Process Operator - Production

About the role

The Process Operator provides technical and operational support to maintain high overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and ensure safe work practices in a bottling environment.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain OEE at or above 85% and uphold OH&S procedures.
• Operate and maintain a range of equipment including forklifts, blowers/fillers, labelers, bottle date coders, shrink wrappers, case erectors, packers, sealers, palletizers, stretch wrappers and injection molding machines.
• Perform elementary maintenance, adjustments, and AM checks; record downtime in EIT.
• Execute hand palletizing, product reworks, product destroy, and manual packing as required.
• Conduct quality inspections to ensure optimal product quality.
• Consume materials using Just‑In‑Time (JIT) scanning and support quality and environmental initiatives.

Required profile

• Year 12 completion and trade qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing.
• 3‑5 years experience in manufacturing, preferably bottling.
• Valid Group 9 driving licence.
• Ability to work shift patterns including nights, afternoons and weekends.

Required skills

• Forklift operation.
• Operation of bottling line equipment (blowers, fillers, labelers, coders, wrappers, case packers, palletizers).
• Basic equipment maintenance and adjustment.
• Use of inventory/record‑keeping systems and downtime entry (EIT).
• JIT material handling with scanned guns.