Full-Time Production / Relief Sanitation

Why should you join our team?

The Original Cakerie is part of the rapidly growing Dessert Holdings Family, offering career growth opportunities. Dessert Holdings is North America's fastest growing premium dessert company, recognized for providing retail and foodservice customers with chef-inspired innovative desserts made with real ingredients, a flexible and low-cost supply chain, and best in class service. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, it is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: Steven Charles, The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company and most recently, Dianne's Fine Desserts. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital and is continuing its journey of rapid growth. The company employs approximately 3,000 people across eight manufacturing facilities and its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The manufacturing facilities are geographically dispersed, with two facilities in Canada and one each in Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina.

Our location in London, ON has an opening for Full Time Production / Relief Sanitation.

Responsibilities & Duties: (This is a full-time production role that provides Sanitation backup when needed)

• Daily performance of sanitation duties including cleaning and sanitizing throughout the plant in all production areas - dismantling, cleaning, and sanitizing processing equipment
• Sanitation and housekeeping functions throughout the plant including wastewater treatment, garbage, spiral freezer, and clean in place (CIP)
• Working both inside and outside the plant
• Understanding the principles of the master cleaning schedule, dispensing of chemical cleaning solutions, meeting quality control guidelines, and following department procedures
• Identifying equipment problems and working cooperatively with maintenance and set-up
• Communicating effectively with other departments to work together to achieve organizational goals.

Position Requirements:

• Ability to work with all chemical cleaning agents including fungicides and possible insecticides.
• Excellent attendance record, demonstrating reliability.
• Strong initiative to achieve results.
• Ability to perform some heavy lifting up to 50lbs, climb stairs, navigate around manufacturing equipment, and work with a sense of urgency.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills; a team player.
• Ability to work with limited or no supervision.
• Scissor lift experience preferred.

Shift Summary:

• Required to be available for a minimum of five shifts per week from Monday to Saturday, with Saturdays being a regularly required shift.
• Desire more hours? Increase your availability!
• All the shifts are rotational and run for 8 hours with a 30-minute break added.

Schedule:

• Schedules are posted 2 weeks in advance.
• Must be able to accommodate all the starting times on the specified shift
• Start times could be different every day,
  • C-Shift start times are between 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

What We Offer:

Pay Rate: While performing Production role, probationary rate per hour is $18.83 and full rate is $20.92.

                  While performing Sanitation role, probationary rate per hour is $19.78 and full rate is $21.98.

Our Benefits! 

• We provide uniforms, safety shoes and sick pay.
• Shift premium for all hours worked between 7:00 pm – 5:00 am
• Weekend premium for all hours worked between 5:00 am - 7:00 pm.
• Eligible for quarterly bonuses upon completion of probation.
• This position also provides comprehensive benefits & RRSP contribution after probation is complete.
• You will feel proud to work at our beautiful modern facility.
• We are a progressive employer offering challenge, opportunity and a competitive compensation package in an employee focused work environment.

We thank you in advance for your interest in The Original Cakerie. Due to high volume, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Dessert Holdings company (Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company or The Original Cakerie) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to abide by all federal and state laws prohibiting employment discrimination; therefore, Dessert Holdings company (Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company or The Original Cakerie) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, military status, pregnancy, or disability or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state and local antidiscrimination laws.