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What do you want to do at Great Harvest Bread Company?
We have three main types of jobs:
PRODUCTION (they make our products), CUSTOMER SERVICE (they sell them) and DRIVERS (they get our products to our stores). Job experience in any one area, while helpful, is not required. More important to us at Great Harvest Herndon is an enthusiasm for our products and an excitement to help our customers. It is important to realize that we function as a team, and although you may have one title, we prefer to cross-train employees so you can jump in and help wherever needed.
There are a few things that are expected of each and every employee:
Greeting Customers Cleaning! Moving Fast! Positive Attitude Integrity PRODUCTION POSITIONS
• Bread production (sponge & dough) - Baking phenomenal bread is what our business is all about. Can you get up early (1:00 AM); do easy math calculations before dawn, follow directions, stay focused and work quickly and efficiently? Are you deadline and detail oriented? Bread making combines art and science, and you must be able to master both. Not for the faint-hearted, but oh-so-rewarding
• Goodies production - Our goodies production people love to bake, and take pride in their scones, muffins, cinnamon rolls and cookies. Can you hit the ground running at 1:00 AM? Work quickly and efficiently, multi-task, clean up after yourself, and plan ahead? Then consider putting a smile on our customers’ faces by baking our phenomenal goodies.
• Bread kneader - When dough hits the kneading table (approximately 4:00 AM), you go to work. You have to work quickly and efficiently. Kneading dough is an art, more than a science, and is critical to baking phenomenal bread. We’ll teach you what you “knead” to know, but you have to show you are willing to learn and settle for nothing less than near perfection.
• Baker (proofer/oven operator) - It sounds simple: you wait until the bread rises, get it into the oven, and take it out when it’s done. Ah, but when you’re operating a 40-pan oven, juggling five or six types of breads, not so simple. Are you up for the challenge? This position may also involve kneading and production preparation. This position usually starts at 1:00 AM.
CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS
• Front counter - Our customers can buy bread, goodies, and sandwiches just about anywhere. What entices them into Great Harvest Bread Company (besides phenomenal products)? You! The folks behind our front counter set our store apart from all others. Can you put a smile on your face even when you don’t feel like it? Can you keep your cool under pressure, accept criticism graciously, and create a WOW experience for every customer that walks into our store? Are you naturally friendly and helpful? And are you willing to jump in and help where needed? Product knowledge and the ability to educate, and sell to, our customers is important.
DRIVERS
• Drivers – Our drivers are responsible for getting bread and other goodies from our Herndon Virginia bakery to our retail outlets in Vienna and Ashburn. The drivers will load our van in Herndon and then drive to our other locations and help the staff at the retail locations place the bread on the racks. You will have to lift a ramp that weighs approximately 30 pounds and you may even help bag cookies in Herndon in the morning. Most days you will make two runs from Herndon to Ashburn and Vienna. It is important that this be done quickly and safely. You must be 25 years of age or older and have a valid driver’s license with no tickets.
Great Harvest Bread of Herndon
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