Logistics Operative

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP

Salary Finance

Choices platform (lifestyle benefits)

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Life cover

Job summary

Mitie is recruiting for a Logistics Operative to coordinate the receipt, distribution and disposal of goods across multiple site locations. You will record deliveries, operate logistics equipment and support on-site facilities teams.

A full UK driving licence and a proactive, customer-focused approach are essential. Join Mitie’s professional workplace services team and benefit from flexible lifestyle options, health and wellbeing support, pension contributions and employee share plans as part of

Qualifications

• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SC Security Clearance.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with colleagues, customers and stakeholders at all levels.
• Flexible, adaptable and customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while maintaining a strong sense of individual responsibility.
• Understanding of safe working practices and health and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the receipt, distribution, collection, storage and disposal of goods across multiple locations.
• Maintain accurate records of deliveries, collections and stored items.
• Operate logistics equipment and vehicles safely and effectively following relevant training and procedures.
• Conduct general housekeeping duties, ensuring facilities, stores, meeting rooms, yards and buildings are maintained to a high standard.
• Support the on-site Workplace and Facilities Management teams with projects, furniture moves and other operational activities.
• Deliver excellent customer service through professional communication with customers and colleagues, both face-to-face and via telephone or email.
• Attend all mandatory training and compliance updates as required.
• Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role and business needs.
• Complete cross-training to provide operational cover at our Hedge End and Swanwick sites.

Job description

Job Overview

Better places, thriving communities.

We are currently recruiting for a Logistics Operative to join our team. This role requires a highly organised and reliable individual who thrives in a fast-paced corporate environment and is committed to delivering the highest standards of service.

The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating the delivery, collection, storage and disposal of parcels, packages, goods and other miscellaneous items across multiple site locations. This includes accurately recording and tracking items to ensure compliance with storage, disposal and audit requirements. Full training will be provided.

The Logistics Operative will regularly liaise with external suppliers and service providers while ensuring the safe operation of equipment and vehicles, including forklift trucks, electric reach trucks, hand-operated pallet trucks, flatbed trucks and tail-lift vehicles.

The role involves handling and moving large or heavy items in accordance with manual handling procedures, operating X-ray screening equipment, and managing logistics activities in a safe, secure and efficient manner. The successful candidate will maintain high standards of housekeeping and ensure all contract, site and health and safety procedures are followed at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the receipt, distribution, collection, storage and disposal of goods across multiple locations.
• Maintain accurate records of deliveries, collections and stored items.
• Operate logistics equipment and vehicles safely and effectively following relevant training and procedures.
• Conduct general housekeeping duties, ensuring facilities, stores, meeting rooms, yards and buildings are maintained to a high standard.
• Support the on-site Workplace and Facilities Management teams with projects, furniture moves and other operational activities.
• Deliver excellent customer service through professional communication with customers and colleagues, both face-to-face and via telephone or email.
• Attend all mandatory training and compliance updates as required.
• Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role and business needs.
• Complete cross-training to provide operational cover at our Hedge End and Swanwick sites.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have experience within a logistics, facilities management or customer-facing operational environment and demonstrate a proactive, flexible approach to work.

Essential Requirements

• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SC Security Clearance.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with colleagues, customers and stakeholders at all levels.
• Flexible, adaptable and customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while maintaining a strong sense of individual responsibility.
• Understanding of safe working practices and health and safety requirements.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience within the facilities management or workplace services industry.
• Previous experience in a logistics or distribution environment.
• Forklift truck licence and/or relevant material handling certifications.
• Knowledge of warehouse, inventory or asset management processes.

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a professional workplace services team where no two days are the same. You'll play a key role in supporting site operations, ensuring the smooth movement of goods and materials, and contributing to a safe, efficient and customer-focused working environment.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Chloe Smailes at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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