Across our range of brands, flavours and colours we manufacture high quality, high value carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, mixers and still beverages for the South African market.
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Job Purpose
- Lead overall manufacturing platics operations, ensuring optimal production efficiency, quality control, cost effectiveness, and timely delivery. Manage, lead and support the team so that manufacturing, quality and maintenance targets are achieved in the most cost-effective and efficient manner.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
- Operational Leardership: Oversee all manufacturing activities including preform- and closure production, quality assurance, planned and autonomous maintenance, and plant logistics. Develop and communicate an annual business plan and implementation strategies to achieve operational goals, production targets, capacity expansion and business growth.
- Continuous Improvement & Efficiency: Drive continuous improvement through Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, TPM and performance improvement projects. Enhance productivity, increase asset capacity and flexibility, reduce wastage/scrap, optimise machine and manpower utilisation, and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) while minimising costs.
- Quality, Compliance & Safety: Ensure strict adherence to ISO standards (9001, 22000/FSSC 22000), EHS norms, SHEQ practices, food safety/hygiene and all statutory requirements. Maintain product quality, reduce defects, ensure full traceability, conduct root-cause analysis and deliver customer satisfaction. Commit to plant safety procedures and foster a zero-harm culture.
- Cost & Budget Management: Formulate, manage and control operational budgets. Monitor and control raw material (PET resin, masterbatch, additives) consumption, power/fuel usage, overtime and variances. Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives to achieve or exceed profitability targets while optimising resources.
- People Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, develop and motivate the production team (supervisors, technicians, operators). Build a high-performance, accountable and safety-first culture. Ensure effective manpower planning. Share a trusting relationship with the team and hold people accountable.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration & Delivery: Collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain, R&D, Quality, Finance and Engineering teams for seamless operations, accurate demand forecasting, new product introductions and timely delivery of preforms and closures to bottling lines. Monitor operations, trigger corrective actions and ensure on-time shipping and customer expectations are exceeded.
- Additional responsibilities: Active monitoring and tracking of KPIs with regular feedback and gap closure. Partnering with Quality and Maintenance for permanent root-cause elimination. Leading daily shift meetings, line walkabouts and post-breakdown reviews. Implementing systems that track and optimise productivity, standards and return on assets.
Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
- Enforce health, safety, and environmental protocols in utility operations, including handlingof hazardous materials like CO2. Conduct risk assessments, ensure compliance with local regulations (e.g., OSHA equivalents), and participate in audits.
- Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
- Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
- Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization’s code of conduct.
- Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
- Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
- Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices).
- Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
- Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (BSc / BTech / National Diploma) in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field (essential.
- Post-graduate qualification or certification in Operations Management, Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) or Production Management is an advantage.
- Minimum 8–10 years’ progressive experience in manufacturing, with at least 5 years in a senior production/plant leadership role.
- Proven track record in PET preform and/or plastic closure manufacturing (high-cavitation injection moulding) within the beverage/FMCG industry is strongly preferred.
- Experience in high-speed packaging or plastics processing (Husky, Netstal, Engel or equivalent equipment) is essential.
- Computer literacy (ERP systems, MS Office, production reporting tools).
Key Qualities
- Leadership & People Management – Ability to create accountability, lead by example, develop high-performing teams and foster teamwork.
- Strategic & Operational Excellence – Bias for action, strategic agility, problem-solving, root-cause analysis and data-driven decision making.
- Technical Expertise – Deep knowledge of injection moulding processes, polymer behaviour, tooling, troubleshooting, autonomous maintenance and high-speed production lines.
- Process & Performance Improvement – Hands-on mastery of Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, TPM, OEE, 5S and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Cost & Business Acumen – Strong focus on budgeting, variance control, resource optimisation and delivering profitability.
- Safety, Quality & Compliance Mindset – Passion for zero-harm, zero-defect and full regulatory adherence.
- Communication & Collaboration – Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder engagement and cross-functional influencing skills at all levels.
- Resilience & Adaptability – Ability to thrive in a 24/7 fast-paced manufacturing environment, manage ambiguity and drive change.
