Contract Materials Handler

Oxford Instruments plc; Severn Beach; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is seeking a Contract Materials Handler in Severn Beach, Bristol, for a 6-month assignment. You will move materials from goods inwards to issuing goods outwards, ensuring accuracy and safety.

Responsibilities include receiving, reconciling deliveries, putting away stock, picking and kitting for production, and maintaining stock records with cycle counts. You will work on rotating shifts as advised by the Team Leader.

Qualifications

• English and Maths to numeracy and literacy.

Responsibilities

• Receive materials, reconcile to delivery notes & book in.
• Put away materials, ensuring items are correctly labelled and stored.
• Accurately pick and convey kitting requirements and prepare goods for production.
• Maintain stock accuracy with data entry, conduct cycle counts and report stock variations.
• Provide cover to the Packing team during absences and busy periods.

Education

English and Maths to numeracy and literacy

Job description

We are currently looking for a Contract Materials Handler for a 6-month contract role to join our team based in Severn Beach, Bristol. The primary purpose of the material handling role is to perform the electronic and physical movement of material from receiving goods inwards to issuing goods outwards in a safe and accurate manner.

Key Responsibilities

Goods inwards

• Receive materials, reconcile goods to the delivery note & book in.
• Ensure that items are appropriately protected and labelled accordingly.
• Put away materials in the correct locations with care and attention.
• To process goods in a timely manner whilst upholding quality standards to prevent a backlog.

Goods outwards

• Accurately pick and transact any kitting requirements in a timely manner.
• Ensure that labels clearly identify the part, related work order or destination as appropriate.
• Liaise with production to ensure kits are delivered to the right destinations on time.
• Preparation and issuing of palletised and high-level assembly (HLA) goods to production.

General

• Follow procedures that maintain stock accuracy with correct data entry for transactions.
• Transact and locate goods with a high level of accuracy and care to get it right the first time, every time.
• Perform cycle counting to maintain stock accuracy, reporting and investigating stock variations.
• Ensure parts ‘returned to stock’ (RTS) are accurately transacted and correctly located in stock.
• Maintain records of vendor consignment stock parts for auditing purposes.
• Provide support to other departments in the movement of material.
• Provide cover to the Packing team during absences and busy periods.
• Work on a rotating shift pattern in line with the rota notified to you by your Team Leader.
• Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably requested by the Company.

Education / Qualifications

• English and Maths to numeracy and literacy.

Personal Qualities

• Able to work in a team that positively contributes to achieving departmental and company goals.
• Uphold standards of maintaining a clean working environment.
• Reliable and punctual with a positive attitude to work.
• Shares information and knowledge to improve one’s and others’ contributions to the business.
• Takes responsibility for their own work and seeks ways to continually improve the level of customer satisfaction for both internal and external customers.

At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, we provide tools for the engineering of micro- and nano-structures, with customers using our process solutions to research and produce materials and semiconductors vital for everything from medical devices and diagnostics to electric cars and quantum computers.

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