Stores Assistant

Gooch & Housego Torquay; Torquay; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Corporate Cash Plan

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Gooch & Housego is seeking a Stores Person at our Torquay site to join the goods warehouse team. You will contribute to a supportive environment where accuracy, efficiency, and safety matter, while handling orders and stock processing with attention to detail.

The role emphasizes working with inventory systems, maintaining quality standards, and supporting a culture of reliability and organisation within a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment is useful.
• Proven experience as a warehouse worker or similar role.
• Proficiency with inventory software and systems.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and completing warehouse orders for delivery or pickup according to schedule (load, pack, wrap, label, ship).
• Receive and process warehouse stock products (pick, unload, label, store).
• Perform inventory controls and keep quality standards high for audits.
• Keep a clean and safe working environment and optimise space utilisation.
• Complete diary logs into inventory and report discrepancies.

Skills

Inventory software

Warehousing practices

Organisational skills

Time management

Heavy lifting

Tools

Inventory databases

Job description

Description

ABOUT US

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications.

Headquartered in the UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognised for the breadth of our acousto-optic, electro-optic, crystal-optic, fibre optic, and precision optic products. G&H is recognised as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defence industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy-five years.

At our Torquay site, we specialise in high-performance optical components and subsystems that power some of the world’s most advanced technologies.

ROLE

We are looking for a Stores Person to join our goods warehouse team in Torquay. In this role, you’ll contribute to a supportive team environment were working efficiently, accurately, and safely is important. We value attention to detail, reliability, and a willingness to learn and take an organised approach to working.

MANDATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel in order to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity
• Promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Passion, Unity, Precision

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparing and completing warehouse orders for delivery or pickup according to schedule (load, pack, wrap, label, ship)
• Receive and process warehouse stock products (pick, unload, label, store)
• Perform inventory controls and keep quality standards high for audits
• Keep a clean and safe working environment and optimise space utilisation
• Complete diary logs into inventory
• Report any discrepancies
• Communicate and cooperate with supervisors and co-workers
• Operate and maintain preventively warehouse vehicles and equipment
• Follow quality service standards and comply with procedures, rules and regulations

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Accuracy & Quality
• Efficiency
• Health & Safety Compliance
• Organisation & Housekeeping
• Teamwork & Communication

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Previous experience of working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment would be useful
• Proven working experience as a Warehouse Worker
• Proficiency in inventory software, databases and systems
• Familiarity with modern warehousing practices and methods
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to lift heavy objects

G&H BENEFITS

• 25 days - rising up to 30 days annual leave (phased with long service)
• Corporate Cash Plan
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme

Notes: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager.

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.

Potential candidates should be aware that many of the employment roles at Gooch & Housego are subject to government security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities that you may have previously held and your place of birth, could restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All UK applicants must, as a minimum, be able to successfully complete security vetting to the UK government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard, which includes a criminal record check being performed. Many roles may also require higher levels of security vetting to be completed, where applicants must typically have been continuously resident within the UK for the past five to ten years.