Deadline:30th March,2026
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Job Purpose
- To proactively maintain, repair, optimise, and operate critical utility equipment so that production lines receive consistent, safe, and cost-effective utilities.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Site maintenance and optimization
- Maintenance: Perform planned, routine, and corrective maintenance on compressors & driers, generators, water treatment plants, pumps, valves, filters, and reticulation networks.
- Statutory inspections: Execute daily/weekly/monthly/annual statutory inspections, logbooks, dosing, blow-downs, descaling, filter cleaning, safety checks, and permit-to-work systems per OHS Act and manufacturer requirements.
- Repairs: Conduct rapid fault-finding, running repairs, and breakdowns support; verify repairs restore full functionality and document in systems.
- Monitor & Optimise: Start-up, shut-down, monitor, and optimise utility equipment during normal operation, change-overs, and emergencies; respond to alarms and ensure optimal steam delivery, air pressure, chilled water temps, etc.
- Planned maintenance: Participate in maintenance planning meetings, post-mortems, root-cause analysis (5-Why, fishbone, FFA), and continuous improvement initiatives; implement small CAPEX projects and coach operators on autonomous maintenance.
- Standard adherence: Ensure full adherence to VPO/SHEQ/GMP standards, issue permits, supervise contractors, and maintain zero lost-time incidents and environmental non-conformances.
100% statutory compliance and safety incidents.
- Continuous improvement: Support continuous improvement targets (e.g., MTBF improvement, MTTR reduction) and lower utility costs.
- Contribute to energy, water and waste reduction targets
Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
- Protocols: Enforce health, safety, and environmental protocols in utility operations, including handling of hazardous materials like CO2. Conduct risk assessments, ensure compliance with local regulations (e.g., OSHA equivalents), and participate in audits.
- Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
- Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
- Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization’s code of conduct.
- Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
- Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
- Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices).
- Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
- Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
Qualifications and Experience
- Recognised Trade Test Certificate (Red Seal preferred) as Millwright, Mechanical Fitter or Electrical Artisan.
- N3 / N4 / N6 Certificate or National Diploma in Engineering Studies advantageous
- 3–5 years’ post-trade experience as a Utilities Artisan in an FMCG manufacturing environment
- Hands-on proven experience with: high-pressure compressors, water treatment (RO/softeners), generators, pumps & steam systems
- Statutory inspections, permits, and OHS Act compliance with pressure equipment
- Experience in high-speed bottling utilities advantageous
Deadline:31st March,2026
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Job Overview
- Running high-speed closure moulding equipment (injection or compression), performs in-process quality checks, conducts Level 1 autonomous maintenance, manages waste, and ensures full food-contact compliance.
Job Purpose
- To safely and efficiently operate the closure moulding line to produce high-quality plastic closures that meet torque, seal, tamper-evident, and dimensional specifications, while achieving daily output targets, minimising scrap, and maintaining world-class housekeeping and safety standards.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
- Operate the closure moulding machine, hopper, conveyor, and vision systems to achieve target output and OEE.
- Perform start-up, shutdown, colour/size/tamper-band changeovers, and material loading per SOPs.
- Conduct hourly quality inspections (torque, leak test, visual defects, thread integrity, tamper band) and record results.
- Manage rejections, segregate scrap closures, and drive waste reduction initiatives.
- Perform Level 1 autonomous maintenance (cleaning moulds, sensors, vision cameras, conveyors) and support planned maintenance.
- Maintain 5S and housekeeping standards in the closure production area.
- Strictly comply with SHEQ, ISO/FSSC 22000 food safety, and all statutory requirements.
- Complete production, quality, and waste documentation accurately.
- Ensure clean, running handover to the next shift.
Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
- Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
- Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
- Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization’s code of conduct.
- Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
- Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
- Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
- Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Grade 12 / Matric (essential). Technical N2/N3 (Mechanical or Plastics Processing) advantageous.
- Experience: 1–3 years’ machine operating experience in FMCG, packaging, or plastics manufacturing (preform or injection moulding experience strongly preferred). 6 months minimum in a high-speed production environment.
