Production Assistant (Production Operative)

Join Our Team as a Production Assistant!

Hours: 06:00–16:00, 4 days out of 5 with a rolling day off each week.
Breaks: 2 x 30-minute unpaid breaks per shift
Pay: £13.21 per hour standard. Enhanced rate of £16.51 per hour for hours worked between 20:00–06:00 or over 37.5 hours per week.

What You’ll Do

As a Production Assistant, you’ll be a vital part of our pastry production team, helping to keep our lines running smoothly and efficiently. You’ll play a hands-on role in machine setup, line operation, quality control, and supporting our skilled hand crimping operatives. Full training is provided, and you’ll gain experience across a range of production processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Setting up production machines at the start of each shift to ensure smooth and efficient operations

• Operating the production line at the correct speed to match the number of hand crimpers working on the line

• Keeping hand lines fully supplied with pastry bases

• Operating depositors to accurately fill pastry bases ready for hand crimping

• Depositing the correct quantities of vegetables onto bases for layered products

• Collecting and managing waste to maintain a clean and efficient working environment

• Carrying out weight checks on filled bases to ensure products meet quality standards

• Marking products to maintain organisation and traceability

• Applying decorative elements to bespoke products when required

• Operating topping equipment to apply herbs, rusk, and other toppings accurately

• Operating glazers to ensure consistent coverage at the correct speed

No Experience? No Problem!

Full training is provided. During your probation period, you’ll also gain:
Food Safety Level 2 certificate
Health & Safety Level 2 certificate

Why Join Proper Cornish?

You’ll be at the heart of our pastry production, helping to create the high-quality products our customers love. We are a growing business built on our values of Customer First, Honesty, Quality, Friendliness, and Passion.

With over 250 colleagues, we take pride in making the world a better place every day by filling it with pasties and other sweet and savoury pastry delights. We’re also proud to hold a Gold Health and Wellbeing Award, showing our commitment to supporting a healthy and happy workforce.

Proper Perks

• Free pasties and pastries every day

• Free weekly fruit

• Subsidised canteen

• Monthly colleague treats and regular staff BBQs

• Bake sales and competitions

• Christmas goodies and celebrations

• Free use of spa and golf facilities in St Austell

• Mental Health First Aiders

• Company-funded Health Cash Plan

• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 free and confidential helpline)

• Death in Service Plan

• £500 colleague referral bonuses

• Staff discounts on pasties, pastries, cakes, and tarts

• Local business discounts

• Excellent training and career development opportunities

• Employment anniversary cash awards

• Strong internal communication and job security within a growing business

Ready to Join the Team?

If you’re a team player with a positive “can do” attitude and want to be part of a friendly, fast-paced, and growing company, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.