Distribution Operative

TN United Kingdom; Bolton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated warehouse operatives to join their dynamic team. This role involves picking, packing, and despatching orders while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Candidates will handle products weighing up to 42 kg and use equipment like pedestrian pallet trucks to streamline operations. The position offers a rotating shift pattern with competitive hourly pay, leading to long-term employment opportunities for the right candidates. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are committed to quality work, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Regulations.
• Experience in a fast-moving distribution environment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Pick, assemble, pack and despatch all orders as required.
• Handball of on average 1000 cases of product into shipping containers.

Skills

Health and Safety Knowledge

Experience in Fast-Moving Distribution

Forklift Truck License

Full UK Driver’s License

Tools

Pedestrian Pallet Truck

Job description

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Pick, assemble, pack and despatch all orders as required.
Complete any written information in line with procedures.
Stock counting as required.
To contribute to produce quality work to defined standards.
To assist in the completion of all tasks as requested by management.
To work in a safe manner with due regard to Health and Safety rules and regulations

Tasks include:

Handball of on average 1000 cases of product into shipping containers.
Stacking product weighing 7kg from floor level up to 2.4metres.
Packing & lifting commode chairs weighing 23kg
Using a pedestrian pallet truck to move up to 100 pallets of goods per shift through the warehouse covering a distance of 12000m per shift.
Position the pallets on a stretch wrap machine, operate the machine and place the pallets in a designated area for storage.
Order picking. Lifting cases (average weight 7kg) from picking locations and restacking onto pallets. This also involves bending & stretching.
Using a pedestrian pallet truck move pallets weighing up to 750kg from the back to the front of shipping containers.
Assist in unloading commode chairs (42 kg each) from shipping containers and stack onto pallets.

Experience, Behaviors and Skills:

Knowledge of Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Regulations.
Experience of a fast-moving distribution environment (essential)
Full UK Driver’s license & LGV license (desirable)
Forklift Truck license – up to date and recent experience of PPT, Reach and Counterbalance (desirable) – we will accept candidates with any of these licenses.
Adopts a ‘right first time’ approach to all job tasks.
Flexible approach to the position and working hours.

The shift pattern will be a rotating 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm Monday – Friday

The pay rate will be £13.94 per hour

Long term work leading to permanent for the right candidate.

The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer