Part Time Packaging/Distribution - Broadway Bakery
Location: Jerry’s Enterprises, Inc. Commissary
Reports to: Packaging/Distribution Lead • Part Time • Pay: Progressive scale up to $18.00/hour based on experience
About the role
Primary objective is to help the Packaging/Distribution Department meet daily goals. The position ensures consistent product quality and quantity to meet daily needs, with a focus on product knowledge, workflow sequence, and packaging/distribution speed.
Work hours vary according to business needs; assignments and direction are provided by the Packaging/Distribution Lead or person in charge.
Responsibilities
- Answer Packaging/Distribution Department telephone calls promptly
- Package and prepare bakery products for distribution
- Slice product safely
- Package finished bakery products
- Properly label and distribute finished product
- Follow safe food handling and preparation processes
- Follow approved preparation and production guidelines
- Ensure proper product quality and presentation
- Clean Packaging/Distribution Department and maintain back-room conditions
- Break down and clean equipment
- Clean shelves, racking, and cases as needed
- Use personal protective devices (splash goggles, chemical-resistant gloves) as required
- Comply with local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and policies
- Follow and enforce procedures outlined in the Food Safety Plan and other programs supporting food safety, quality systems, and third-party audits
- Follow all facility and department policies and procedures
- Assist in the Production Departments when assigned
- Perform other duties as assigned or delegated
Requirements
- Self-directed and able to prioritize projects
- Reliable, punctual, honest, and dependable
- Knowledge of packaging/distribution, product preparation, and food safety regulations
- Ongoing social skills and verbal interaction
- Ability to read, walk, stand, and perform moderate lifting
- Operation of finishing and wrapping equipment
Physical Requirements
Frequent (15% of work shift or at least ten repetitions per shift):
- Lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs.
- Pushing/pulling over 50 force lbs.
- Unloading bakery ingredients and supplies
- Walking, reaching, standing, stooping/bending, squatting
- Repetitive motion: turning, bending
- Equipment operation: scanner, scale, label machine, mixer, oven, bread slicer, scraper knives, baker rack, box cutter, pallet jack, pan washer
- Mental judgment/decision making, social skills/verbal interaction, memorization, reading, writing, math, basic computer skills
- Extended exposure to varied temperatures and wet surfaces, working with hot grease
Occasional (less than 15% of work shift or fewer than 10 repetitions per shift):
- Lifting/carrying over 50 lbs.
- Equipment operation (calculator)
- Climbing ladders, kneeling, crawling
Pay
Progressive scale up to $18.00 per hour, based on experience.
Schedule
Sunday – Saturday, varied hours.