Blown Film Co-Extruder Operator - ITB
Listing reference: novho_000070
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 9 October 2026
Position summary
Brand: Novus Holdings
Industry: Manufacturing
Job category: Manufacturing, Building and Manual Work
Location: Kwazulu Natal
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
ITB, a division of Novus Holdings, is seeking to appoint a Blown Film Co-Extruder Operator to ensure that the co-extrusion process consistently produces blown-film products that conform to approved product specifications, customer requirements, process standards and the company Quality Management System (QMS). The position is responsible for the effective operation, monitoring and control of the co-extrusion line, including the preparation and feeding of polymer materials, extrusion of individual polymer layers, melt-temperature and pressure control, layer-ratio management, die and air-ring operation, bubble stability, film thickness and width control, cooling, haul-off and winding.
Job description
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- Setting up of the blown film co-extruders in accordance with the Job card requirements and guidelines as specified in the Extrusion Start-up and procedures and machine sheets.
- Inspect and record quality at the beginning and throughout the shift
- Use co-extrusion trouble -shooting guide when discrepancies are detected.
- Constantly monitor width, colour and clarity to avoid out of spec situation
- Provide sample to QA for inspection at the end of every roll
- Remove all out of spec rolls from production and flag it.
- Complete identification ticket for every roll should the job require further processing and insert it thereon.
- Inspect pallets for conformance in conjunction with QAT.
- Regularly check production status of each job to efficiently change jobs on completion of an order.
- Operator to ensure housekeeping is maintained and machine is always kept clean.
- To continuously perform trouble shooting on machines whenever necessary.
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Minimum requirements
- Have completed Matric (Grade 12) or equivalent
- Must have a good knowledge of how a blown film co-extruder works.
- Ability to adjust, calibrate and test equipment at the beginning of every shift to ensure pressure, speed, temperature, and general operation.
- Ability to start up and set up blown film co-extruder.
- Ability to calculate weight per metre on given film sizes and micron.
- Ability to gauge temperature for processing different categories of polymers.
- Ability to calculate BUR on given diameter and film size.
- Ability to calculate DDR on given BUR, die gap and micron.
- Ability to calculate weight on given LD, LLD percentages and the weight of the total mix.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001: 2015 Quality standards.
- At least 4 years’ experience in the plastic industry (packaging).
- At least 2 years’ experience as a Co-Extruder operator.
- Certificate in Blown Film an added advantage.