- Certificate in Injection Moulding or Plastics Processing an advantage
- Strong safety and quality mindset (zero-harm, zero-defect).
- Attention to detail and ability to perform repetitive visual/measurement checks.
- Physical fitness and ability to work shifts.
- Computer literate (basic data entry).
Core Competencies and Skills
- Strong safety and quality mindset (zero-harm, zero-defect)
- Basic troubleshooting and root-cause awareness (5-Why).
- Ability to work under pressure in a high-volume environment.
- Good communication, teamwork, and shift-handover skills.
- Physical stamina for shift work and manual handling
- Positive, self-motivated attitude
Deadline:31st March,2026
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Job Purpose
- Leading and managing the full production shift in a preform and closure manufacturing plant, ensuring the safe, efficient, and high-quality output of PET preforms and plastic closures. Delivers consistent achievement of production targets, minimal downtime, world-class quality standards, and cost control while fostering a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
- Production Scheduling: Plan, organise, and execute the entire shift’s production schedule to meet or exceed daily/weekly targets for preform and closure output (volume, efficiency, OEE).
- Manage lines and machinery: Set up, optimise, and monitor injection-moulding machines, robots, dryers, chillers, conveyors, and ancillary equipment; perform or supervise machine changes, colour/material changes, and start-ups.
- Troubleshooting: Rapidly diagnose and resolve mechanical, process, and quality issues (short shots, flash, dimensional deviations, sink marks, stringing, etc.) to minimise downtime.
- Quality Control: Conduct in-process quality checks (weight, wall thickness, thread integrity, leak testing, colour, etc.) and ensure full compliance with customer specifications and ISO/FSSC 22000 standards.
- Lead the shift team: Assign tasks, train operators and junior technicians, conduct performance feedback, and handle discipline in line with company policies.
- Continuous improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives (lean manufacturing, root-cause analysis, waste reduction, cycle-time optimisation).
- Key Performance Indicators: rack and report shift KPIs (production output, scrap/reject rates, downtime reasons, energy usage, material yield) via ERP or shift handover reports.
- Collaboration: Coordinate closely with maintenance, quality, logistics, and stores teams for spares, raw-material supply (PET resin, masterbatch, closures resin), and planned maintenance.
- Compliance: Ensure compliance with all statutory and company requirements (OHS Act, environmental permits, food-safety regulations).
Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety & Environmental Standards
- Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
- Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
- Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization’s code of conduct.
- Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
- Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
- Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices).
- Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
- Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
- Shift work: Work on rotating shifts to cover production needs, including overtime as required for operational demands.
Qualifications and Experience
- National Diploma or BTech in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plastics Technology, or equivalent (NQF Level 6+).
- OR Red Seal Trade Certificate (Artisan) as Fitter, Millwright, or Plastics Processing Technician (highly advantageous).
- Minimum 5 years in plastics injection moulding, with at least 2 years in a supervisory/shift-leader capacity.
- Proven experience on high cavitation preform or closure moulding lines (Husky, Netstal, or equivalent) is strongly preferred.
- Exposure to PET preform production and/or closure manufacturing for the beverage industry is a distinct advantage
- Working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP or similar), MS Office, and basic troubleshooting.
- Valid driver’s licence and own transport (for shift changes).
Key Qualities & Behavioural Competencies
- Independent working: Ability to work independently on rotating shifts and make sound decisions in a high-volume environment.
- Attention to Detail: Attention to detail, quality focus, and cost awareness.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong technical problem-solving and fault-finding skills under pressure.
- Proactive problem-solving mindset: Applies root-cause analysis to resolve defects, inspired by continuous improvement practices. Ability to investigate issues and implement solutions under pressure. Results-driven with a continuous-improvement mindset (lean/5S/TPM).
- Teamwork and Communication: Collaborates with production teams and communicates findings clearly to drive corrective actions, fostering a quality-focused culture. Proven leadership and people-management ability – able to motivate and develop a diverse shift team. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (shift handovers, reporting to management).
- Integrity and Accountability: Upholds ethical standards in testing and reporting, taking ownership of quality outcomes.
