Facilities Yard Operative (FLT)

Cawingredients Limited; Leeming Bar; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Cawingredients Limited, based at a state of the art production and warehousing facility in North Yorkshire, is hiring a Facilities and Yard Operative. The role is 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, and requires a Counterbalance license with experience in fast-paced warehousing/distribution.

You will unload and check returnable equipment, assist with site services and environmental duties, and help maintain a clean, safe yard and waste management operation.

Qualifications

• NVQ or equivalent qualification in warehousing/distribution.
• Experience in FMCG environment.
• Counterbalance license.
• Experience in demanding environments.

Responsibilities

• Unload deliveries of returnable equipment and store safely.
• Check deliveries against documentation and manifests.
• Move equipment and support factory operations as required.
• Coordinate waste removal and recycling consignments.
• Maintain waste container capacities and move containers as required.
• Clean and maintain the compaction/bailer area; report faults.
• Assist environmental audits and with site services when needed.
• Assist with snow/ice clearance and gritting.
• Oversee hazardous waste area and management before collection.
• Yard cleaning and basic maintenance tasks.
• Washing drums prior to recycling.
• Take samples from the Effluent plant when required.

Skills

Counterbalance license

Warehousing / distribution

Experience in FMCG

Education

NVQ or equivalent in warehousing/distribution

Job description

Would you like to work for a rapidly growing and successful Company?

The Facilities and Yard Operative role will involve working an 40 hours a week Monday - Friday.

Cawingredients supply high volume soft drinks principally to the UK market. We operate from a state of the art production and warehousing facility based on one site in North Yorkshire.

We currently employ over 600 people are seeking to strengthen our team.

Recruiting the right people is an integral part of our growth plans. If you want to be part of a highly focused environment, where attention to detail, excellent skills and diligence is required this could be the role for you.

You must be a responsible individual with great experience in driving industrial vehicles, with Counterbalance license being essential . You will need to have worked within fast paced warehousing/distribution environment previously.

You will be required to operate MHE equipment with the utmost care to ensure efficiency and safety at all times.

Key Accountabilities

• Unloading deliveries of returnable equipment (including but not limited to pallets, trays and UDPs), whilst ensuring that equipment is unloaded and stored in a safe and timely manner.
• Checking deliveries of returnable equipment to ensure that documentation is present and correct, and manifests match physical deliveries.
• Move equipment/support factory operations as necessary.
• Contact waste removal contractors for collections and control documentation.
• Loading and recording recycling consignments (including ingredient containers for return/recycling).
• Maintenance of waste container capacities and move containers as required.
• Daily cleaning of compaction / bailer area and can crusher – report any faults / issues as required.
• Assist in monitoring waste processes and performance.
• Oversee hazardous waste area and management of hazardous waste prior to collection.
• Yard cleaning and basic maintenance tasks.
• Cleaning of bunds and external vessels
• Washing drums prior to sending for recycling
• Snow/ice clearance and gritting
• Assist with environmental audits
• Assist with site services (environmental technician) by taking samples from the Effluent plant when needed.

Ideally candidates will have:

• Warehousing/distribution NVQ or equivalent qualification
• Previous experience within a FMCG environment
• Counterbalance license
• Experience of working in demanding environments

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