Nights Warehouse Operative

Recruitment Solutions Wales; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual 4% long service award

Extra holiday for every 5 years of service

Free unlimited drinks

27 days holiday including bank holidays

Job summary

An employment agency is seeking a Warehouse Operative to support the warehouse operations through the night shifts from 6pm to 6am, Monday to Thursday. The ideal candidate will ensure good practices in safety, compliance, and efficiency during goods in and dispatch processes. Key responsibilities include conducting inspections, stock maintenance, and collaborating with team members. A FLT licence with at least three years of experience is needed, alongside strong communication and time management skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years experience with FLT licence required.
• Experience within goods in and dispatch areas is essential.
• Must be able to showcase positive attitudes and serve as a role model.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily tasks in the warehouse department.
• Ensure goods in and dispatch processes are followed.
• Conduct inspections and stocktakes, and maintain documentation.

Skills

Ability to identify and rectify safety areas

Comprehension of quality standards

High communication skills

Site safety awareness

Excellent time management

Tools

FLT licence

Job description

The Warehouse Operative will work with the Warehouse Shift Coordinator in carrying out the daily tasks of the Warehouse department. Warehouse Operative is an essential role in the logistic process to ensure the goods in and dispatch processes are followed and customer orders are fulfilled. This is a Temp to Perm role working a regular night shift Monday-Thursday 6pm-6am.

Essential daily tasks:

• Report every potentially hazardous incident
• Conduct physical inspection of the areas with the Warehouse Shift Coordinator
• Ensure that all areas of the warehouse are tidy and well-maintained, clean as you go.
• Work with Shift Co-ordinator on future load plans in relation to stock and advise Shift Co-ordinator of potential shortages
• Carry out stocktakes and cycle counts
• Discuss each identified deficiency or discrepancy with the Shift Manager before the end of shift
• Check all pallets are to standard and any damage is reported with appropriate action taken
• Update spreadsheets with despatch information.
• Ensure stock rotation is maintained with FIFO system
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with Team Members over all functions
• Follow booking in and despatch process for any materials and update system and relevant spreadsheets
• Issue materials by batch relevance to pick areas to allow planned production to be maintained
• Make sure you keep the required documentation up to date
• Complete all forklift checklists at shift start
• Review and align completed tasks and actions taken during the warehouse shift with your manager.

Essential skills and behaviors:

• Ability to identify, rectify, and enhance both employee and product safety areas
• Comprehension of quality standards, compliance with these standards, and reporting doubts when the process does not go smoothly.
• Understanding processes and readiness for their continuous improvement
• High communication skills assuming clear and precise expression, ability to understand the statements of others, ability to listen:
• Showing respect to colleagues
• Showcase positive attitudes and serve as a role model for team members
• Experience within goods in and dispatch area and ability to develop further.
• Site safety awareness.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills.

Required experience:

• FLT licence – 3 years experience
• Annual “long service award” of 4% increase of the basic pay each year once you have been for over a year from the anniversary date. Up to 20% cap
• An extra holiday day is awarded for every 5yrs service with no cap
• Free unlimited drinks machine to include coffee, tea, hot chocolate, squash and soup.
• Opportunities for development internally, training through multiple roles and avenues.
• Holidays –27 days – the site is open on bank holidays except for Christmas day

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Recruitment Solutions Workforce Limited offers the services of an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

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