Join Our Packing Team - (Day Shift)

Hours: 07:00–17:15, 4 days out of 5 (Monday to Friday, with one rotational day off per week)
Breaks: 2 x 30-minute unpaid breaks per shift
Pay: £12.50 per hour standard. Enhanced rate of £15.63 per hour for hours worked between 20:00–06:00 or over 37.5 hours per week.

Closing date for internal applicants: 06 February 2026

What You’ll Do

As a Packing Production Operative, you’ll be a key part of our friendly day shift packing team, ensuring our finished products are packed accurately and efficiently to specification and customer requirements. This is a hands-on role where attention to detail is essential. You’ll need to be IT literate and comfortable standing for most of your shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Checking finished products for quality, ensuring correct size, shape, and compliance with product specifications

• Packing finished products into boxes accurately and efficiently in line with product specifications

• Placing full boxes onto the packing conveyor belt for taping, weighing, and labelling

• Assembling boxes and changing tape reels and printer reels to keep packing operations running smoothly

• Programming and setting up packing robots on relevant product lines, including optimising pastry spacing and rechecking products rejected by the robot

• Palletising and wrapping completed boxes, preparing products for dispatch in line with specifications

No Experience? No Problem!

Full training is provided. After successfully completing your probation period, you will gain:
Food Safety Level 2 certificate
Health & Safety Level 2 certificate

Why Join Proper Cornish?

You’ll play an important role in making sure our high-quality products reach our customers in perfect condition. We offer a supportive working environment, opportunities to develop your skills, and access to modern packing technology that supports your growth.

We are guided by our values of Customer First, Honesty, Quality, Friendliness, and Passion. With around 250 colleagues, we take pride in making the world a better place every day by filling it with delicious pasties and savoury pastry delights. We are also proud holders of a Gold Health and Wellbeing Award, reflecting our commitment to a healthy and happy workforce.

Proper Perks

• Free pasties and pastries every day

• Free fruit and drinks every day

• Subsidised canteen

• Monthly colleague treats and quarterly staff BBQs

• Bake sales and competitions

• Christmas goodies and celebrations

• Free use of spa and golf facilities in St Austell

• Subsidised massages

• 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

• Flexible working opportunities

• 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 and rapidly growing company, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.