Block Operator

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Twizza is the fastest growing, affordable, quality beverage company in South Africa supplying local markets and selected neighboring countries from our manufacturing facilities in Queenstown, Middelburg (Mpumalanga) and Cape Town. We are a passionate, innovative, and entrepreneurial organization committed to excellence, collaboration, transparency, respect, and inspiration. The purpose of the Block Operator is to 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.

• Run the blower, filler, and mixer.
• Perform flavour changes on the mixer, filler, and blower.
• Choose the correct product in the flavour room and discuss with Team Leader.
• Follow SOP for flavour start‑up at mixer and filler.
• Execute a 50‑bottle start‑up run and verify product quality: taste, colour, Brix, CO2.
• During flavour change, drain caps if necessary and remove all bottles, caps, and preforms from blower, filler, mixer, and surrounding area.
• Check product hourly and record findings.
• Inspect bottles hourly for pearlescence, solid base with small centre, straight neck.
• Investigate and address rejections at the check‑mat and ensure faults are switched on at the check‑mat.
• Report unnecessary rejections to the Team Leader.
• Decant rejected bottles and remove them regularly.
• Keep blower, filler, mixer and surrounding areas clean.
• Clean filter V700 for base cooling after shift start.
• Clean all sensors and check‑mat cameras after shift start.
• Assist with maintenance of preform hopper, conveyors, blower, filler, and mixer under guidance from Maintenance Manager on maintenance day.
• Maintain a clean, running condition of your area and hand it over likewise.
• Report any faults or problems as soon as possible.
• Place preforms while the preform loader is on lunch.
• Handle Line 2 tasks.
• Perform size changes per SOP for blower moulds and filler star wheels.
• Verify all changes by jogging the machine and inspecting the change area.
• Set conveyors, check‑mat, and sensors for specific sizes until the first flow‑bin; run a bottle.
• Document all activities as per QMS.
• Perform Autonomous Maintenance Level 1‑4.
• Manage machine‑specific processes.
• Handle breakdown management.
• Maintain general cleaning standards, safe and healthy work environment.
• Complete QMS documents.
• Adhere to all Food Safety Standards and report all issues to the Food Safety Team.
• Measure, monitor, and verify Critical Control Points (CCP 1) at predetermined frequencies per SOP.

• Grade 12.
• At least 1 year’s experience in blow moulding equipment.
• At least 1 year’s experience in the beverage industry.

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