Position Title: Baker Assistant
Department: Pizza Production
Reports to: Production Manager and Company Management
Direct Reports: N/A
Position Details: Hourly non exempt - 30 hours a week to start
Starting compensation $18-$21 commensurate to experience
Paid time off
Summary: The Assistant Baker will work with the baking team and any additional production staff and will help with the entire production process of La Rossi Pizza.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Work closely with production manager to run the kitchen at the highest standards
- Communicate any issues or concerns with production management and company management
- Complete daily production: including all preparation, dough mixing, pizza production, labeling and packaging
- Assist with production pars and conduct inventory of pizzas
- Maintain high standards of organization and cleanliness, adhering to sanitation and health regulations, as well as company policy. Conduct daily cleaning and weekly deep clean (at minimum)
- Maintain quality assurance with daily monitoring, including pizza and ingredient tasting
- Assist with any necessary machine maintenance
- Work closely with the production manager and management team on product development and building new pizza items
- Key attributes: Adaptability and flexibility, problem-solver, communicator, self-motivated, multi-tasker, team-oriented.
Qualifications
- 1 year professional experience in a professional kitchen and/or bakery production is required
- Knowledge of supplies and equipment, as well as food service setup and temperature requirements.
- Requires skill in both cooking and food preparation methods, including both food safety and quality standards.
- Must be able to follow instructions and safety procedures both written and verbal
- Food-Handlers Licence preferred but not required
- Proof of Vaccination
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50lbs and stand for extended periods of time
La Rossi Pizza, a new, fast growing, women owned, farm and locally sourced frozen pizza production, is looking for passionate team members with baking skills to join our production team in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Help us create the best pizza for multichannel clients including retailers, private labels, direct to consumer and wholesale accounts.
We’re looking for passionate, pro-active baking members who love pizza, forefront food making technology and the excitement of a startup environment.
Our expert baking team will train you in our unique recipe execution and in the Italian know-how to produce premium frozen pizza that tastes like fresh out of a brick oven.
