Machine Operator Role at The building Company | Apply Now!

🏢 Company: The Building Company,📍 Location: Stikland, Cape Town
🔖 Job Reference Number: 80630406022
🏬 Department: TimberCity
🧾 Employment Type: Permanent
👥 Positions Available: 1
💰 Salary: Market Related

About the Role

This position is responsible for operating cutting and processing machinery within the TimberCity division and ensuring customers receive timber and board products cut accurately to specification. The role contributes directly to service excellence by offering fast, reliable customer support, maintaining operational accuracy, and upholding safety standards in a busy retail timber environment.

You will also play a key role in maintaining machinery, managing stock levels, and ensuring the cutting area remains neat, compliant, and efficient. Strong attention to detail, safe working habits, and effective communication with customers and colleagues are essential.

Key Responsibilities

🔧 Machine Operation & Maintenance

• Perform daily machine checks and ensure machinery is maintained in optimal condition.

• Feed timber and board materials into the machine safely and efficiently.

• Adjust machine settings in accordance with required specifications.

• Regulate the speed of the machine belt and ensure consistent operational flow.

• Set and monitor temperature levels when required.

• Conduct correct edge trimming, shaping, and sanding for customer orders.

• Report operational failures, breakdowns, and maintenance issues promptly.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Customer Service

• Provide prompt, friendly, and efficient assistance to customers.

• Ensure all orders are accurately cut and prepared to meet customer requirements.

• Assist customers with loading materials into their vehicles.

📦 Stock & Housekeeping

• Keep the cutting area clean, tidy, and compliant with safety regulations.

• Identify and report stock shortages.

• Support stock-taking activities and maintain accurate stock records.

• Ensure timber and boards are neatly packed, accessible, and maintained in good condition.

🔒 Safety & Compliance

• Follow company safety policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.

• Maintain a secure working area and adhere to all health and safety regulations.

• Uphold and promote company values and operational culture at all times.

Minimum Requirements

🎓 Education

• Grade 12 (Matric)

💼 Experience & Skills

• Minimum of 1 year industrial or machine-operation experience

• Strong administrative and numeracy skills

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work safely and maintain attention to detail

CV Application Tips for This Role

📝 Strengthen Your Application with These Focused Tips:

• Highlight Machine-Operation Experience: Emphasise your exposure to cutting machinery, industrial tools, or workshop equipment. Reference specific machines if applicable.

• Showcase Safety Awareness: Include examples where you followed strict safety protocols, prevented incidents, or contributed to safer operations.

• Demonstrate Customer Service Skills: Provide examples of assisting customers, handling queries, or resolving service-related issues.

• Quantify Your Achievements: Mention productivity improvements, reductions in material waste, or accuracy levels in your previous role.

• List Technical Competencies Clearly: Include machinery you’ve worked with, maintenance tasks you can perform, and tools you are proficient with.

• Emphasise Reliability and Work Ethic: Highlight punctuality, consistency, and your ability to work well in a fast-paced retail or warehouse environment.

• Use Clear, Structured Formatting: Keep your CV neat, concise, and easy to read with well-organised sections and consistent layout.

• Proofread Before Submitting: Ensure your CV is free of errors, formatted correctly, and saved under a professional file name.