Machine Assistant (Plastics Moulding)

You'll keep the line running at a soft drink bottling plant in Centurion, feeding, checking and packing product all shift. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

Home base is a soft drink bottling plant on the Centurion side of Gauteng. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Change over packaging film and labels when the line switches product
• Check product for size, weight and seal faults and pull out rejects
• Pack finished product into cases and stack them by batch number

• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Basic reading and counting for batch sheets
• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check

• A food handler or basic HACCP awareness certificate
• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory

• Path to machine operator after six months
• Company transport on some night shifts
• Staff shop with discounted factory products

• Do not wear jewellery or long nails to the interview if it is on site. Food factories notice and it counts.
• Name the products you worked on before, like "biscuit line" or "juice bottling". Factory recruiters read that faster than a job title.