Machine Operator
Unilever
Overview
The Machine Operator role involves operating production equipment safely and efficiently, maintaining quality standards, and supporting safe factory operations. The operator will work with maintenance and quality teams to address equipment and production issues.
Requirements
- Matric or N3 with passed Maths and Science or an equivalent qualification
- Strong literacy and numerical skills
- Basic mechanical principles understanding
- Basic awareness of factory automation
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing production priorities
Responsibilities
- Operating production machinery safely and efficiently
- Maintaining machinery according to prescribed standards
- Keeping equipment clean and ready for production
- Adjusting and setting equipment correctly
- Performing product and size changeovers
- Following start-up and shutdown procedures
- Conducting equipment inspections
- Recording equipment problems and deviations
- Monitoring products against quality standards
- Reporting product and packaging defects
- Following workplace health and safety procedures
- Complying with waste management requirements
- Recording production losses and shift information
- Completing effective shift handovers
- Identifying and addressing production problems
- Rejecting products that do not meet required standards
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