Block Operator
Listing reference: twizz_000777
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 19 May 2026
Position summary
Industry: FMCG & Supply Management
Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain
Location: Queenstown
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Ensure machine settings and operations are correct, or adjusted, to ensure that a perfect filled bottle is produced with the right quality specification from the preforms manufactured at Twizza; while managing waste streams, and machine availability
Job description
- Responsible for running the blower, the filler and mixer
- Responsible for flavour change at the mixer, filler, and blower
- Flavour Change:
- Select the right product at the flavour room. Discuss with Team Leader – Your line and flavour room.
- Select right product at mixer and follow SOP for flavour start up at mixer.
- Select right product at filler and follow SOP for flavour start up at the filler.
- Do a 50-bottle run start up and make sure the product is right:
Taste
Colour
Brix
CO2 - During flavour change drain caps if necessary and ensure that all are drained
- During flavour change especially when preform colour or size is changed remove all bottles, caps and preforms from blower, filler, mixer and surrounding area.
- Check product on every hour during the run as in D and record findings.
- Check bottle for defects on the hour for:
Pearlescence
Solid base with small centre
Straight neck - Check rejections at the checkmat and investigate the reason
- Make sure that all the rejection faults are switch on at checkmat
- Check prefor m rejections and inform team leader of unnecessary rejections
- Decant rejected bottles
- Remove decanted bottles on a regular basis.
- Decant rejected bottles.
- Remove decanted bottles on a regular basis.
- Clean blower, filler and mixer and areas surrounding it.
- Clean filter v700 for base cooling as soon as possible after start of shift
- Clean all sensors on-line till past check mat including check mat cameras as soon as possible after start of shift
- Help with maintenance of preform hopper, preform conveyors, blower, filler, and mixer as per instruction of the maintenance manager on maintenance day
- Receive your area as in point 5 in a clean, running condition
- Hand your area as in point 5 over in a clean, running condition
- Report any faults or problems asap
- Put your own preforms while preform loader is on lunch
- No lunch during flavour change
- Line 2
- Do size change as per sop for blower moulds and filler star wheels.
- Make 100% sure that everything is right by jogging the machine and checking the area where changes took place
- Set the conveyors, checkmat and sensors for specific size till the first flowbin. Run a bottle.
- Documentation as per QMS
- Waste Management
- Autonomous maintenance Level 1 - 4
- Machine process specific
- Breakdown management
- Time to detect, time to correct
- General cleaning standards obtained and sustained
- Safe work environment
- Healthy work environment
- Completion on QMS documents
- Adhere to all Food Safety Standards and report on all issues with regards to the Food Safety Management System to the Food Safety Team.
- Ensure that the Critical Control Points (CCP 1) are measured, monitored and verified at predetermined frequencies as per the SOP.
Minimum requirements
Qualification:
• Grade 12
• Grade 12
Experience
• 1 years’ experience in blow moulding equipment
• 1 years’ experience in beverage industry
• 1 years’ experience in blow moulding equipment
• 1 years’ experience in beverage industry