Baker

About the role

Provide food service support by offering baked goods, desserts, and/or dining services, as well as banquets and other special events. Develop and test new recipes to offer a variety of bakery products and desserts to the customer.

Responsibilities

• Aid in estimating product needs.
• Complete food service production records.
• Decorate specialty cakes and make fancy desserts.
• Develop and test current and new recipes for baked goods and desserts.
• Evaluate leftover status, evaluate food production records, and estimate batches for food production.
• Maintain machines, equipment, and work area in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
• Mix batter for all types of baked goods and desserts using a computerized menu management system.
• Monitor product quality and quantity and minimize waste.
• Operate baking ovens and adjust temperature.
• Operate mixing machines and equipment.
• Perform the work of other Dining Service classifications when assigned.
• Train and direct the work of lower-level food service workers and student employees assigned to assist.
• Train and direct the work of dining service workers and student employees in the performance of the characteristic duties when they are assigned to assist.
• Report to the immediate supervisor.
• Cultivate an environment of belonging that values, respects, supports, and celebrates individual similarities and differences, allowing students, faculty, and staff to thrive authentically.
• Support, promote, and develop university student enrollment and retention initiatives.
• Work harmoniously with others in varying temperatures, confined spaces, noise, and stressful situations and workloads.
• Work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to perform repetitive tasks.
• Ability to push/pull carts weighing a maximum of 125 pounds.
• Lift a minimum of 15 lbs. and occasionally up to 50 lbs.
• Reach, lift, bend, stoop, push, pull, walk, and turn.
• Stand for the entire shift.
• Demonstrate successful experience working directly with people from diverse backgrounds, including cultural, educational, socioeconomic, and life experiences.

  Requirements

  The normal working hours are 4 am-12:30 pm., Monday through Friday. Days off are Saturday and Sunday. The start date for this position will be July 6, 2026. The employee may be required to work other times, including evenings and/or weekends. Employee must be able to fulfill the University’s requirements concerning the issuance and use of University keys.

  Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED equivalency.
  • Two years full-time equivalent work in a commercial or institutional facility preparing a variety of baked good products.
  • Physical Demands: Bending, Carrying, Moving, Reaching, Twisting, Balancing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive movement, Standing.

  Skills and Abilities

  • Familiarity with and knowledge of how to use bakery equipment, methods of oven temperature control, and proper consistency of dough and batters.
  • Follow safety and sanitation standards and practices.
  • Assess the quality and quantity of ingredients to ensure the final product's quality.
  • Learn to use a computerized menu management system.
  • Keep accurate records and assist in estimating product needs.
  • Measure ingredients accurately; produce dough and batters properly.
  • Read, understand, and follow recipes, directions, safety labels, equipment operations manuals, etc.
  • Train and direct others in the performance of the characteristic duties.
  • Use a computerized menu management system to generate/rebatch recipes and data reporting.
  • Work harmoniously with others in varying temperatures, confined spaces, noise, and stressful situations and workloads.
  • Work independently and exercise sound judgment.
  • Ability to perform repetitive tasks.
  • Ability to push/pull carts weighing a maximum of 125 pounds.
  • Lift a minimum of 15 lbs. and occasionally up to 50 lbs.
  • Reach, lift, bend, stoop, push, pull, walk, and turn.
  • Stand for the entire shift.
  • Demonstrate successful experience working directly with people from diverse backgrounds, including cultural, educational, socioeconomic, and life experiences.

  Benefits

  Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. AFSCME Benefits

  Pay

  $18.69 pursuant to the FSU and CTA/MEA-NEA Agreement.

  Schedule

  The normal working hours are 4 am-12:30 pm., Monday through Friday. Days off are Saturday and Sunday. The start date for this position will be July 6, 2026. The employee may be required to work other times, including evenings and/or weekends.