Bakers and bread lovers wanted!!!

Big Loaf Factory Bakery 7 Zeta Crescent, O'Connor, WA, 6163, AUSTRALIA $60,000 – $80,000 | Full Time

The Role

Hello From Big Loaf!

As we get ready for a (hopefully) very busy summer, we are building up our team, and in our bread team we have a full time baker position available! This is a great job for someone who loves bread, knows their way around a bakery and wants to be part of something really good.

About Us

We are obsessed with bread, food and coffee. Our business is built around making the best possible products, by hand, with fresh local ingredients.

If you're not familiar with our business, please have a look at our Instagram pages to see what we're about:

- https://www.instagram.com/bigloaf_factorybakery/

- https://www.instagram.com/north.street.store/

Bread is the heart of Big Loaf. We bake for our own shops and for a long list of wholesale customers across Perth, every day of the week. Our focus is naturally leavened sourdough, made the old-fashioned way: long fermentation, cold retard overnight, and a lot of hands-on work. Alongside the sourdough we make baguettes, focaccia, Arabic bread, milk buns and seasonal favourites like our hot cross buns.

Our bakery runs on two shifts that work as one team. The afternoon team mixes and shapes, and gets the full mise en place ready. The dough rests in the coldroom overnight, and the morning team bakes it fresh. Nearly all our ingredients come from WA, and much of it comes directly from the farmer or miller.

About the job

Where: Big Loaf, O'Connor Roster: 5 x [7.5/8] hour shifts, [morning shift starting 2am / afternoon shift 10am–6pm], including weekend days,



plus reasonable overtime as required Salary: $60,000 – $80,000, depending on experience

The key parts of the job

- Working on the bench with the bread team day to day

- Mixing, dividing and shaping sourdough, baguettes, focaccia and more

- Managing fermentation, proofing and the cold retard

- Loading and running the deck ovens, and checking every bake for quality

- Mise en place and prep for the next shift

- Cleaning and maintenance

- General admin: production records, wastage, checklists, food safety logs etc.

The kind of baker we are looking for

First and most importantly, you need to LOVE bread and baking. True passion is essential. It's infectious, and it's what keeps our standards high every single day.

We are a busy bakery, so you will need some commercial experience. We value good shaping skills, a feel for dough, quick hands, tidy work habits and attention to detail. Ideally we are looking for someone with a few years of practice, but there is an opportunity here for someone who wants to learn. If your love for bread is bigger than your experience, we are happy to teach the right person.

Either way, we value a positive attitude, a systems-focused mindset, consistency and a willingness to do what's needed. As a very busy but still small family business,



we are all in it together for mutual success and the win-win. That means we all get in and do what's needed. It's not unusual for a baker to jump in the van and help with a delivery, or for the shop manager to help out on the bench.

Before you apply, please read the usual stuff for all jobs with us and make sure you can tick most, if not all, of these:

- You are confident and have a resilient nature

- You're punctual, reliable, and arrive fresh and ready for work every day (early starts are part of the job!)

- You have a good car/transport, as public transport doesn't run at our start times

- You enjoy a challenge and overcoming obstacles

- You have working rights and residency in Australia

- You're physically strong and able to work on your feet, lifting dough tubs, flour bags and bread crates

- You can use a computer and tablet for production records

If this sounds like you, please get in touch via phone, email or just pop in and ask to speak with Benoit.

Screening Questions

- VISA holders, please list VISA type, expiration date and any relevant details.

- References from the last 12 months: contact details, workplace and duration of employment

- Are you currently in Perth, Western Australia?

- Do you hold a current licence and have your own transport?

- Do you have any medical conditions, e.g. allergies (including flour or wheat dust), that you feel may affect your ability to work?

- Describe your bread baking experience. Have you worked with sourdough or natural levain?

- What has interested you in working with us?

- What is your availability? Are you available for early morning starts (2am) and weekends?

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