Cookie Dough Production Pro: Portioning & Prep

The Confectionist Bakery; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Confectionist Bakery in Melbourne is seeking a Bakery Production Assistant to join our Altona North team. The role focuses on portioning cookie dough by weighing and shaping each piece for baking, supporting our growing loaded cookies range.

You will work Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm, in a busy production kitchen. Previous bakery or food-production experience helps, but a positive attitude and willingness to learn are what we value most.

Qualifications

• Previous bakery, kitchen or food-production experience is helpful.
• Must be reliable, punctual, and able to learn.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in repetitive tasks.
• Able to work in a busy production kitchen and stay organised.
• Enjoy hands-on, practical work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weighing, portioning and shaping cookie dough.
• Preparing fillings and other cookie components.
• Using a piping bag to fill cookies at high volume.
• General food-preparation tasks and kitchen cleaning.
• Keeping benches, equipment and production areas clean.
• Following recipes, food-safety procedures and production standards.
• Working efficiently to meet daily production targets.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reliable

Team player

Punctual

Organised

Hands-on

Job description

Bakery Production Assistant – Cookie Dough Portioning

The Confectionist Bakery is a Melbourne-based bakery specialising in loaded cookies, beautifully iced biscuits and other delicious treats.

Our loaded cookie range includes 6 core flavours, plus 2 exciting flavours that change every week - so there's always something new in the kitchen!

We’re looking for a reliable and hardworking Bakery Production Assistant to join our production team in Altona North. The main responsibility of this role is portioning freshly made cookie dough by accurately weighing and shaping each cookie, ready for baking.

About the role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Accurately weighing, portioning and shaping cookie dough

• Preparing fillings and other cookie components

• Using a Piping Bag to fill cookies at a high volume

• Completing general food-preparation tasks

• Keeping benches, equipment and production areas clean

• Washing dishes and assisting with general kitchen cleaning

• Following recipes, food-safety procedures and production standards

• Working efficiently to meet daily production targets

About you

We’re looking for someone who:

• Enjoys practical, hands-on work

• Can work quickly while maintaining accuracy and consistency

• Is comfortable completing repetitive tasks

• Has strong attention to detail

• Is reliable, punctual and works well within a team

• Can stay organised in a busy production kitchen

• Takes pride in maintaining a clean workspace

Schedule

• Monday - Friday

• Within the hours of 8am - 5:30pm

Previous bakery, kitchen or food-production experience would be helpful, but a positive attitude, reliability and willingness to learn are most important.

If you love the idea of working behind the scenes to create Melbourne’s most delicious cookies, we’d love to hear from you!

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