Machine Assistant (Plastics Moulding)

Good factory hands stay for years, and this industrial bakery in Middelburg (MP) trains from day one. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Location: Middelburg (MP), Mpumalanga. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Weigh ingredients or additives against the recipe card
• Hand over at shift change with notes on rejects and stoppages
• Help the machine operator clear jams and reload hoppers
• Stop the line with the emergency stop if anything jams or looks unsafe
• Record batch codes and counts on the hourly production sheet
• Feed raw material or empty packaging into the machine at the start of the line
• Wear hairnets, beard covers and gloves in food-safe zones

• Able to stand for a full shift in a noisy, warm area
• Grade 10 minimum, matric an advantage
• Neat, reliable and on time for shift start
• You follow hygiene rules without being reminded
• Medically fit; some food plants ask for a medical check
• Available for rotating day and night shifts

• NQF Level 2 manufacturing learnership completed
• Previous work in a food or FMCG factory

• Free PPE, overalls and hairnets
• Staff shop with discounted factory products
• Path to machine operator after six months
• Night-shift allowance on top of basic pay

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