Machine Operator

General

•Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green red and yellow areas)

•Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures

•Maintains expected performance standards

•While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description

Qualifications and Experience

•Grade 12 (including Maths and Science (preferred) or N4 Engineering (Maths, Engineering Science, Engineering Drawing, Trade Theory (preferred)

•FMCG experience 1-2 years of production experience (preferred)

•Lean manufacturing experience (preferred)

Key Qualities

Communication

•Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks

Problem Solving

•Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, apply known solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more difficult problems to superiors.

Relationships Maintained

•Others in own work area

Behavioural Competencies

Verbal Communication

•Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.

•Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal information.

•Makes use of appropriate business language in verbal communication.

•Includes all relevant information in verbal arguments.

•Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal communication.

•Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint in verbal communication.

•Concludes verbal arguments by making reference to relevant facts

Decision Making

•Organises information to make it easier to analyse or see trends.

•Anticipates consequences and formulates alternatives.

•Establishes clear decision criteria for making informed choices.

•Seeks relevant information to better understand situations and problems.

•Conducts appropriate analysis; neither makes snap decisions or over-analyses.

•Sees relationships between various facts, figures or other information.

Continuous Improvement

•Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved

•Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, "best practice" companies, customers, peers, subordinates, etc.

•Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes

•Proactively seek