Operations Assistant

William Wilson Limited; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension matched up to 9%

Bonuses

Maternity leave

Discounts (online and high street)

Healthcare

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

William Wilson Limited in Edinburgh is seeking an Operations Assistant to join our warehouse team. The role involves general warehouse duties, picking and packing stock, heavy lifting, loading/unloading vehicles and delivering to customers in a 3.5t van.

You will work Monday to Friday, 07:30-16:30 with alternate Saturdays after probation. Applicants should have a full UK manual driving licence, be physically capable, and bring excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a warehouse or similar environment.
• Full UK manual driving license is essential.
• Able to handle a physically demanding job.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in customer interactions.
• Dependable team player, prepared to support in all areas of the branch with a strong work ethic.
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

Responsibilities

• General Warehouse duties.
• Picking and packing stock, which will involve heavy lifting and manual handling of heavy items like boilers, radiators, toilets etc.
• Loading/unloading vehicles safely.
• Delivery driving 3.5t van, doing customer deliveries.
• Ensuring the workplace is tidy and adheres to our health and safety procedures.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Willing to learn

Physical fitness

Driving license

Job description

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Operations Assistant - Edinburgh - William Wilson

So, who are we? We are William Wilson, a part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

Benefits

• Annual leave (increasing with length of service)
• a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)
• potential to earn bonuses
• enhanced maternity / adoption leave
• access to a great range of online and high street discounts
• free access to healthcare
• our popular YuLife app
• our Cycle to Work scheme

The role is full time, permanent position, 40hrs per week, Monday-Friday 07:30-16:30. Alternate Saturdays 08:00-12:00 after probation.

Responsibilities

• General Warehouse duties.
• Picking and packing stock, which will involve heavy lifting and manual handling of heavy items like boilers, radiators, toilets etc.
• Loading/unloading vehicles safely.
• Delivery driving 3.5t van, doing customer deliveries.
• Ensuring the workplace is tidy and adheres to our health and safety procedures.

Desired skills

• Experience working in a warehouse or similar environment.
• Full UK manual driving license is essential.
• Able to handle a physically demanding job.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in customer interactions.
• Dependable team player, prepared to support in all areas of the branch with a strong work ethic.
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world’s largest specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.