Zingerman’s Bakehouse is looking for a full-time bread baker to join our team!
Do you like to play with your food? Think being covered in a light dusting of flour is a sign of a fun and productive day? Looking for a place where you can be yourself and do good work on a team? Join our experienced and dedicated bread baking team to create some of the best breads in Michigan.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

• A welcoming workplace where you can bring your whole quirky self to work, it’s appreciated and acknowledged.
• An active physical job (You’ll easily close those rings on your watch every day!).
• A bread-ucation! Whether or not you were into sourdough before it became hip, you’re sure to learn a lot about naturally leavened bread, freshly milled flour, and more.
• Fun and engaged teammates who support each other.
• Lots of collaboration and creativity. We make decisions together. There’s no “They” here, just “Us.”
• Making delicious and beautiful products to be proud of.
• Managing partners working with you side-by-side. (Our two current owners started as hourly staff, so they know your potential for growth.)
• A business education while you work! Learn Zingerman’s nationally-acclaimed business practices and put them into action. Hello resume builder! (Though you likely won’t want to leave anytime soon.)
• A place where you can be creative and make a difference.
• Full benefits package, and lots of free food.
• Sound like the place you’ve been looking for? Please apply.

• Work quickly and with a sense of urgency at all times
• Multi-tasking
• Accurately scale dough
• Hand-shape multiple types of dough
• Must work well with others in a team environment
• Must be able to self manage and work independently, with little direction for periods of time
• Arrives on time to all shifts
• Prepares ingredients and does set-up work - setting up boards screens, pans, and other
• equipment in preparation for making each type of bread
• Mixes dough for baking
• Loads and unloads bread in the ovens
• Monitors the proofing and baking of the breads
• Works safely around hot ovens, heavy equipment, and sharp utensils
• Cleaning; including 2 hours or more of dishes and clean-up using industrial dishwashing
• machines as well as by hand
• Keeps a clean and sanitary work area
• Completes basic orientation training passport within 90 days of hire
• Attends and participate in Bread department and Bakehouse all-staff huddles
• Willingness to be flexible with schedule
• Able to follow through with verbal instructions