Commissary Kitchen Lead

Do you have a passion for cooking Do you have the desire to continually improve upon your skills in the kitchen Grand Central Bakery is currently seeking excited Kitchen Leads to prepare all our fan favorite meals. Join our team today!

The Kitchen Lead is responsible for all aspects of daily kitchen management including financial impacts and quality control. The Lead is the trainer for all stations and actively coaches all staff on an ongoing basis. They engage with cafes and management regarding kitchen and production. They oversee daily and weekly production schedules shift coverage ordering inventory management recipe scaling processing of requisitions labor and food cost reporting. This position requires an attention to detail a desire to continually improve upon ones skills as a cook and an ability to work cooperatively in a production level team environment. This position is the fourth of four Cook levels.

Location: Commissary Kitchen714 N. Fremont Portland OR 97227

Rate of Pay: This position pays $27.00 per hour.

Schedule:Full time 4-5 shifts per week. Schedule flexibility and the ability to work weekends and holidays is required.

Grand Central Bakery acknowledges the importance of work-life balance. To the best of our ability established days off are respected vacation requests are accommodated to the best of our staffing abilities and changes to the schedule are clearly communicated in advance.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Ability to read write and speak English required; English/Spanish bilingual preferred
• Maintains a valid Food Handlers Card at all times
• Must demonstrate regular attendance by coming to work on scheduled working days and being on time
• Prior experience leading training and coaching preferred
• HS diploma/GED preferred
• Basic math skills required
• Professional experience as a prep cook required
• Intermediate computer skills including use of Microsoft Outlook Excel Word or comparable programs
• Intermediate experience with ChefTec or other ERP systems
• Experience placing orders signing invoices and checking in inventory required

Physical requirements include but are not limited to:

• This position walks up to the equivalent of two miles per shift and stands for 100% of the shift worked.
• Working in cold environments such as walk-in freezers and refrigerators.
• The Kitchen Leadworks in a building shared with production facilities andare constantly exposed to wheat flour dust and other grain dusts (rye corn oat).

Company Overview

Grand Central Bakery ignited a bread revolution in 1989 by introducing rustic artisan loaves to Northwest tables. Values are at the heart of our company and sustainability touches everything we do - from where we buy ingredients to how we care for our employees and invest in our communities. A Certified B Corporation Grand Central Bakery is part of a global movement of organizations using business as a force for good.

Pay Transparency

Grand Central Bakery complies with applicable pay transparency laws in the locations where it does business. All job postings include the rate of pay for the position. For positions that have a range the full range will be listed along with the expected starting compensation.

Benefits

Grand Central Bakery offers outstanding employee benefits as part of our total compensation package including health insurance paid time off a 401k with match employee discount and bread! Check out our career page for information about our benefit offerings. Employment Opportunity

We are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and strive to create a work environment of respect trust collaboration and cooperation. It is the policy of Grand Central Bakery to maintain a workplace free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion creed sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin physical sensory or mental disability age marital status military or veteran status family relationship your or your familys genetic information or status in any other legally protected group. We expect each employee to embrace and apply these principles of equal treatment to each other and to our customers.

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