Logistics Operator

Saica Group; Wigan; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable paper solutions is seeking a Logistics Operative to join their team. The role involves servicing production by picking and packing goods while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Candidates should have forklift licenses and experience in busy warehouse environments. Opportunities for career progression and various employee benefits are offered.

Benefits

Holiday entitlement of 22 days including Bank Holidays

Employee of the Month Award

Refer a Friend Scheme of £500

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Tea/Coffee

Qualifications

• Licensed Forklift Truck driver – Counterbalance, Bendi & Powered Pallet Trucks required.
• Previous experience within a busy manufacturing or warehouse environment is essential.
• Good computer/administration skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate warehousing equipment safely, maintaining site health and safety standards.
• Manage pallet stocks and ensure delivery documentation is accurate and signed.
• Provide support to colleagues and carry out additional duties as requested.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Communication

Tools

Forklift Truck

Powered Pallet Trucks

Bendi Truck

Job description

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Bedrijfsomschrijving
Saica Group offers sustainable paper solutions for the manufacture of corrugated board and flexible packaging, promoting circularity in waste management. With more than 12,000 employees and a presence in 11 countries (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States), Saica Group has four business lines: the production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard (Saica Paper), waste management and environmental services (Saica Natur), the production of corrugated board packaging (Saica Pack), and flexible packaging (Saica Flex).Functieomschrijving

We are offering an exciting opportunityfor an individual to join our Logistics’ Team. As a Logistics Operative you will work as part of a team servicing production, picking and packing finished goods and raw materials ensuring the highest standards of service are delivered in line with business and customer requirements.

Your key duties will include:
• Operate in line with site health and safety, environmental and quality standards, ensuring compliance with standard operating procedures. Operate warehousing equipment safely, including forklift trucks, in order to carry out your duties. Identify and promptly report any problems or faults relating to your area or any other area of your responsibility.
• Ensure shift handover document is filled and signed after shift and at the start of the shift and put in ‘’Shift Handover sheets’’ tray in Logistics office.
• Operating from hall 3, scan and unwrap pallets, issuing fillm to the presses in line with the order requirements and the print plan.
• Take responsibilty for removing all RTS reels from the print presses, weigh and record the weight, strap and place in the RTS holding location.
• Empty all bailers and skips on factory floor, ensuring the strap is weighed and that all bailed wasted is removed to the bailed waste holding location outside.
• Empty cardboard skip on shop floor and remove unused 6” cores from shop floor, ensuring waste is removed to the cardboard waste skip outside.
• Remove, weigh and record all used set up reels from print and conversion and dispose in film waste skips outside.
• Keep Hall 3 and yard clear and tidy, brush walkways ensure there is no debris.
• Wrap, strap and book in Finished Goods in.
• Manage pallet stocks ensuring used pallets are removed from the shop floor, maintain stock levels of pallets used for finished goods and re-stock interleaves for finished goods pallets.
• Store any pallets in an efficient, safe and secure manner.
• Load and unload deliveries, using forklift truck, Electronic pallet truck or Bendi truck, ensuring deliveries are logged in the folder in warehouse and goods together with delivery documentation placed in Goods in area. Ensure that collection documentation is signed by drivers and put in ‘’Signed collection notes’’ tray in Logistics office.
• Provide support to colleagues and carry out any additional duties requested of you as and when required.

Skills, Qualification & Attributes

• Licenced Forklift Truck driver – Counterbalance, Bendi & Powered Pallet Trucks.
• Good level of numeracy & literacy.
• Previous experience within a busy manufacturing or warehouse environment.
• Some experience of basic administration/record keeping.
• Good computer/ administration skills.
• Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting.

The site operates a 24/7 shift system spread over four-week pattern. A willingness to work a shift pattern covering days, nights and weekends is essential.

The role operates 12-hour shifts across a 4-week Continental shift pattern:

• Week 1 – 4 nights, 3 off
• Week 2 – 3 days, 1 off, 3 nights
• Week 3 – 3 off, 4 days
• Week 4 – 7 off

What do we offer?

• Friendly atmosphere
• Progression
• Employee of the Month Award (monthly and annually)
• Holiday entitlement 22 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Company Sick Pay Scheme (available after 12 months of continuous service)
• Refer a Friend Scheme of £500
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discount Platform
• Eye test vouchers
• Free Tea/Coffee

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You will enjoy working at Saica if you: Care: Are a team-player, support your colleagues and share your ideas It’s important that you want an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity Value: Have high standards, want to achieve good quality and great service Challenge: You are self-motivated to improve and achieve. You are open and transparent, tell it as it is. Specific skills or experience requirements will be shown in the job description.