Bakery Co-op Student

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
Why work for Dawn Foods?
PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.
About the Job
Dawn's Baking Co-Op offers students a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the dynamic world of the Global Bakery Industry. With over 100 years of expertise, Dawn provides a platform for Co-Op to experience our vibrant company culture, embrace our core values, and gain valuable knowledge for their future careers.
Dawn's Baking Co-Op will Benefit From :

• Opportunities to develop new skills and gain hands-on experience through meaningful projects and assignments.
• Mentorship and Networking opportunities with professionals in the industry.

This Baking Co-Op will assist the technical team in the kitchen. This program will expose inspiring bakers to various industry customer channels, baking principles, and techniques. In addition, there will be extensive hands-on work focused on Dawn Foods Manufactured products as well as commodities.
Schedule: This position typically follows a traditional Monday through Friday schedule. While most workdays adhere to standard hours, there may be occasions that require earlier start times or later end times to meet business needs.
Compensation: This role offers $24 per hour with eligibility for overtime pay.
What You'll Do as a Baking Co-Op

• Shadow and learn from a seasoned Technical Sales & Service Representatives (TSR) in real world bakery settings including multiple customers, channels and environments.
• Assist in baking various products following recipes and guidelines and support the team in the Kitchen
• Measuring and combining ingredients and safely using mixers, blenders, heat sources, and other equipment to make baked goods, such as cookies, bread, cakes, etc.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of workstations and equipment
• Adhere to food safety standards and procedures
• Engage and interact with other teams to continuously improve knowledge of the industry and region
• To organize raw materials /finished products and stand displays when required
• Any other tasks/assignments that may be assigned
• Gain a full set of skills around Dawn ingredients. This experience will be "hands on"
• Demonstrate the "Dawn Values" of Team Dawn and support our culture throughout the duration of the Co-Op Program.

What Will Set You Apart?

• Must have a passion for Baking with basic knowledge of relevant concepts, principles and tools
• Must be participating in a Baking Program/Diploma
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Must be accurate and a reliable team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Eagerness to learn and take on new challenges.
• Adaptability and willingness to embrace feedback and eagerness to learn and take on new challenges.

Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Position requires constant and continuous support of production and other departments with time spent both in an office environment and an Industrial Kitchen environment, temperature change as work area direct.
• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to bake or fry in the kitchen lab.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID: 36191
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Date: Aug 28, 2024
If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to [email protected].