement

• Occasionally – Motor vehicle

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation listed below for this position represents the anticipated hiring range and is provided in accordance with Virginia pay transparency requirements. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, education, certifications, internal equity, and the specific requirements of the role.

Range: $19.00 - $22.00/hour

Equal Opportunity Employer

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