Bakers/ Creative Bakers

Bakehouse Doughnuts – Thomastown, VIC

Bakehouse Doughnuts is a small, growing bakery in Thomastown, passionate about quality doughnuts and baked goods. As we expand our product range, we’re looking for talented and creative Bakers who love working with dough, flavour, and ideas.

This is a great opportunity to join a hands-on team and play a genuine role in developing new products, not just following recipes.

About the Role

• Preparing and baking doughnuts and other baked products
• Contributing ideas and creativity to new product development
• Maintaining consistent quality, presentation, and flavour
• Supporting daily bakery operations in a small team environment

Benefits

What We Offer

• Opportunity to be part of a growing bakery brand
• Real input into new product creation and expansion
• Supportive and hands-on work environment
• Opportunity to grow with the business
• Competitive pay based on experience

Task & responsibilities

• Checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
• Checking the quality of raw materials and weighing ingredients
• Kneading, maturing, cutting, moulding, mixing and shaping dough and pastry goods
• Preparing pastry fillings
• Monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
• Coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls and pastry products
• Glazing buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing
• Operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits
• Emptying, cleaning and greasing baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment

Qualification & experience

• AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
• At least two years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above.
• Creative flair with an interest in developing new products 
• A genuine passion for baking
• Knowledge of food production methods
• Enjoys working in a small, fast growing business
• To be thorough and pay attention to detail
• Strong pride in workmanship and product quality
• Ability to work well with others , reliable and organised 
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Capability to use your initiative
• Able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
• Available for early starts