Proper Cornish
Production Assistant (Production Operative)
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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
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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.
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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.
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