Despatch Technician – Forklift & On-Time Delivery

Total Marketing Support Limited; Fordham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised canteen

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

ShareSave Scheme

Wellbeing / Digicare+ Apps

Annual health assessments

Free on-site parking

Referral programme

Job summary

DS Smith in Fordham is seeking a Warehouse Operative to manage Fork-Lift operations and ensure goods move safely from receipt through palletising to the take-off lines, in line with current Health & Safety SSOW and policies.

You will monitor machine supplies to minimise downtime, prevent back-ups at loading bays, and use IRF scanners to record product movements accurately, supporting efficient trailer utilisation.

Responsibilities

• Fork-Lift Truck Operations
• Ensure all activities within the warehouse (and external stores) are carried out in line with current Health & Safety SSOW and policies
• Ensure product received from manufacturing is correctly palletised through to the take-off lines.
• Ensure that machine supplies are managed to their correct levels to minimise any machine downtime.
• Ensure take-off lines do not back-up through effective movement of product to the loading bays or warehouse.
• Correct use of IRF scanning systems to ensure product movements are correctly recorded.
• Allowing for customer restrictions, load trailers in the most effective way to maximise trailer utilisation.
• Support manufactured volume flow through effective post-manufacturing process controls to deliver product on-time in-full to the customer.

Job description

DS Smith in Fordham is seeking a Warehouse Operative to manage Fork-Lift operations and ensure goods move safely from receipt through palletising to the take-off lines, in line with current Health & Safety SSOW and policies.

You will monitor machine supplies to minimise downtime, prevent back-ups at loading bays, and use IRF scanners to record product movements accurately, supporting efficient trailer utilisation.