Despatch Warehouse Operative | Forklift Training Included

QUINTESSENTIAL BRANDS UK GROUP LTD; Duckmanton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

pension

death in service

cycle to work scheme

healthcare cash plan scheme

staff discount

enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Job summary

Holdsworth Foods is one of the UK’s largest independent foodservice distributors. We are looking for a Warehouse Operative to work in our Despatch team at our Chesterfield depot. You will join a team ensuring customers receive the right products and high levels of service.

You must be prepared to train to drive a Forklift Truck. The role offers a pension, death in service, cycle to work, healthcare cash plan, staff discount, enhanced maternity/paternity pay.

Qualifications

• Role requires picking orders from picking sheets with attention to product and quantities.
• Must be prepared to train to drive a Forklift Truck.

Responsibilities

• To pick orders from picking sheets, with attention to product and quantities.
• To be familiar with and able to identify the products stocked.
• To have a good working knowledge of the set-up of the warehouse and of the correct storage areas of all the various items stocked.
• To face labels outwards for double checking purposes
• To take care when loading and unloading cages
• To use the ladders and harnesses when working off ground level.
• To use pallet trucks/fork truck in a safe manner, and only if valid certification for the machine is held.
• To report any handling equipment faults immediately to the Department Manager or his/her Deputy.
• Nominated double checkers are to check cages for products and quantities against picking sheets
• Picking sheets must be signed for by the picker, double checker and stacker for traceability
• To load the cages onto the correct vehicle, taking extreme care not to damage any of the goods
• To load dry goods plus meat orders onto the correct vehicles taking care to load in such a way as to avoid any damage, spillage whilst in transport.
• To keep the warehouse clean and tidy at all times.
• To assist with other duties when requested to do so by senior management.

Skills

Forklift driving

Order picking

Pallet handling

Warehouse safety

Tools

Pallet truck

Ladders & harnesses

Job description

Holdsworth Foods is one of the UK’s largest independent foodservice distributors. We are looking for a Warehouse Operative to work in our Despatch team at our Chesterfield depot. You will join a team ensuring customers receive the right products and high levels of service.

You must be prepared to train to drive a Forklift Truck. The role offers a pension, death in service, cycle to work, healthcare cash plan, staff discount, enhanced maternity/paternity pay.