Despatch Technician L1

DS Smith Europe; Fordham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised canteen

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discounts through Perkz

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Wellbeing / Digicare+ Apps

Annual health assessments

Free on-site parking

Referral programme

Job summary

DS Smith in Fordham, near Newmarket, seeks a Warehouse Operator/Fork Lift Driver on a 12-hour shift pattern with day and night rotations starting at 06:00 or 18:00. You will operate forklift trucks and manage warehouse activities in line with Health & Safety standards and site SSOW.

The role supports timely, in-full delivery to customers, palletising goods from manufacturing, and maintaining stock movement across loading bays and external stores.

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

Warehouse Operator/Fork Lift Driver

Key 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.

Benefits

• Subsidised canteen
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discounts through Perkz
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Wellbeing / Digicare+ Apps
• Annual health assessments
• Free on-site parking
• Referral programme

Location:

• Fordham, Newmarket on a 12 hour shift pattern, days & nights rotation starting either 06:00 or 18:00.

About us

We’re DS Smith, a company who are redefining packaging for a changing world. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. Today, we operate in more than 30different countries, proudly employingover 30,000 people, and supporting customers across sectors like FMCG, industrial, and e-commerce. We deliver on quality, service, innovation, and added value to deliver market-leading sustainable packaging solutions our customers need. Our industry needs to transform, and we’re building the team to drive change across Europe and North America.

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas, and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.