- Adaptability: Thrives in a dynamic manufacturing setting, handling shift work and responding to real-time production challenges. Adaptable, resilient, and willing to learn new technologies.
- Safety: Commitment to safety and quality, demonstrating integrity in upholding standards without compromise.
Deadline:30th March,2026
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Job Overview
- Running high-speed injection moulding machines to convert PET resin into high-quality preforms for bottling lines. The role includes monitoring machine parameters, performing quality checks, executing changeovers, autonomous maintenance, and ensuring zero harm and zero defects.
Job Purpose
- To safely and efficiently operate the preform injection moulding line according to work instructions, achieving daily production targets while maintaining world-class quality, safety, and housekeeping standards.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
- Operate and monitor preform injection moulding machines per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs/Work Instructions).
- Load correct PET resin, masterbatch, and additives; monitor dryer, hopper levels, and material feed.
- Perform hourly quality checks (preform weight, length, gate, wall thickness, defects, crystallinity) using calibrated gauges and destructive/non-destructive tests.
- Execute colour/size changeovers, mould changes, and start-up/shutdown procedures.
- Carry out Level 1-2 Autonomous Maintenance (Cleaning, Lubrication, Inspection, Tightening – CLIT) and basic fault finding.
- Maintain 5S housekeeping standards and clean machine & surrounding area at shift start/end.
- Report all deviations, downtime, scrap, and safety incidents immediately.
- Adhere strictly to SHEQ, food safety (FSSC 22000), and statutory requirements.
Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
- Enforce health, safety, and environmental protocols in utility operations, including handlingof hazardous materials like CO2. Conduct risk assessments, ensure compliance with local regulations (e.g., OSHA equivalents), and participate in audits.
- Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
- Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
- Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization’s code of conduct.
- Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
- Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
- Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices). Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety. Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
- Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety
- Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.
Qualifications and Experience
- Grade 12 / Matric (essential).
- Certificate in Injection Moulding, Plastics Technology, or N2/N3 Mechanical/Electrical (advantage).
- Minimum 1–3 years’ experience as Machine Operator in PET preform or injection moulding environment (Twizza & CCBSA benchmark).
- Computer literacy for production data entry.
Key Qualities
- Strong safety mindset and understanding of Lock-Out/Tag-Out.
- Attention to detail and ability to perform precise quality measurements.
- Basic fault-finding and problem-solving (5-Why).
- Team player with good communication and shift-handover discipline.
- Physical fitness and ability to work rotating shifts
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Deadline:31st March,2026
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Job Purpose
- The purpose of this role is to execute on specific primary and secondary distribution tasks within the warehouse environment. The role will be responsible to lead and monitor compliance with standard operational policies and procedures to contribute towards improved stock control.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelors Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7 (Essential)
- Upto 6 years experience (Operational Execution)
- MS Excel; MS Word; SAP; E Mail; MS PowerPoint
Key Qualities
Communication
- Communication around escalated or difficult queries with customers or clients
Problem Solving
- Proactive identification of functional problems that do not have predetermined guidelines, routines or procedures for solution, determine cause and impact, and choose the best alternative to solve the problem based on previous experience and an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning the problem.
Relationships Maintained
Behavioural Competencies
Conflict Management
- Ability to openly addresses conflicts as they arise to ensure maintenance of strong relationships
- Considers relevant information when resolving conflict.
- Demonstrates an understanding of all parties view-points.
- Takes a calm and objective approach when resolving conflict.
- Proposes suggestions which promote resolution to conflicts.
Planning and Organising
- Manages time effectively, ensuring effective completion of tasks under stressful deadlines.
- Able to prioritise activities and resources, ensuring that results are achieved effectively.
- Able to evaluate progress and make appropriate adjustments to initial plans, ensuring a successful outcome.
Leadership
- Able to communicate and gain team commitment to a vision of what is to be achieved.
- Delegates fully and creates opportunities which help others to develop their potential.
- Identifies inequalities of opportunity within the workplace and takes steps to address them.
- Inspires and empowers others to overcome difficulties and achieve goals.
- Nurtures strong team identity and pride.
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
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 seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements
Deadline:31st March,2026
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