JOURNEYMAN BAKER

About the organization

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. Its mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th‑century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. The Historic Area is a 301‑acre restored colonial capital with 89 original buildings and 525 reconstructed buildings, staffed by historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople. The Foundation also operates two world‑class museums (the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum), the Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute, the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, five accommodations, and numerous on‑site restaurants and taverns. Each year over five million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage digitally.

Responsibilities

• Daily production of menu items for taverns and grab‑and‑go locations.
• Knowledge of special dietary requirements.
• Proficient ability with basic mixing techniques, including 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.
• Ensuring production is complete and timely according to business needs.
• Maintaining a clean, organized, and sanitary workstation and surrounding environment.
• Accurate scaling and measuring according to bakers’ math.
• Monitoring and inspecting quality of ingredients, finished products, and their display in outlets.

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

Requirements

• 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

• Ability to scale formulas dictated by volume needs using bakers’ math.
• Proficient working knowledge of a freezer mise en place system.
• Kneading and dough shaping skills.
• Experience baking in wood‑fired ovens.
• Ability to train associates to bake standard items using a wood‑fired oven.
• Valid Commonwealth of Virginia driver’s license with an acceptable driving record per Colonial Williamsburg Foundation criteria.
• Ability 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 (e.g., excessive speeding, reckless driving, DUI/DWI, suspended or revoked license).

Physical and environmental demands

• 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 lb frequently; up to 25 lb frequently; up to 50 lb occasionally (with assistance); up to 100 lb rarely (with assistance); more than 100 lb rarely (with assistance).
• Work in wet/humid conditions occasionally.
• Work near moving mechanical parts rarely.
• Exposure to fumes/airborne particles rarely.
• Extreme cold rarely; extreme heat occasionally.
• Risk of electrical shock rarely.
• Driving requirement occasionally – motor vehicle.