Sunshine Coast Sourdough Co

SC Sourdough Pty Ltd at Turner Family Trust (trading as Sunshine Coast Sourdough Co) is looking for a passionate and experienced Baker to join the team. You'll be responsible for producing consistently high-quality, handmade sourdough breads, pastries, and sweet and savoury goods. Working with certified organic and locally sourced ingredients, you will uphold the bakery’s traditional slow-fermentation methods, maintain excellent food-safety standards, minimise waste, and contribute to a collaborative, community-focused team.

Advantages

Salary: AUD $76,000 – $86,000 per annum + superannuation

Task & responsibilities

- Inspect the bakery premises, work areas, ovens, machinery and equipment before production to ensure cleanliness and compliance with food safety and workplace health and safety requirements.
- Check the quality and freshness of certified organic flours and other locally sourced ingredients, accurately weighing and measuring them according to bakery recipes.
- Mix, knead, mature, divide, cut, mould and shape dough for the bakery’s handmade sourdough breads, rolls, pastries and other baked goods.
- Monitor and manage the bakery’s slow sourdough fermentation process to achieve consistent flavour, texture and product quality.
- Prepare sweet and savoury fillings for pastries and other bakery products.
- Monitor oven temperatures, baking times and product appearance to ensure breads and pastries are baked to the required colour, texture and quality.
- Coordinate the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of small-batch sourdough breads, rolls and pastry products.
- Glaze and finish buns and pastries and decorate sweet baked goods with cream, icing or other toppings as required.
- Safely operate mixers, dough rollers, moulding equipment and other bakery machinery used in bread and pastry production.
- Empty, clean, sanitise and grease baking trays, tins, utensils and production equipment,



maintaining an organised work area and supporting the bakery’s waste-reduction practices.

Qualification & experience

Qualifications:

Certificate III or IV in Baking or related field

Experience:

- 1 - 2 years of experience in an artisan or sourdough bakery producing handmade breads, pastries and sweet and savoury baked goods.
- Demonstrated expertise in maintaining sourdough cultures, controlling long fermentation schedules and hand-shaping high-hydration dough.
- Experience producing consistent small-batch sourdough using traditional techniques, including mixing, folding, dividing, pre-shaping, final shaping, proofing and baking.
- Sound knowledge of certified organic flours, sustainably grown grains and other quality ingredients, including their effect on dough development, flavour and finished-product quality.
- Competence in operating commercial bakery equipment, including mixers, dough rollers, moulders and deck ovens or similar baking ovens.
- Strong understanding of recipe consistency, quality control, food safety, workplace safety and waste-minimisation practices.

Skills:

- Ability to hand-shape high-hydration sourdough loaves to a consistently high standard.
- Ability to monitor dough temperature, hydration, fermentation and proofing, making adjustments for changes in ingredients and environmental conditions.
- Effective problem-solving skills to address variations in fermentation, dough consistency, equipment performance and baking results.
- Ability to maintain product consistency across handmade sourdough breads, pastries and other small-batch products.
- Commitment to Sunshine Coast Sourdough Co’s focus on quality, sustainability, community and carefully handcrafted products.

About Company

Sunshine Coast Sourdough Co is a bakery producing delicious handmade sourdough, pastries and sweet and savoury treats for all the family to enjoy!

This job is posted from Workinitiatives platform.

Work Type: Full time

Salary: $76000-86000

Job Publish: 09-08-2026

Job Expire: 08-09-2026

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