CombiLift Operator / Picker

AJN Steelstock; Templecombe; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries and annual salary

Overtime paid at time and a half

Contributory pension

Life insurance

Private medical healthcare

Two weeks sick pay after 5 years

5 extra days holiday after 12 months

Staff training and development

Job summary

AJN Steelstock is seeking a warehouse picker to load, unload and collate steel orders at one of its sites in the UK. You will identify products using measuring equipment and ensure accurate batching for loading onto lorries.

The role is mid-shift (40 hours per week) from 14:00 to 22:00 with paid breaks and authorised overtime at time and a half. Prior forklift experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• Forklift operation and warehouse tasks experience preferred.
• Ability to use measuring equipment for product identification.
• Strong safety awareness and adherence to procedures.

Responsibilities

• Pick steel to order and collate orders.
• Unload lorries and allocate steel to locations.
• Replenish stock and ensure tidy work areas.
• Collaborate with team to prepare orders for loading.
• Follow safety and quality procedures and report risks.

Skills

Forklift operation

Measuring equipment

Safety awareness

Job description

AJN Steelstock is one of the UK’s leading steel stockholders operating from two sites in Kentford, Suffolk and Henstridge, Somerset.

We have an outstanding reputation for service and reliability and are proud of our continued inclusion in the Sunday Times PwC Top Track 250 League Table and the London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain’.

Job Overview

Picking steel to order, collating orders, unloading and loading lorries.

Salary -Mid shift: Earn up to £26,500 per annum

Overtime -Pre authorised overtime available at time and a half, after 40 hours.

Shift Available - Mid shift(40 hours per week): Monday to Friday (14:00 – 22:00)

This includes a 30 minute paid break. All training carried out on day shift.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Identifying and locating different steel products, using appropriate measuring equipment
• Ensuring daily checks are performed on relevant equipment at the start of your shift and reporting any defects
• Ensuring machines and all work areas are clean and tidy
• Unloading lorries, batching and allocating steel to appropriate locations as necessary
• Replenishing stock in the racks
• Working as part of the team of operators, picking and collating steel to order and preparing them for loading as and when orders are generated
• Collating and planning customer orders as per the pre-determined load list and loading the lorry accordingly
• Attending all training courses when required
• Following all safe systems of work at all times. Identifying and reporting any shortcomings that become apparent whilst undertaking tasks or if the tasks change or new activities are undertaken. Liaising with the HS&E Department to ensure such risks are assessed and procedures amended as necessary
• Actively engaging in the identification of risks within the workplace and the subsequent assessment development of suitable safe systems of work. When necessary, intervening to prevent breaches of health and safety and/or report as necessary
• Following the requirements of the Company Quality Management Systems, policies and procedures to help achieve a quality product for the customer and reduce the nonconformances
• Following the requirements of the Company Environmental Management System to assist the Company’s objective to reduce the detrimental effect on the environment by way of waste management and any other areas to improve the environmental impact.

Experience

• Experience driving forklift or CombiLifts, working with steel, or working in a warehouse environment is desirable not essential.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and annual salary reviews
• Performance appraisals and annual bonus scheme
• Opportunity for overtime (subject to job role)
• Additional opportunities for training and development
• Contributory pension scheme (5%)
• Life insurance
• Length of service rewards
• Private medical healthcare
• Two weeks sick pay allowance (after 5 years’ service)
• Five additional days holiday after 12 months’ service
• Specsavers vouchers to those that specifically require it for their role
• Employee Assistance Programme