Production Operator - Blowmould
About Lactalis-Mainland Dairy
Lactalis Australia is seeking a Machine Operator to join a fast-paced food plastics manufacturing environment. Successful candidates will receive on-the-job training before progressing into a Machine Operator role.
This role operates on a 12-hour Monday to Sunday shift roster, with opportunities to work either Day Shift (6am - 6pm) or Night Shift (6pm - 6am).
- Set up, start up, operate, and monitor extrusion blow moulding and injection blow moulding machines.
- Install and change moulds, dies, and tooling to accommodate different bottle and container specifications.
- Adjust machine settings including temperature profiles, air pressure, extrusion speed, cooling, and cycle times to ensure efficient production.
- Monitor machine performance and make process adjustments to maintain product quality and minimize waste.
- Perform first-off, in-process, and final quality inspections on PET bottles.
- Identify and rectify common moulding defects such as flash, short shots, warping, sink marks, poor neck finish, dimensional variations, and leaks.
- Carry out routine machine changeovers and assist with product changeovers according to production schedules.
- Complete basic preventative maintenance, lubrication, cleaning, and minor troubleshooting of machinery.
- Record production data, downtime, quality checks, and material usage accurately.
- Work closely with the Production Coordinators and Quality team to meet production targets and customer specifications.
- Maintain housekeeping standards and ensure all work is carried out in accordance with workplace health and safety procedures.
- Support Machine Operators by supplying packaging materials and assisting during production runs.
- Perform general production and manual handling duties as required.
- Inspect finished products for visual defects, contamination, and quality issues.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Experience in plastic manufacturing, production, or processing environments is highly regarded.
- Experience operating extrusion blow molding and/or injection blow molding machines is an advantage.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn machine operations.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.
- Good attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Physically fit and able to perform manual handling tasks.
- Reliable transport.
- Strong communication skills and a team-oriented attitude
- Reliable transport and the ability to work 12-hour day or night shifts.
- Full training and ongoing development opportunities.
- Stable full-time employment.
- Competitive hourly rates and applicable shift penalties.
- A supportive team environment.
- Opportunities for career progression within a growing manufacturing business.
Company profile
Lactalis Australia is proudly part of the Lactalis Group, the #1 Dairy Company in the world employing ~2500 locally and over 85,000 globally. Still proudly privately owned by the Besnier family, we are the team behind iconic brands such as Pauls, Ice Break, Oak, Vaalia, Tamar Valley, Jalna and Lemnos, to name just a few. Our mission is to offer healthy, tasty and affordable products that bring us closer together.
People are what makes our business a success and career opportunities exist from farm gate to supermarket shelf – whether that be milk processing, collection, production, quality, maintenance, product sales, innovation, research and development, and the corporate support teams.
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